“Free trade” rules are written by corporations to enlarge their freedom to commodify and privatise the last inch of land, the last drop of water, the last seed, the last serving of food, the last byte of information, the last bit of data, knowledge […]
CONTINUE READINGFriends of the Earth Europe, 27 January 2017 Source Today, EU governments opposed the European Commission’s proposal to authorise the […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Ryan Rifai – Al Jazeera, 22 January 2016 Source UK scientists say a first-ever long-term study shows popular weed-killer […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Carey Gillam – The Huffington Post, 6 January 2016 Source New research adds to evidence that the effectiveness of […]
CONTINUE READINGWe live in times where the non-working rent collectors and speculators have emerged as the richest billionaires. Meanwhile, the hard working honest people, like farmers, workers in in self-organised economies […]
CONTINUE READINGLe Monde, 29 November 2016 Source: Le Monde Around a hundred scientists ask Europe and the international community to act […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Juliette Leroux – Green European Journal, 14 December 2016 Source: http://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/new-breeding-techniques-new-gmos-in-a-legal-limbo/ The biotech industry, as well as the US […]
CONTINUE READINGPhoto credits: Juan Antonio Correa Calfin for Voces del Maiz (where not otherwise specified). The 5th Seed Freedom Network of […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Ek Balam Declaration states that indigenous peoples are the rightful possessors, conservationists and breeders of maize and and all associated biodiversity.
CONTINUE READINGOver the last century, giant agribusiness interests which came out of the war industry have poisoned life, our ecosystems, destroyed our biodiversity and pushed farmers off the land.
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