Family Farmers, Consumer Advocates, and Organized Labor to Feds: Bust Up Big Ag
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March 2, 2010
12:40 PM
CONTACT: Food Policy & Farm Advocates
David Goodner, Iowa CCI, 515.282.0484, david@iowacci.org
Dave Murphy, Food Democracy Now!, 917.968.7369, dave@fooddemocracynow.org
Patty Lovera, Food and Water Watch, 202.683.2465, plover@fwwatch.org
Kathy Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition, 202.421.4544, kozer@nffc.net
Food democracy townhall meeting in Ankeny, IA one day prior to the federal anti-trust workshop will push DOJ, USDA, and Congress to bust the trusts and put people before profits
Via Campesina North America calls first public hearing to prepare the presentation of the GM Maize case before international courts
Inauguration of “Transgenic contamination of maize: crime against humanity?”
Delegation (Mexico, United States, Canada) of La Via Campesina, North America Region, upon the occasion of the FAO Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries.
Small Family Farms in Tropics Can Feed the Hungry and Preserve Biodiversity
ScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2010) — Conventional wisdom among many ecologists is that industrial-scale agriculture is the best way to produce lots of food while preserving biodiversity in the world's remaining tropical forests. But two University of Michigan researchers reject that idea and argue that small, family-owned farms may provide a better way to meet both goals.
To the governments and organizations gathered in Montreal on the situation in Haiti
January 25, 2010
The recent tragedy in Haiti shocked the people of the world for its
destructive impact, the environmental and social consequences, and
especially for the loss of human lives. Unfortunately, natural
disasters are not new in that Caribbean country, which was impacted in
2008 by hurricanes Hanna and Ike.
Nor is it the first time we have watched the international community
make pledges of cooperation and assistance to Haiti. We are concerned,
as organizations and social movements and on the basis of permanent
New report highlights tools to fight hunger and fix the food system
OAKLAND, CA: Just weeks after the USDA announced that one in seven Americans would go hungry at some point in 2009, a new report from Food First and the Community Food Security Coalition highlights a useful tool that city, state and local governments can use to fight hunger, diet-related diseases and other symptoms of a failing food system. Food Policy Councils: Lessons Learned is based on an in-depth survey of 48 Food Policy Councils established in North America over the past 30 years, and comes up with some surprising, hopeful stories.
Take Back Control of Your Food System
December 16, 2009
There are two million farmers and 300 million eaters in the United States. Standing between them are a handful of corporations who control how food gets from one side to the other.
Let’s change the equation.
Let's Look Before We Leap: Civil Society calls for Technology Assessment as part of any Copenhagen deal
Organisations are invited to sign this statement by civil society groups and social movements
-December 4, 2009
[Technology transfer is one of the four key topics being discussed under
U.S. groups call for leadership from the Obama administration at the World Summit on Food Security
Administration’s support for genetic engineering and trade deregulation are troubling
Rome – As the World Summit on Food Security begins next week in Rome, U.S. civil society organizations expressed concern with the Obama administration’s support for increasing intensive, large-scale agriculture production and trade expansion as a solution to rising global hunger—failed approaches that have actually contributed to the global food crisis.
Groups Call for Change to Failed Free Trade Agenda That Has Deepened Global Food, Environmental and Health Crises
80+ GROUPS AND 38,000+ INDIVIDUALS UNITE AGAINST SIDDIQUI NOMINATION
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ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSUMER, FAMILY FARMER AND FARMWORKER GROUPS DECRY WHITE HOUSE DEFENSE OF PESTICIDE LOBBYIST NOMINATION
Weak Defense of Siddiqui Contrasts with Clear Pro-GMO, Anti-Organic Record
Contacts:
Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Pesticide Action Network, 415-981-6205 ext 325, mie@panna.org
Katherine Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition, (202) 543-5675, kozer@nffc.net
Alexis Baden-Mayer, Organic Consumers Association, (202) 986-6186, alexis@organicconsumers.org
Bill Freese, Center for Food Safety, (202) 547-9359 x14, BFreese@icta.org
Jeannie Economos, Farmworker Association of Florida, (407) 886-5151, farmworkerassoc@aol.com