Seed Freedom News & Updates

Satyagraha for Gandhi’s Ghani – Awareness Campaign

by Indra Shekhar Singh – 18 December 2015

To defend Gandhi’s Ghani (Ghani = a traditional method of oil processing in india), Dr Vandana Shiva joined with Gandhian organisations for a three day awareness campaign into the Vidharba region of Maharashtra [...]

Launch of Citizen’s pact on World Soil Day

On the afternoon of World Soil Day – December 5, 2015 – on the occasion of COP21, leaders in defense of life and of our Planet, representatives of Seed Savers – Community Supported Agriculture Networks, spiritual leaders, artists and concerned citizens gathered at La Villette in Paris and planted a ‘Garden of Hope’ as a reminder that our seeds, our soils and our biodiversity, kept in the hands of local farmers and caring citizens, are solutions to climate change, to which Industrial globalised agriculture makes a significant contribution [...]

Navdanya at COP21 Highlighs


	In Focus
	Corporate Imperialism – The only reason for GMOs By Dr Vandana Shiva, 20 November 2015

	Making Peace with the Earth and Each other By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 2 December 2015

	The Raging Elephant in the Climate Change Room Not only does organic farming avoid the emissions that come from industrial agriculture, organic farming transforms carbon in the air through photo synthesis and builds it up in the soil [...]

	Age Debate: Curbs are history, not emissions Debate with Dr Vandana Shiva and Chandra Bhushan – The Asian Age, 17 December 2015

	The Fraudulent Science at COP21 Exposed By John W. Roulac – Ecowatch, 17 December 2015

	Monsanto Charged With Crimes Against Humanity By Dr Mercola – Mercola.com, 22 December 2015

	Why vulnerable countries must take ownership of their skies The Guardian, 22 December 2015

	Los Transgénicos en Debate Por Javier Carrera – Allpa, La Voz de la Tierra, 30 de octubre 2015


	Upcoming Events
	Seed Freedom Rally & Lobby Day SACRAMENTO CA, USA — 4 January 2016

	LIRSC Annual Seed Swap RIVERHEAD NY, USA — 13 February 2016

	Saatgut-Festival 2016 IPHOFEN, GERMANY — 20 February 2016

	Making Peace with the Earth & Each Other: Gandhi, Globalisation & GNH NAVDANYA FARM, DEHRADUN, INDIA — 1-10 April 2016

	16th Pan-Hellenic Seed Exchange Festival of Traditional Varieties PELITI LAND, MESOCHORI, PARANESTI, DRAMA, GREECE — 7 May 2016


	Africa – Ghana
	My story and my Navdanya inspired farm By Isaac Pabia — Ghana

	Africa – South Africa
	Who is Rushka and what is the #RoundupOut Campaign The International Reporter, 19 December 2015

	Africa – Nigeria
	Between Subsidising Polluters and Thieves By Nnimmo Bassey – Nnimmo’s Reflections (Oil Politics), 24 December 2015

	Latin America – Ecuador
	Las semillas siembran comunidad – Festival Madre Tierra Internacional, Ecuador, octubre 2015 Por Valentina Vives, Chile – Allpa, 22 de decembre 2015

	International Festival “Madre Tierra” – Ecuador, October 2015 By Javier Carrera, Ecuador

	Latin America – Venezuela
	Venezuelan Parliament Approves New Anti-GMO Seed Law teleSur, 23 December 2015

	AN venezolana aprobó Ley de Semillas en segunda discusión teleSur, 23 de decembre 2015

	Asia – India
	It is failure of Bt technology, opines expert panel The Hindu, 25 December 2015

	Mahyco Monsanto cancels Bt cotton licence over royalty payment The Financial Express, 23 December 2015

	Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Dow Chemical Fails To Appear In Court For Third Time NDTV, 20 December 2015

	Prakash Kardaley Memorial Lecture: Environmentalist pitches for organic farming By Express News Service \| Pune \| The Indian Express, 20 December 2015

	Central govt targets Monsanto Indian JV for alleged monopoly Hindustan Times, 19 December 2015

	Batting for GM in India: Smears, Misinformation and Depoliticising the Political By Colin Todhunter – East by Northwest, 18 December 2015

	North America – United States
	Jackson County’s Ban on Genetically Engineered Crops Will Stand! Federal Court Approves Settlement Our Family Farms Coalition, 22 December 2015

	Advances in Native Food Sovereignty \| Yurok Tribe Adopts Ordinance Banning GMOs Environmental and Food Justice, 22 December 2015

	EPA tosses aside safety data, says Dow pesticide for GMOs won’t harm people By Patricia Callahan – Chicago Tribune, 8 December 2015

	National Heirloom Festival: Hope to End Seed Slavery By Julie Ann Finemann – Huffington Post, 17 December 2015

	North America – Canada
	Documents reveal Canadian teenager target of GMO lobby Global News, 21 December 2015

	Europe
	European Parliament calling for patents on plants derived from conventional breeding to be stopped No Patents on Seeds, 17 December 2015

	Polluters’ paradise Corporate Europe Observatory, 10 December 2015

	EFSA and Member States vs. IARC on Glyphosate: Has Science Won? Corporate Europe Observatory, 25 November 2015

	Europe – Switzerland
	Switzerland will extend moratorium on GM crop cultivation GM Watch, 22 December 2015

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