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World Family is creating a space for dialogue and resource sharing between small scale farmers and all of us who value our environment and our communities. All over the world we have a common interest in opposing the take over of the food supply by agribusiness. People and the food we eat are too important to be turned into mere commodities. It is through a thousand small acts of solidarity that we can support and empower the small scale farmers to feed the world.
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Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsReport of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter Addendum Mission to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations* Summary The right to food more » -
GMO Trial Verdict: Criminalisation of Struggle for a Sustainable Agricultural System
Posted on February 19, 2013 | No Comments(Dendermonde, 12th February 2013). Today the court of Dendermonde convicted 11 activists of gang formation. In doing so, the judge has criminalised their participation in the non violent direct action more » -
Honduras: The War on Peasants
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsEric Holt Gimenez. Huffington Post. February 12, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/honduras-the-war-on-peasa_b_2632033.html Two more peasants were assassinated by paramilitary units last week in Honduras. This brings the murder of subsistence farmers and indigenous more » -
Sit-in and Hunger-Strike in Mexico City Against GMO Corn Plantations
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsBy Timothy Shipp Monday February 04, 2013 The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico has collected 28,000 traditional varieties of Maize. Photo: CIMMYT On Wednesday, January 23rd, regional more » -
As Challenge over Seed Rights Approaches Supreme Court, New Report Exposes Devastating Impact of Monsanto Practices on U.S. Farmers
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsCenter for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds Investigate Role of Seed Patents in Consolidating Corporate Control of Global Food Supply February 12, 2013, Washington, D.C. – Today, one week more » -
Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab
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GMO Myths and Truths
Posted on August 28, 2012 | No CommentsAn evidence-based examination of the claims made for the safety and efficacy of genetically modified crops Michael Antoniou Claire Robinson John Fagan June 2012 http://earthopensource.org/files/pdfs/GMO_Myths_and_Truths/GMO_Myths_and_Truths_1.1.pdf Just a Taster Genetically modified more » -
Bill Gates Leveraged Philanthropy: Corporate Profit versus Humanity
Posted on August 28, 2012 | No CommentsBy Dr Mercola July 31 2012 A recent commentary in Education Week takes a fresh look at the Gates Foundation’s philanthropy. The money it spends on all kinds of projects around more » -
GM Crops Are No Way Forward
Posted on August 28, 2012 | No CommentsSatyarat Chaturvedi The Hindu, August 24 2012 Food security is not about production alone; it is also about bio-safety, and access to food for the poorest We are predominantly an more » -
MONSANTO AND SYNGENTA: FUNDING AGRA FOR AFRICA?
Posted on June 15, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Anne Outwarer for Daily News Tanzania, on 3rd June 2012 (http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/columnists/columnists/5819-monsanto-and-syngenta-funding-agra-for-africa) In recent weeks we have been examining genetically engineered food plants. We have seen that they more »