The Via Campesina, the largest organization of small farmers in the world, has long advocated for changes in our agriculture and trade policies. For the past decade, they have been promoting the principles of Food Sovereignty as a way forward to protect rural communities, our food system, and the planet. As a movement that originated [...]
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Five Reasons We Should Support Small Farms in the Global South
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agroecology, environment, food crisis, Food security, food sovereignty, small farmers, Via Campesina on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Connecting the Dots: Failed Trade Policies, the Great Wall of America, and Immigrant Raids
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged immigration, TRADE Act on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Aug. 8, Centro Presente, an immigrant organization in Boston put out the following press release: Communities of faith and community organizations publicly denounce operations recently conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Somerville, MA – In recent days the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has conducted operations in various cities in the greater [...]
Women and the Food Crisis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family farmers, food crisis, food sovereignty, women on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All too often the impact of unfair agriculture and free trade policies falls most severely on the shoulders of women. Grassroots International is a human rights and international development organization that works alongside their partners to promote the rights of all people to land, water, and food. We would like to thank Blair Rapalyea, an [...]
Tea with F.W. DeKlerk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Heiveld, plantations, rooibos, South Africa, tea, Wupperthal on August 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As the food we eat becomes more and more political, we begin to hear the story it tells. In too many cases, it is a story of environmental destruction and human despair. The story of rooibos tea is no exception. It begins in the most infamous system of racial segregation in our planet’s history. The [...]
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