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...
Philippines: Farmer-scientist group condemns Golden Rice approval
Masipag, 19 December 2019 | Source In a sly move characteristic of the GM proponents including the various agencies in the Joint Department Circular (JDC), the direct use for food, feed and processing of the genetically modified (GM) Golden...
Farmers, doctors, scientists, activists gather for ‘Food. Farming. Freedom’ conference
Tessdrive, 7 December 2019 | Source “Seeds are essential to agriculture because whoever controls the seed supply will affect the state of food and agriculture.” Thus say the organizers of the October 26 conference “Food. Farming. Freedom” or FFF....
Del Re and Belloni present the Premio Minerva to women
Photos kindly provided by Il Club delle Donne (The Women’s Club), if not otherwise specified Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 November 2019 | Source The Sala della Protomoteca of the Campidoglio, hosted the 30th edition of the “Premio...
Huge Europe-wide campaign launches to ban pesticides, transform agriculture and save bees and nature
A European Citizens’ Initiative launches today to phase out synthetic pesticides by 2035, support farmers, and save bees and nature. If it gathers one million signatures by September 2020, the EU Commission and Parliament must consider turning the campaign’s...
Make the University of California System Herbicide-Free!
In support for Herbicide Free Campus intiative, we invite you to join this campaign to tell University of California President Napolitano to issue a full, permanent ban on glyphosate and other Proposition 65 herbicides, to make the UC system...
C40 World Mayors Summit 2019: Vandana Shiva
We need an inclusive and fair response to the climate emergency C40 World Mayors Summit
Third World Profiteering by ‘Big Tech’ Plutocrats
Erin Go Bragh, 1 July 2019 Dr Vandana Shiva is an extraordinarily powerful and persuasive critic of Gates’ interference in the sovereignty of third world nations like India. In her most recent book, « Oneness and the 1 Percent » she...
Opinion | Agroecology as Innovation
By Timothy A. Wise – Triple Crisis, 17 July 2019 | Source Recently, the High Level Panel of Experts of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released its much-anticipated report on agroecology. The report signals the continuing shift...
Federal Judge Finds Hawai‘i Agribusiness Development Corporation Is Unlawfully Contaminating Kauaʻi’s Shores
Earth Justice, 10 July 2019 | Source Honolulu, HI — Hawai‘i’s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) has violated the federal Clean Water Act by polluting ocean waters along Kauaʻi’s West Side without a permit, a federal court ruled yesterday. Community...