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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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Monsanto failed SA GM Maize pushed into rest of Africa
Posted on October 24, 2013 | No CommentsToday the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) released a new report ‘Africa bullied to grow defective Bt Maize: the failure more » -
Bhutan looks to become world’s first 100% organic country
Posted on October 24, 2013 | No CommentsLotto Zam, a Bhutanese woman farmer, sells tomatoes and other produce at a market in Shaba, Bhutan. By Doreen Fiedler Bhutan is renowned for espousing more » -
Yet another UN report calls for support to peasant farming and agroecology: it’s time for action
Posted on September 24, 2013 | No CommentsGRAIN | La Vía Campesina | ETC Group | 23 September 2013 | Other publications Media release 23 September 2013 La Via Campesina, GRAIN more » -
New Report: Putting the Cartel before the Horse…and Farm, Seeds, Soil, Peasants
Posted on September 12, 2013 | No CommentsWho Will Control Agricultural Inputs? News Release – September 9th, 2013 ETC Group publishes its 111th Communiqué today. The 40-page report – “Putting the more » -
Colombia farmers’ uprising puts the spotlight on seeds
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 1 CommentGRAIN | 04 September 2013 | Against the grain On 19 August, Colombian farmers’ organisations initiated a massive nationwide strike. They blocked roads, dumped milk on cars and basically stopped more » -
GM crops are no solution to malnutrition!
Posted on September 1, 2013 | 1 CommentGroups in Asia support Filipino farmers’ uprooting of Golden Rice August 29, 2013 On August 8, 2013 more than 400 farmers, church people, students, academics and consumers uprooted a field more » -
400,000 people petition parliament panel to withdraw BRAI Bill
Posted on August 24, 2013 | 1 CommentAuthor: Jyotika Sood Aug 24, 2013 http://www.downtoearth.org.in Deadline for public feedback on biotechnology Bill expires August 25 The petitions were handed over to chairperson more » -
Hungry for change
Posted on August 19, 2013 | No CommentsIf international trade and aid won’t fix hunger and bad nutrition, what will? Jo Chandler, June 19, 2013 Professor Olivier De Schutter. Photo: Mal more » -
Britain’s new ‘peasants’ down on the farm
Posted on June 19, 2013 | No CommentsA determined generation of young smallholders hope to reclaim the British countryside from the grip of corporate food giants Claire Provost and John Vidal The Observer Sunday 16 June more » -
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 »