{"id":1488,"date":"2018-01-22T16:43:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T15:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/vandana-shiva-florence-january-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-09-14T12:45:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T11:45:45","slug":"vandana-shiva-florence-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/pt-br\/vandana-shiva-florence-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandana Shiva in Florence: for a Corporate-Free, Poison-Free Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 27 to 30 January 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the past year we have seen the authorization for glyphosate<\/a> use in Europe extended for another five years, the provisional approval of the CETA<\/a> trade agreement awaiting the response of national parliaments, Corporate Mergers<\/a> between large agribusiness and pharmaceutical industry. Are big corporations taking control of our lives by gradually reducing any space for democratic participation? And what is the role of civil society, which is more and more concerned about the increasing harm to the environment and citizens\u2019 health, at a time when decisions taken at global level would have serious impact on the local level, on our everyday life and quality of life?<\/p>\n

These themes will be discussed with Indian scientist and activist Vandana Shiva, president of Navdanya at the meeting organized by perUnaltracitt\u00e0, in collaboration with Navdanya International, which will take place at Spazio Inkiostro,Via degli Alfani 49r, Florence, on Tuesday, January 30th, at 5.30pm. The event \u201cCorporate profit is poisoning our Food, our Soils and the Planet. What are the alternatives?<\/a>\u201d will see the participation of journalist \u00a0Monica Di Sisto<\/strong><\/a> and Dr Patrizia Gentilini <\/a><\/strong>(ISDE Association of Doctors for the Environment<\/a>), who will discuss with Vandana Shiva the foremost crises and real alternatives in a historical moment in which politics increasingly appear to be at the mercy of multinationals\u2019 powerful lobbies.<\/p>\n

Journalists interested in interviews are invited to reach Spazio Inkiostro at 4pm (press credentials requested. Please contact <\/strong>info@navdanyainternational.it, tel. +39 328 6334318).<\/strong><\/p>\n

In view of the upcoming parliamentary election in Italy, the meeting is taking place at a particularly sensitive time. In this context Monica Di Sisto will present the results of the Campaign \u201cStop CETA\/TTIP\u201d<\/a>, supported – among others – by Navdanya International, which played a key role in the block of the free trade agreement approval in Italy. It is therefore essential, in view of the next legislature, to get firm commitments from candidates with regard to commercial treaties, which have little to do with trade, but rather with the dismantling of national regulations that protect local production, which would have catastrophic effects on small quality production, employment and citizens\u2019 health.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The new government will also be called upon to take a stand on the issue of glyphosate, the powerful herbicide, which use has been re-approved in Europe despite the Monsanto Papers<\/a> scandal, the controversy on conflicts of interest involving regulatory agencies and the alarms launched by independent scientists<\/a>, added to those who testified at the recent Monsanto Tribunal<\/a>, organized by civil society organizations around the world, including Navdanya. Vandana Shiva will expose the strategies of agribusiness corporations, known as the Poison Cartel<\/a> precisely for their ability to establish an oligopoly to obtain \u00a0maximum profits at the expense of citizens. She will also outline Navdanya International campaign<\/a> for poison-free, biodiversity based ecological agriculture.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Among the various corporate threats, focus \u00a0will put on the merger between Monsanto and Bayer, which, together, would control<\/a> around 31% of the world\u2019s commercial seed market and 26% of the agro-chemical market. <\/strong>Vandana Shiva will update the audience on the latest developments and illustrate Navdanya\u2019s campaign \u00a0opposing the merger<\/a>, currently being examined \u00a0by national antitrust bodies and, generally, on the corporate plan to control ownership of seeds and expand a model of industrial agriculture that is poisoning the soil<\/a> and the food we eat on a daily basis, as outlined in the recent report “The Toxic Story of RoundUp<\/a>“, the main glyphosate based herbicide marketed by Monsanto.<\/p>\n

Dr Vandana Shiva will be speaking on the theme of \u00a0“Responsibility and Environment<\/strong>\u201d, at Teatro Niccolini, Via Ricasoli 3, Florence, on Saturday, January 27th at 10:30 am<\/strong>, \u00a0promoted by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze with the patronage of the Tuscany Region, the City of Florence, the University of Florence and realized in collaboration with Teatro Niccolini and Fondazione File.\u00a0 On Sunday, January 28th, at 6pm, at Cinema Odeon, Piazza Strozzi, 2,Florenc<\/strong>e, Dr Vandana Shiva will give a \u201cLectio magistralis<\/strong>\u201d entitled “Earth Democracy<\/strong> “. The event is organised by Cinema Odeon Florence and Navdanya International , in collaboration with Edizioni Le Piaggie, Terra Nuova and LEF Libreria Editrice Fiorentina.<\/p>\n

Resources for journalists:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

For press credentials for the press briefing <\/strong>scheduled on Tuesday, January 30th <\/strong>at 4pm <\/strong>at Spazio <\/strong>Inkiostro, please contact<\/p>\n

Navdanya International Press Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

info@navdanyainternational.it<\/strong><\/p>\n

tel. +39 328 6334318 – +39 329 8622125<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Other events<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cConversation with Dr Vandana Shiva: Responsibility and Environment\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Saturday, 27 January \u2013 10.30am . <\/strong>Venue: Teatro Niccolini, Via Ricasoli 3, Florence <\/strong><\/p>\n

More information<\/a> – Program\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Vandana Shiva\u2019s Lectio Magistralis: \u201cEarth Democracy\u201d.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sunday 28 January \u2013 6pm. <\/strong>Venue: Cinema Odeon<\/strong>, Piazza degli Strozzi, 2, Florence<\/p>\n

More information<\/a> \u2013 Program and tickets\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Additional resources\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Publications<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPoisons in Our Plate\u201d \u2013 Glyphosate and other poisons: from field to table\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Report<\/p>\n

Articles\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span>
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Glyphosate and Arsenic: a Deadly Cocktail<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Navdanya International, 9 January 2018\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seed Freedom and the Future of Farming<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

An Interview with Dr Vandana Shiva \u2013 Roar Magazine, 27 December 2017\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

How agricultural chemicals are poisoning our world. And all the (false) myths about them<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

By Ruchi Shroff – Lifegate, 18 September 2017\u00a0 <\/em>
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Food and farming: Two futures<\/a> <\/strong><\/h4>\n

By Dr. Vandana Shiva \u2013 The Asian Age, 12 July 2017\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

CETA: an Agrotoxic Agreement<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

By Ruchi Shroff, 31 May 2017\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Events and Campaigns\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

NO to CETA, we must save our farmers and keep water a public common good<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Conference- Rome, 10 July 2017\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Call to Action against the Corporate Takeover of our Food and Health<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

2017 Navdanya Campaign\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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