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The Global Movement for Seed Freedom - Our resolve, our commitment
The Global Movement for Seed Freedom is a network of individuals and organisations committed to align our thoughts and actions […]
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Add your Events and Actions to the Seed Freedom Calendar
Join us to stop the corporate hijack of seed […]
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In Focus |
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Dr Vandana Shiva’s statement following the Referendum in Greece
“In the midst of a deep crisis, the Greeks voted for Democracy. And we should all take strength and inspiration from Greece today […]
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Δήλωση της Vandana Shiva μετά το δημοψήφισμα
““Στη μέση μιας βαθιάς κρίσης,οι Έλληνες ψήφισαν για τη δημοκρατία. Και όλοι μας πρέπει να πάρουμε δύναμη και έμπνευση από την Ελλάδα σήμερα […]
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Stupidity and Intelligence: Science, GMOs and Our Food
By Dr Vandana Shiva – Agroecology, not the mechanistic and blind paradigm of industrial agriculture, is the truly scientific approach […]
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Seed, Food & Soil Stories |
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El Poder de la Fermentación
Por Sandor Katz, EEUU – Allpa, 19 de junio 2015 “Sandorkraut” Katz, personaje líder en el movimiento para revivir los […]
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Celebrating Soil! Celebrating Life! Conference, 26-27 June in Amsterdam
By building soil organic matter, we can make farming systems much more resilient […]
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La Vida nace en la Semilla
Por Javier Carrera, Ecuador – Allpa, 2 de julio 2015 — Semilla ancestral, híbridos, transgénicos, propiedad intelectual. Qué son […]
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Song Launch: “Just Say No, NO GMOs!” by John Chapman
Just Say No, “NO GMOs!” Words and music ©2015 John Chapman Produced by John Chapman ABOUT THE SONGWRITER: John Chapman […]
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Upcoming Events |
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Garden Visit and Seed Swap Gathering
South Africa, 15 July — The Green Camp (GC) Seed Bank’s first seed swap event will take place on the 15th of July 2015. GC […]
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Community Seed Sharing, Exchange & Picnic – Byron Bay
Australia, 25 July — Join your local COMMUNITY to RECEIVE FREE SEEDS & PLANTS adapted for your LOCAL home garden. Nutrient dense organic food […]
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In the News |
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Africa |
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Draft ARIPO Plant Variety Protocol Undermines Farmers’ Right to Save, Exchange & Sell Seeds
An analysis by Sangeeta Shashikant (Third World Network) — A new draft legal framework for […]
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Seed Freedom! A last chance to thwart the great African seed grab
This is a crucial week for millions of African farmers – the week in which, under the guise of ‘plant protection’, they may lose the right […]
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Hawai'i |
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Joint Statement: Hawai‘i Center for Food Safety & Earthjustice Regarding Decision on Maui GE Crop Moratorium
Press Release, 1st July 2015 — “We are deeply disappointed with Chief District Court Judge […]
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Argentina |
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Argentinian Federal Judge Accepts Lawsuit to Ban GMOs and Pesticides
A federal judge in Argentina has ruled that an unprecedented class action lawsuit, demanding a ban on the release of GMOs […]
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India |
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Deconstructing Indian cotton: weather, yields, and suicides
[…] Annual suicide rates in rainfed areas are inversely related to farm size and yield, and directly related to increases in Bt cotton adoption
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Big Ag Big Food PR Machine |
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Big food and chemical corporations spend millions to attack organic
The Report investigates how Big Food and agrochemical corporations are deliberately misleading the public — and reporters — […]
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Glyphosate |
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Glyphosate: Birth defects and reproductive and developmental problems
Studies show that glyphosate and Roundup cause malformations in laboratory animals […]
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Another Common Herbicide Linked to Cancer
[…] a working group of scientists convened by the World Health Organization has taken aim at another widely used herbicide, 2,4-D […]
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Earth Democracy |
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Worldwide displacement hits all-time high as war and persecution increase
UNHCR, 18 June 2015 — Globally, one in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.
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