Pachamama Feeds Us
The Poison Cartel is Poisoning the World, Driving Species to Extinction, and Contributing to Hunger – By Dr Vandana Shiva, 1st August 2021 – Pachamama Day The web of life is a food web woven by Pachamama through her...
Opening Declaration of the Counter-Mobilization to Transform Corporate Food Systems
csm4cfs.org, 27 July 2021 | Source Confronting the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, climate chaos, increasing hunger and all forms of malnutrition, ecological destruction and multiple humanitarian crises, we, social movements, indigenous peoples’ articulations, non-governmental organizations, and academics assert our commitment...
UNFSS – Where Multinationals Continue to Design our Food Systems and Control our Diets
Download pdf The Pre-Summit of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) taking place in Rome, as a preparative stage to the New York September Summit, is, as expected, going in the wrong direction. As many civil society members,...
Defend Our Rice! Farmer-scientist group condemns Golden Rice commercial propagation, calls on farmers and consumers to protest
Masipag, 23 July 2021 | Source Farmer-scientist organization Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) vehemently condemns the railroaded decision by the Department of Agriculture to commercially propagate Golden Rice and calls on small farmers and consumers...
Hundreds of grassroots organizations to oppose the UN Food Systems Summit
csm4sfs.org, 19 July 2021 | Source Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations launch a global counter-mobilization against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit from 25 to 28 July 2021 in Rome and online. Rome, Italy. 19 July 2021. Over 300...
The takeover of democracy by corporations and billionaires
Statement by Dr Vandana Shiva The ongoing attempt by large economic and political interest groups to occupy democratic spaces must be stopped. The Food Summit and the G20 have become opportunities for corporations to assert their power over both...
800 international organisations, NGOs and food experts unite to warn against ‘greenwashing’ at UN Food Systems Summit, call for true sustainability in agriculture
Ipes Food, 7 July 2021 | Source Experts call for agroecology, organic and regenerative agriculture to take centre stage at UN Food Systems Summit in New York. WWF, Oxfam, IUCN and ECOWAS among 230 organisations to sign ambitious manifesto;...
Which Future for our Climate? Technofixes vs Biodiversity-based solutions – Highlights
On 23 June 2021, Navdanya International hosted an online event – Which Future for our Climate? Technofixes vs Biodiversity-based solutions. This workshop and discussion was organised as part of the European project ClimAlt, co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+...
Sri Lanka’s shift towards organic farming
On April 27, 2021, the Sri Lankan government decided to ban importing chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides and to replace them with organic inputs and methods. This decision was supported by many, including the Global Alliance for Organic Districts,...
A brave, futuristic move that requires balancing science with tradition
By Sumudu Chamara – nation.lk, 11 June 2021 | Source Sri Lanka is a country that is largely dependent on agriculture, and the country’s farming community is revered because of the contribution they give to provide food to the...