Real food is how our bodies are interconnected to the web of life on Earth. We are so deeply interconnected that our microbiome forms a continuous, reciprocal macro-organism with the microbiome of the soils. We are so connected that...
Navdanya International works for the promotion of food sovereignty, agroecology, solidarity economies and fair and healthy agri-food systems. Navdanya International works both through awareness-raising campaigns, international action and at the local level through supporting biodiversity-based agroecology, local food systems,...
Pressenza Muenchen, 09 February 2023 | Source Those who buy “organic” do so in order to obtain food and products that are free of genetic engineering and pesticides and that have also been produced in a more environmentally friendly...
On the morning of February 7, 2023 the European Court of Justice issued a ruling setting the stage for full deregulation of new GMOs. Amidst a long attempt by multinational lobby groups to declare new genomic techniques (also known...
During December 7- 19, 190 country representatives, members of civil society and delegates met for the UN Biodiversity Conference or COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The meeting was set to deliberate the new global biodiversity framework,...
I could tell you that, around the world, three people are killed every week while trying to protect their land, their environment, from extractive forces. I could tell you that this has been going on for decades, with the...
From December 7- 19, the 15th COP of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be taking place in Montreal, Canada, the first COP to take place since 2018, after being delayed due to the pandemic. This upcoming CBD...
Civil society organisations around the globe demand a moratorium on genetically engineered gene drives at UN Biodiversity Conference – Berlin, 1 December 2022 – Ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15 and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in...
Exports of banned hazardous chemicals: time to put an end to double standards 1. Hazardous chemicals, banned at a domestic level in order to protect human health and the environment, are currently produced and exported by EU countriesto third...
The GMO-Free Europe event took place on 17 November 2022 at the European Parliament, co-organised by Save Our Seeds and IFOAM Organics Europe and hosted by the Green Group / EFA in the European Parliament. We discussed the European...