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
Women united for food sovereignty and against violence towards women
Report by Via Campesina
In Maputo, Mozambique, on the occasion of the international seminar on building alliances for food sovereignty and against violence towards women held in Maputo from July 26 to 29, La Via Campesina worked together with World March of Women (WMW), Friends of the Earth Intenational (FoEI) and women of the countryside from Asia and Africa and shared our ideas to plan our work on women.
It is our way of struggling - An interview with Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, head of the MPP, Haiti’s largest and oldest peasant organization.
Jean-Baptiste gave this interview to GRAIN shortly after the march protesting dumping of Monsanto GMO seeds on June 4, 2010.
It is well known that Haitian agriculture has been severely damaged over the last few decades. Is it still possible to build food sovereignty? Can Haiti produce all the food it needs?
Raising Parents: How I invited my folks to join the sustainable food movement
By Cait Van Damm
“We went to visit the Egg Man today! Those eggs are so superior…” Three thousand miles away, I listen to my dad gloat over the phone. The eggs he’s raving about are really incredible eggs with bright orange yolks and amazing flavor. They’re sold by Roder, an elderly Eastern European man who lives in a trailer with a hand-painted sign out front: “FREE RANGE EGGS”—with his phone number scrawled below. You’ve got to call when you drive up, and if you’re lucky, he’ll stroll outside and deliver the best eggs ever for three bucks a dozen. I miss him so.
Connecting Gardeners with Their Local Food Banks and Pantries
By Colleen Lynch
AmpleHarvest.org is a newly formed, national organization that connects enthusiastic gardeners across the country with their local food pantries and food banks. As an online resource, AmpleHarvest.org allows emergency food providers to register for a free listing on the AmpleHarvest website. Here, gardeners can search for food programs that will accept their donations of extra fruits and vegetables.
Farm Fresh Choice's teen worker, Raheem Hill talks about eating healthy
Farm Fresh Choice is a project of the Berkeley Ecology Center. Raheem delivers a powerful message. Cut the soda. Eat healthy food.