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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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NEW REPORT: ‘Too big to feed us’ – Expert panel sounds the alarm on mega-mergers and calls for urgent review
Posted on October 19, 2017 | No Comments(13th October – Rome) Dominant agri-food firms have become too big to feed humanity sustainably, too big to operate on equitable terms with other food system actors, and too big more » -
The Milk Crisis in India: The story behind the numbers
Posted on October 18, 2017 | No CommentsPosted on October 15, 2017 Milk Crises, Report Food Sovereignty Alliance Press Release This past two years has witnessed farmers across India demonstrating for their livelihoods: a hike in milk more » -
Grayling’s claims that UK can grow more food dismissed as ‘tripe’
Posted on October 18, 2017 | No CommentsFarmers’ leaders are incredulous about comments that UK can meet demand if Britain leaves EU with no deal ‘Our farmers are unable to find labour this year, never mind post more » -
The GMO crisis in Swaziland…
Posted on October 18, 2017 | No CommentsOct 18, 2017 By Tsakasile Dlamini Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (Pelum) Swaziland Country Coordinator October 2017 Swaziland is under enormous pressure to introduce genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the more » -
US farmers in retreat from “all-GMO”
Posted on November 25, 2016 | No CommentsThe yield of crops in the US is no better than in Europe and the drop in grain prices makes expensive GM seeds less attractive Below is an analysis of more » -
The Crossing’s Fight for Regenerative Farming
Posted on November 20, 2016 | No CommentsEmma Goodwin Wednesday, 20th July 2016 Emma Goodwin describes how her family are fighting to keep their residency on a community based permaculture farm that builds deep, dark indestructible soil, more » -
Neoliberalism for All: The World Bank’s Doing Business 2017
Posted on November 4, 2016 | No CommentsThursday, November 3, 2016 By Alice Martin-Prével and Frédéric Mousseau “Equal Opportunity for All” subtitles the annual Doing Business report released last month by the World Bank. The choice is more » -
Cars and trucks burn almost half of all palm oil used in Europe
Posted on June 2, 2016 | No CommentsMay 2016 Transport and Environment This briefing details the feedstock used in biodiesel in Europe between 2010 and 2014. It is based on official industry data from Fediol obtained by more » -
Five key takeaways from the TTIP leak for food and farming systems
Posted on May 27, 2016 | No CommentsBy Karen Hansen-Kuhn Shefali Sharma Dr. Steve Suppan Sharon Anglin Treat May 2016 See more at: http://www.iatp.org/documents/five-key-takeaways-from-the-ttip-leak-for-food-and-farming-systems#sthash.aQ3777dm.vsxXOuio.dpuf Used under creative commons license from harrington_alison. The leaked Transatlantic Trade and Investment more » -
Video: West African women defend traditional palm oil
Posted on May 21, 2016 | No CommentsGRAIN et al. | 05 May 2016 | Videos (Photo: Antoshananarivo) A new video shows how rural women in West Africa are working to protect traditional palm oil production in more »