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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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After four years of illegality, Cameroon grants a temporary concession to SGSOC
Posted on December 12, 2013 | No CommentsYaounde November 25, 2013 The Head of State has signed today three decrees granting temporary concessions on agricultural land to SGSOC, Herakles Farms subsidiary in the Nguti, Toko and Mundemba more » -
India – people resist airport land grabs
Posted on November 23, 2013 | No CommentsRose Bridger 21st November 2013 One of many protests against a greenfield airport at Aranmula. Photo: Aranmula Paithruka Grama Karmasamithy. Rural communities all more » -
What Colombia’s Kogi people can teach us about the environment
Posted on November 23, 2013 | No CommentsThe Kogi people are warning society of destruction we face if we fail to embrace nature Jini Reddy 29 Octboer 2013 The Kogi Mama more » -
Could mob grazing boost soil health and return cattle to East Anglia?
Posted on November 22, 2013 | No Comments22 November 2013 Mob grazing is a school of ‘natural farming’ that seeks to mimic the movements of grazing plains animals on a farm more » -
The Year the Monarch Didn’t Appear
Posted on November 22, 2013 | No CommentsBy JIM ROBBINS November 22, 2013 Micah Lidberg ON the first of November, when Mexicans celebrate a holiday called the Day of the more » -
Calabar Declaration
Posted on November 19, 2013 | No CommentsNov 18, 2013 We, members of communities affected by industrial monoculture oil palm plantations, including peasant movements, as well as other civil society organizations from Africa, Europe, the Americas and more » -
We are not backward. Our seeds and knowledge are crucial for our survival
Posted on November 13, 2013 | No CommentsVia Campesina <viacampesina@viacampesina.org> LVC Africa News, 13 Nov 2013 (Harare, November 13, 2013) Seed diversity, created by peasants over centuries, is in danger of disappearing and the diversity of seeds more » -
There is no Plan Bee for when we run out of pollinators
Posted on November 10, 2013 | No CommentsBy Dave Goulson November 8, 2013 We could not have tried harder to wipe out the invaluable pollinator, writes Dave Goulson @Reuters Biologists have been more » -
Yet another UN report calls for support to peasant farming and agroecology: it’s time for action
Posted on October 29, 2013 | No CommentsGRAIN | La Vía Campesina | ETC Group | 23 September 2013 | Other publications Media release 23 September 2013 La Via Campesina, GRAIN and ETC welcome a new UNCTAD more » -
Small Farms, Not Monsanto, Are Key to Global Food Security
Posted on October 24, 2013 | No CommentsUnion of Concerned Scientists – The Equation, a blog on independent science + practical solutions Doug Gurian-Sherman October 17, 2013 Data from 15 Kenyan farmers over a period of 6 more »