The Seed War
By Manlio Masucci (text and photos) – Navdanya International, 17 March 2020 From India to the rest of the world, corporations are trying to extend control over the first link of our food chain. Navdanya seed banks were created...
Launch of the process for the creation of a “Roman Hills“ Biodistrict/Eco-Region (Biodistretto delle Colline e dei Castelli Romani)
To create a „Bio-district of Roman Hills“ on the outskirts of Rome, the largest agricultural municipality in Europe. This is the aim of the organizing committee’s coordination group of the “Biodistretto delle Colline e dei Castelli Romani”, who presented...
An Agroecological Transformation to Tackle Climate Change
By Manlio Masucci – Navdanya International, 2 March 2020 Victims and culprits: the way we produce our food is responsible for a large share of the climate altering emissions Speaking of climate change, sometimes it feels like we are...
Herbicide-free on campus and beyond
By Mackenzie Feldman – Pesticide Action Network US Guest Blog, 25 February 2020 | Source For the last few years, Herbicide-Free Campus has been in the weeds, literally, working to eliminate herbicides on campuses across the country. As a...
Health, environment and climate are not negotiable
Seattle to Brussels Network, 20 February 2020 | Source More than 100 Civil society organisations demand a stop to trade talks that will further endanger EU rules on health and the environment and aggravate the climate crisis. A change...
Study on Monsanto’s herbicide Glyphosate persistence in GM corn farming communiy in Capiz presented
Masipag, 20 February 2020 | Source Farmers, scientists, food right advocates including key government officials from different parts of the Philippines call to ban Glyphosate and hold Monsanto-Bayer accountable to the impacts of Glyphosate to health, environment and livelihoods...
„Another World is Possible“ – Mobilization Tour in Germany
A series of events were organised in Germany from 17 – 21 January 2020, in collaboration with Colabora – Let’s work together, along with multiple local civil society movements, to promote the transition towards poison-free, climate resilient and organic...
Organic is the future
By Sapna Gopal – Thirdpole.net, 29 January 2020 | Source Vandana Shiva, a pioneer of organic farming in India, is incensed by the 2019 draft law to compulsorily register all seeds used by farmers On...
Alternative Nobelpreisträgerin Vandana Shiva unterstützt als Patin Europäische Bürgerinitiative gegen Pestizide
Pressemitteilung Der Bund Naturschutz, 21. Januar 2020 | Quelle Überall in Europa formiert sich Widerstand gegen die pestizidintensive Landwirtschaft. Der Schutz von Trinkwasser, Artenvielfalt und menschlicher Gesundheit steht gegen die Profitinteressen von Agrarchemiekonzernen. Weltweit sind bäuerliche Betriebe durch ein...
Rewilding food, rewilding farming
By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Ecologist, 24 January 2020 | Source Dr Vandana Shiva argues that agroecology holds the key to solving the climate and ecological crisis in a just and equitable way. George Monbiot’s recent column, “Lab-grown...