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Did you know that Walmart controls more than a 30% share in 44% of major U.S. grocery markets?
And in 29 of those markets, the company controls more than a 50% share.
August 31, 2010
Executive Summary
TET KOLE ON THE NEEDS OF HAITIAN FARMERS
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Photo of Rosnel Jean Baptiste, exec sec of Tet Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen at pilot seedbank.
“EVEN IF WE’RE PEASANTS, WE DESERVE TO LIVE, TOO.”
By Beverly Bell
September 1, 2010
Advocates for independent ranchers, workers and consumers demand federal action to restore fair markets
August 27, 2010, Fort Collins, Colo. – Today the USDA and the Department of Justice hold the fourth in a series of historic workshops on corporate concentration and lack of competition in agriculture. This workshop will examine the livestock industry.
A coalition of organizations that represent independent ranchers, workers and consumers is asking the agencies for new regulations and enforcement efforts to clarify and strengthen protections provided in the Packers and Stockyards Act to mitigate unfair practices that put farmers and ranchers, workers, and consumers at a disadvantage.
This time Sodexo caves and signs Fair Food agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
The big three food service industry leaders now squarely behind growing movement for Fair Food!...
In April 2010 SEIU mounted a labor protest against Sodexo that gained considerable press coverage with celebrities including Holly Near and Danny Glover involved in the protest. Fast forward to August and Sodexo was clearly not interested in more bad press.
Coalition of Immokalee Workers--August 23, 2010
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