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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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Picking up the Pieces from a Failed Land Grab Project in Tanzania
Posted on July 1, 2014 | No CommentsAs negotiations over responsible agricultural investment policy run through the summer, Tanzanian villagers fight for the return of 20,000 acres of land lost to a failed biofuel project. Timothy A. more » -
Warrior queens battle for Africa’s food future
Posted on June 4, 2014 | No CommentsJune 3, 2014 — The scale of foreign agribusiness on African soil could soon change how what we eat is grown, but also what we eat. The livelihoods of small-scale farmers more » -
2,4-D soy: waging war on peasants
Posted on June 3, 2014 | No CommentsGRAIN | 26 May 2014 | Against the grain Global attempts by Dow AgroSciences to gain approval for new genetically-modified soybean varieties resistant more » -
Hungry for land: small farmers feed the world with less than a quarter of all farmland
Posted on June 3, 2014 | No CommentsGRAIN | 28 May 2014 | Reports Alcides Raméon Ramírez, a member of one of 200 peasant families fighting to defend their land in Curuguaty, more » -
Weaponized Agriculture — Tom Mysiewicz
Posted on May 27, 2014 | No CommentsTom Mysiewicz is a biotechnologist. In this article he shares with us his conclusions about the dangers of GMO crops. GMO CROPS… BOON TO HUMANITY OR RECKLESS SCIENCE? By Tom more » -
Below the belt, below the breadline – South Africa’s inequitable and GM contaminated bread industry
Posted on May 21, 2014 | No CommentsPress Release from the African Centre for Biosafety 21st May 2014 The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has today brought into sharp focus the white bread industry in South Africa more » -
Tell EPA to Reject the Use of Toxic 2,4-D Herbicide for Dow Chemical’s “Agent Orange” GE Crops
Posted on May 12, 2014 | No CommentsCentre for Food Safety EPA is deciding whether to allow the use of the herbicide 2,4-D for Dow Chemical’s genetically engineered “Agent Orange” corn and soybeans. Tell EPA to deny more » -
Co-op’s £140m farms sale aimed at Chinese buyers
Posted on May 4, 2014 | No CommentsTroubled group angers green campaigners by insisting on single purchaser Tracy McVeigh The Observer, Saturday 3 May 2014 The beleaguered Co-operative Group has insisted that it wants a single more » -
TWN BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOSAFETY SERIES
Posted on May 2, 2014 | No Commentshttp://www.twn.my/publications_bio.htm Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for Food Security and for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Potential and Risks (No. 17) by Jack A Heinemann Buzz or Bust for Genetically more » -
Mysterious kidney disease slays farmworkers in Central America
Posted on May 1, 2014 | No CommentsIn Central America, a form of kidney disease is attacking men in the prime of their lives – and Roundup may be the culprit. Note: While the article below says more »