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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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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
‘Agent Orange’ tainted GM maize give green light in South Africa
Posted on August 28, 2012 | 1 CommentThe African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) is deeply dismayed and shocked that the GMO decision-making body has given the green light for the importation of Dow Chemical’s highly controversial 2,4-D 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 » -
Vandals! No, not protesters trashing crops but the GM lobby still trying to force increasingly discredited Frankenstein Food down our throats
Posted on June 15, 2012 | No CommentsBy Joanna Blythman Genetic modification was supposed to be the ground-breaking science of the future. Its magic wand would feed the world and make toxic pesticides redundant. But, more » -
The Dramatic New Rule Change for Genetically Engineered Foods
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsBy Dr. Mercola Under new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rules, Monsanto and other biotech companies that create genetically modified (GM) crops will get speedier regulatory reviews of their genetically more »