Which Future of Food and Farming
Reflections on World Food Day 16th October 2015, By Dr Vandana Shiva
It takes a seed to make everything
The conference was held within the 1st Earth Festival in San Gimignano ‘Biodistretto’ Area, Teatro dei Leggieri, on 31st October 2015
Sardinia Terra Via, Sardigna Terra Bia
Open letter to the Sardinian society The letter shows that “Sardinians strongly request a change, being aware of the opportunity of life in a land still rich in biodiversity, despite the suffered damage and which can still get rid...
“Laudatu Si” – A 21st century Manifesto for Earth Democracy
by Dr Vandana Shiva – L’Huffington Post Italia, 19 June 2015 Source : http://www.huffingtonpost.it/vandana-shiva/la-laudato-si-manifesto-del-21-secolo-terra_b_7620852.html Most reports of Pope Francis’s Encyclical in the press before the formal launch yesterday reduced this path breaking document with 246 paras on the contemporary...
Pope Francis: A new ecological Paradigm is necessary
by Manlio Masucci, 17 June 2015 “Pope Francis has shown all of humanity that being truly human means giving up the arrogance of being masters and owners of nature and diverse species Most importantly he has shown that ecological...
The New Democracy is the Democracy of the Earth – Launch of ‘Terra Viva’, Our Soil, Our Commons, Our Future
Press Release, Milan, 2 May 2015 PRESENTATION OF “TERRA VIVA”, CIVIL SOCIETY’S MANIFESTO FOR A NEW SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL PACT IN THE PRESENCE OF VANDANA SHIVA, DON CIOTTI, MARTINA AND BIGGERI
Wealth per Acre
The book gives a deep insight on the way agriculture is done in India and on the food system prevailing. Any economic activity involves costs that are internal to the system, costs that are borne by the producer or...
Health per Acre
India is faced with a triple food crisis – an agrarian crisis, the tragic symptom of which is 250,000 farmers’ suicides, the rising food prices and food inflation and the hunger and malnutrition crisis. All three crises have common...
Manifestos of the International commission on the future of food and agriculture
The Manifesto on the Future of Food develops in detail principles on which to base the transition to a sustainable food and agricultural system as outlined in the Florence Declaration on the Global Rights to Food. Most importantly it...