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Trade Deals Boosting Climate Change: The Food Factor
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Trade Deals Boosting Climate Change: The Food Factor

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory October 26, 2015 0Likes 0Comments

We see seven main ways through which the food and agriculture components of today’s trade and investment deals will make the climate crisis worse.

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October 16th: International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty and Against Transnational Corporations
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October 16th: International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty and Against Transnational Corporations

Food Sovereignty October 16, 2015 0Likes 0Comments

La Via Campesina calls its members and allies, and civil society organizations to mobilize and organize actions on October 16th, the International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty and against transnational corporations (TNCs).

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TPP, NAFTA Reloaded
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TPP, NAFTA Reloaded

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory October 16, 2015 0Likes 0Comments

The product of exclusive negotiations that took place behind closed doors, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) represents the final sale of Mexico to the multinational corporations. In other words, a farewell to whatever national sovereignty still exists, and the elimination of any possibility of recuperating food sovereignty.

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A Tale of Two Food Prizes
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A Tale of Two Food Prizes

Food Sovereignty October 12, 2015 0Likes 3Comments

What do human rights and oppression have to do with hunger? Everything.

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Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras Wins Food Sovereignty Prize for Defense of Lands
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Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras Wins Food Sovereignty Prize for Defense of Lands

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory October 7, 2015 0Likes 0Comments

In 2015, the US Food Sovereignty Prize honors the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH by its Spanish acronym), Afro-indigenous farmers and fisherpeople who are defending their lands, waters, agriculture, and way of life.

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Mexico’s GMO Corn Ban and Glyphosate Cancer Findings
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Mexico’s GMO Corn Ban and Glyphosate Cancer Findings

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory July 20, 2015 0Likes 11Comments

Twenty-two months ago, Mexico became a GM maize-free territory, when a Federal Judge issued the precautionary measure that suspended authorizations to plant any genetically modified seeds of this grain, a staple food in the country, essential to its culture.

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A Harvest of Justice in San Quintin?
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A Harvest of Justice in San Quintin?

Democracy and Society Food Sovereignty Land and Territory May 18, 2015 0Likes 1Comment

The farm workers of the San Quintin Valley have gotten the federal government to commit to facilitating negotiations for a wage hike. But movement leaders warn that the the agreement is still not a victory.

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The Genetic Memory of Corn and Cultures
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The Genetic Memory of Corn and Cultures

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory May 4, 2015 0Likes 1Comment

In Mexico a judicial process is beginning to decide whether genetically modified corn will be widely planted here in the center of origin of corn. There is every reason against permitting this.

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Grassroots Movement Blocks Water Privatization in Mexico
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Grassroots Movement Blocks Water Privatization in Mexico

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory social movements March 13, 2015 0Likes 16Comments

The ruling party (PRI) and its allies, the National Action Party (PAN), the Partido Verde and New Alliance, lost a battle when the General Water Law to privatize Mexico’s water resources was shelved in the Chamber of Deputies. Grassroots mobilization played a key role in the victory.

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Brazil’s indigenous population can use their land, but are not its owners
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Brazil’s indigenous population can use their land, but are not its owners

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory October 28, 2014 0Likes 2Comments

The Brazilian Ministry of Justice emphatically affirmed, “all of the proceedings to identify and demarcate the lands of the indigenous Jaragua Guaraní in the city of São Paulo have been undertaken with the participation of…

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