As the year 2008 comes to a close, the world must cope with a recent assertion made by the Food and Agriculture Organization that “one billion people will go hungry around the globe next year for the first time in human history…” This shameful scenario was presented in the December 28th issue of The Independent: [...]
Posts Tagged ‘agribusiness’
Fair Trade, Food Sovereignty and the Food Crisis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, Alternative Trade Organizations, co-operatives, Fair Trade, food crisis, food sovereignty, small farmers on December 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Lookin’ for a Fight?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, food co-operatives, organic industry on December 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tired of carefully selecting your organic groceries only to learn that the cool, independent company you thought you were supporting (along with their commitment to your health and to the right livelihood of the product’s growers), was in fact bought out by some multi-national conglomerate earning mind-numbing profits, pushing pesticides, buying seed patents, maybe even [...]
Local and Fair Trade at the Crossroads: are we building a movement or splintering one?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, Buy Local, carbon emissions, Fair Trade, local first on June 17, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Despite my first blog entry, Why “local” and “Equal Exchange Fair Trade” are two sides of the same coin, I must admit that I’m becoming a little confused by some of the Buy Local messaging I’ve been observing lately. I wholeheartedly support the goals of the movement as I understand them to be: reducing our carbon [...]
Family Farmers Praise Introduction of Trade Bill That Helps Address Global Food Crisis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, Fair Trade, food crisis, food sovereignty, free trade on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following is a press release from the National Family Farm Coalition about a trade bill recently introduced to Congress which we can finally put our support behind! FAMILY FARMERS PRAISE INTRODUCTION OF TRADE BILL THAT HELPS ADDRESS GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: U.S. and United Nations Continue to Promote Catastrophic Free Trade Agenda Washington D.C., [...]
“Stop corporate control over food!” Farmers bringing the message to the Food Crisis Summit in Rome are expelled
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, food crisis, Food security, small-scale farmers, Via Campesina on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Farmers protest record profits of corporations while millions across the world are going hungry. Alexandra Strickner, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Rome, Italy, 3 June 2008 Watch the 3 minute video on http://wsftv.net Farmer and civil society leaders carrying out a peaceful action today in Rome, Italy at the FAO Summit on the [...]
The Time has Come for La Via Campesina and Food Sovereignty
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, agroecology, food crisis, food prices, food sovereignty, small farmers, Via Campesina on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following article, written by Peter Rosset, is an excellent analysis on some of the causes and potential solutions of the current food crisis. Dr. Rosset is a food rights activist, agroecologist and rural development specialist. Currently working in San Cristobál, Mexico, he is the former co-director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy [...]
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