Women’s Day 2021 – A message from Dr Vandana Shiva
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...
Hazelnut Land
By Manlio Masucci, Navdanya International Intensive monocultures of hazelnut groves are sweeping across Italian regions to meet growing corporate demand, while also feeding doubts regarding their environmental and economic sustainability. Organic providers, local governments, scientists and citizens are mobilizing...
GREEN REVOLUTION 4.0: How the ecological transition is being held hostage by philanthropic agri-capitalism
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...
Revealed: Monsanto owner and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban
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...
Alimentos & Residuos de Agrotóxicos en la Argentina
Download pdf Analysis and classification of the results of SENASA’s official controls on the presence of pesticides in fruits, vegetables, cereals and oilseeds, between 2017 and 2019, throughout Argentina. 222 Pages. Naturaleza de Derechos. February 2021. —————- Excerpt in...
New Study: Children’s Playgrounds Contaminated with Pesticide Drift All Year Round
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...
Fermiamo i noccioleti intensivi, per un futuro senza pesticidi
Conferenza di Terra Madre L’Italia è il secondo paese al mondo nella coltivazione delle nocciole. La precede solo la Turchia, che da sola realizza il 70% del prodotto mondiale. Registrati a questo link per partecipare attivamente all’incontro. Le nocciole...
Biodiversity as a Bridge to Happiness
– Online Course of Navdanya Register at: earthuniversity@navdanya.net ; +91 (0) 135-2693025 Bija Vidyapeeth – Earth University
Navdanya International at Oxford Real Farming Global Conference – Highlights
This January 7-13, 2021 Navdanya International participated in the annual Oxford Real Farming Conference. Although previously based in the UK, the now online conference brought together multiple food and farming movements and actors− ranging from farmers, activists, policy makers...