Over five decades I have witnessed how food imperialism is at the root of violence against the Earth and against women. In India, wherever industrial agriculture has displaced women, women have been reduced to a disposable sex and female...
Por Juana Pérez Montero – Pressenza España, 7 de marzo de 2021 | Fuente Abrimos la serie Constructoras de Futuro: hacia una cultura no violenta, con la entrevista a Vandana Shiva. Se trata de la primera de un buen...
Billions of dollars are invested in projects geared towards maintaining the status quo and flogging biotechnological solutions: Bill Gates’ philanthropic foundation has made sustainable development into an inexhaustible source of profit. By Manlio Masucci, Navdanya International Public subsidies, tax...
The industrial agriculture lobby is back on the offensive to avoid missing its opportunity with a second generation of GMOs, especially after Europe imposed strict rules on the first generation. Agribusiness’ main objective is to exempt new breeding techniques...
By Carey Gillam – The Guaardian, 16 February 2021 | Source Internal government emails reveal Monsanto owner Bayer AG and industry lobbyist CropLife America have been working closely with US officials to pressure Mexico into abandoning its intended ban...
Jean Grossholtz Trusty friend and cherished colleague in arms, Jean was above all an intrepid free spirit whose direct and no nonsense approach instinctively made you feel her deep humanity and wise old soul. Co-founder of the Diverse Women...
Within the Italian province of South Tyrol, 32 different agricultural pesticides were detected on children’s playgrounds. An international team of scientists strongly advises to take action for public health. Bolzano/Bologna/Brussels/Vienna – Scientists from Italy, Austria and Germany have proven...
An entire continent is being put under siege by western powers through a new face for a colonization no longer imposed through armies. Instead, the use of equally powerful weapons is being wielded – intellectual property laws, imposed on...
UN Environment Programme, 3 February 2021 – Press Release | Source A new Chatham House report highlights that the global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. Biodiversity loss will continue to accelerate, unless we change the way we produce food. Further destruction of ecosystems...
Es un enero negro para los lobbistas del agronegocio y sus grupos de interés. México, Perú y Tanzania cerraron las puertas a los OGM, mientras que el gobierno italiano fue presionado por una fuerte campaña de la sociedad civil,...