Since 2020 the U.S. government, under the influence of the agribusiness lobby, has been bullying the Mexican government to reverse a Presidential decree banning the importation of GMO corn, and glyphosate. In December of 2020, the Mexican President signed...
From March 2-8 2023, the Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm hosted the Diverse Women for Diversity Festival (DWD), a coming together of the international movement of Diverse Women for Diversity. Over 50 women activists, farmers, and researchers from more than...
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,...
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...
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...
By Dr. Vandana Shiva Mustard is the colour of our spring — basant. It is the flavour, and aroma, of our foods. It is a warm massage for a baby, and the glow of our oil-lamps on Diwali. Mustard...
“The destabilisation of the Earth’s climate systems is the consequence of violating the ecological processes and cycles of the earth, violating the Rights of the Earth, Rights of Indigenous People, and the Rights of Future Generations. Fossil fuels have...
By Dr Vandana Shiva, 27 October 2022 The web of life is a food web, and we are interconnected with natural systems and all living things. Thus, food sovereignty is primarily an ecological process of co-creation with other life...