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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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Colombia farmers’ uprising puts the spotlight on seeds
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 1 CommentGRAIN | 04 September 2013 | Against the grain On 19 August, Colombian farmers’ organisations initiated a massive nationwide strike. They blocked roads, dumped milk on cars and basically stopped more » -
GM crops are no solution to malnutrition!
Posted on September 1, 2013 | 1 CommentGroups in Asia support Filipino farmers’ uprooting of Golden Rice August 29, 2013 On August 8, 2013 more than 400 farmers, church people, students, academics and consumers uprooted a field more » -
The battle for Pakistan’s agriculture
Posted on August 28, 2013 | No CommentsAugust 28, 2013 Najma Sadeque The first battle never really took off even after 66 years – restoring unduly appropriated land to the tiller – and a second more destructive more » -
African Agricultural Growth Corridors and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. Who benefits, who loses?
Posted on June 19, 2013 | No CommentsReport June 2013 EcoNexus Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher Overview This brief report looks at how governments, international finance institutions and global corporations are collaborating in major new projects in more » -
NEW SEED LEGISLATION SPELLS DISASTER FOR SMALL FARMERS IN AFRICA
Posted on April 10, 2013 | No CommentsCivil society organisations from the SADC region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Plant Breeders’ Rights) as spelling more » -
Research based on ‘Livelihood Security in a Changing Environment: Organic Conservation Agriculture in Mashonaland East’
Posted on April 3, 2013 | No CommentsWritten by: Georgina McAllister (GardenAfrica). Report reviewers John Wilson, Ebbie Dengu, Jeremy Cherfas, & thanks to: Cornelius Murombedzi, Michael Connolly. Unlocking Zimbabwe’s Organic Potential – GardenAfrica This report has been more » -
The view from a mountain; an organic food grower’s story
Posted on April 3, 2013 | 2 CommentsBy Colette Haynes of Ashurst Organics, posted by Roberta Emmott in Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, 20 March 2013 Inspired by the joy of growing, Colette Haynes started Ashurst Organics more » -
India’s rice revolution
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsJohn Vidal in Bihar, India - The Observer, Saturday 16 February 2013 In a village in India’s poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with more » -
US farmers may stop planting GMOs after poor yields
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsSome US farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures meant GM crops saw smaller yields globally than their non-GM counterparts. Robyn Vinter, 6 February 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 »