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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 Evidence About the Dangers of Monsanto’s Roundup
Posted on May 18, 2016 | No CommentsSharon Lerner May 17 2016 John Sanders worked in the orange and grapefruit groves in Redlands, California, for more than 30 years. First as a ranch hand, then as a more » -
UN/WHO panel in conflict of interest row over glyphosate cancer risk
Posted on May 18, 2016 | No CommentsArthur Neslen Tuesday 17 May 2016 Chairman of UN’s joint meeting on pesticide residues co-runs scientific institute which received donation from Monsanto, which uses glyphosate. Glyphosate is a core ingredient more » -
Unsafe at any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA
Posted on May 17, 2016 | No Commentsby Jonathan Latham, PhD May 16, 2016 https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/unsafe-at-any-dose-diagnosing-chemical-safety-failures-from-ddt-to-bpa/ Piecemeal, and at long last, chemical manufacturers have begun removing the endocrine-disrupting plastic bisphenol-A (BPA) from products they sell. Sunoco no longer sells more » -
New mega-treaty in the pipeline: what does RCEP mean for farmers’ seeds in Asia?
Posted on May 12, 2016 | No CommentsGRAIN | 9 March 2016 Signed in February 2016, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will have a major impact on farmers’ control over seeds. The US-led agreement, which covers 12 more » -
What do the TTIP leaks say about GMOs?
Posted on May 12, 2016 | No CommentsGabriela Vázquez of the Spain-based group Ecologistas en Acción explains what could happen in the GMO arena, based on the TTIP documents released so far, if the trade deal passes more » -
Peeling back the curtain on Monsanto
Posted on May 12, 2016 | No CommentsPaul Thacker Huffington Post, 10 May 2016 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-thacker/peeling-back-the-curtain-on-monsanto_b_9867902.html For nearly 30 years, Carey Gillam has worked as a business reporter covering corporate America, the last 17 of those with Reuters, more » -
European Parliament votes to ban most uses of glyphosate
Posted on April 15, 2016 | No CommentsOliver Tickell 13th April 2016 The EU Parliament has responded to the health concerns of millions by calling on the Commission to severely restrict permitted uses of the toxic more » -
The Protection of Farmers’ Rights and Food Sovereignty in Ghana
Posted on March 15, 2016 | No CommentsMarch 1, 2016 PRESS STATEMENT BY THE CSOs AND FARMERS’ PLATFORM ON THE PROTECTION OF FARMERS RIGHTS AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY OF GHANA Read by Dede Bedu-Addo for the National President more » -
Plan to lift ban on GM foods ignites more resistance in Kenya
Posted on January 29, 2016 | No Comments“We want a government that listens to both sides in the GMO debate” – campaigners CoordinatorKenya Biodiversity Coalition (KBioC) standing second from right and other more » -
GM-free canola market “at risk”
Posted on October 21, 2015 | No CommentsJenne Brammer The West Australian, October 21, 2015 https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/29861723/gm-free-canola-market-at-risk/ The GM-Free Farmers Group and Conservation Council of WA have warned that WA’s markets for non-GM canola are at risk after more »