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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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A new report on Land Grabbing in Europe
Posted on May 18, 2013 | No Comments17th of April 2013 – International Day of Peasant struggles New report argues that: Land concentration and land grabbing are occurring and reaching blatant levels in Europe Land concentration and more » -
New research shows that some of the poorest developing countries are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition
Posted on April 11, 2013 | No CommentsInstitute of Development Studies News Release, Thursday 11th April 2013 According to new research published by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), low income countries like Malawi and Madagascar and 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 » -
Monsanto vs. Mother Earth
Posted on April 10, 2013 | No Commentshttp://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_x/?bRyJCab&v=23931 Posted: 9 April 2013 It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to exclusively ‘own’ something that freely belongs to us 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 » -
Deleting our Rights, Bracketing our Future Why we need a People’s Summit
Posted on April 3, 2013 | No CommentsBy Paul Quintos, Ibon International, March 23, 2012 I think the best way to appreciate the people’s summit in Rio is to look at what’s happening here in this hall more » -
Monsanto v. Bowman: The Master’s Law
Posted on April 3, 2013 | No CommentsEric Holt Giminez, Executive Director, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/monsanto-v-bowman-the-mas_b_2721776.html?view=print&comm_ref=false The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for Vernon Hugh Bowman v. Monsanto Co. The 75-year-old Indiana soybean 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 » -
Red Alert! US State Department adviser hints at EU “food crisis” to boost GM
Posted on March 7, 2013 | No CommentsFood crisis needed for Europe to accept GM: US government adviser By Mike Stones 1st March 2013 It will take a food security crisis to make European consumers recognise the more » -
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 »