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
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Farmer and civil society leaders carrying out a peaceful action today in Rome, Italy at the FAO Summit on the Food Crisis were forcefully [...]
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“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 »
Our first responses to the question, “what Big Change would you like to see our network accomplish over the next 20 years?”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environmental protection, Fair Trade, small-scale farmers, supply chain on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At this year’s annual Specialty Coffee Association of America conference, we asked a group of our farmer co-operative, food co-operative, Interfaith partners, and other friends and allies to tell us what Big Change they would like to see our network accomplish over the next 20 years.
Here’s some of their responses:
Peruvian farmers protest Free Trade Agreement
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CEPICAFE, free trade, FTA, Peru, small-scale farmers on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 20th marked the end of a two-day national agrarian strike in Peru. Campesino organizations demanded government measures to alleviate the financial hardships small-scale farmers will face as a result of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) recently signed with the U.S. Under the FTA, tariffs will be lifted on heavily subsidized U.S. grains, like corn [...]
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