The following article was written by Phyllis Robinson and Lilian Autler of Grassroots International. Anita Cecila Garcia Cruz, of Confianza community Member of the CEPCO General Assembly (photo courtesy of Grassroots International) Times are tough for rural communities in Mexico right now – as they are for small farmers throughout the world. Fair Trade [...]
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Food Security and Fair Trade Coffee: Women in Oaxaca, Mexico Double their Efforts to Provide for their Families
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CEPCO, Fair Trade coffee co-operative, Food security, Mexico, organic farming on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Women in Chiapas Coffee Co-operative Organize to Protect the Biosphere, Feed their Families, and Diversify their Incomes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CESMACH, Chiapas, coffee co-op, Fair Trade, Food security, women's economic development on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The story of the CESMACH (Campesinos Ecológicos de la Sierra Madre de Chiapas) coffee co-operative in Mexico is a powerful example of what a group of far-sighted and tenacious farmers, with a commitment to protect the unique cloud forest in which they live, can accomplish when they set their [...]
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 »
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 [...]
“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 [...]
International Day Of Peasants’ Struggle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Food security, small farmer organizations, sustainable farming, Via Campesina on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Farmers mobilize around the world and propose solutions to the food price crisis PRESS RELEASE FROM VIA CAMPESINA Small farmer organizations and their allies are today celebrating the International Day of Peasants’ Struggle commemorating the massacre of 19 landless workers, women and men struggling for land in Brazil 12 years ago. Today dozens of groups, [...]
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