Food First Policy Brief No.12
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Food First Policy Brief No. 12
Ten Reasons Why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ Alliance for Another Green Revolution Will Not Solve the Problems of Poverty and Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Eric Holt-Gimenez, Ph.D., Miguel A. Altieri, Ph.D., and Peter Rosset, Ph.D.
Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
October 2006
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth Anti-GE Campaign at
http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/index.html
Everyone should have access to real food that is fresh, affordable, locally produced, free from pesticide residues, provides a fair income to farmers, and is free from genetically modified ingredients.
Postcards from the Heartland - Part 3
A Local Revolution
by Ingrid Evjen-Elias
In the third installment of the Postcards from the Heartland series, Food First intern Ingrid Evjen-Elias chronicles what she learned during her 500-mile bike trip through the American Midwest about the troubles facing small farmers and their innovation.
Read Part I and Part II of the series.
Food First Backgrounder Going Local Cited
FAO, Action Aid Join Efforts to Halt Import Surges
Originally published in the Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra) and on AllAfrica.com
Racheal O. Amakye
As part of efforts to halt the phenomenon of import surge of agricultural products in the country, the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) is collaborating with Action Aid International to undertake studies on import surges.
Biotechnology: The Ethical Dilemna
Making the Links radio has made available the audio recording of David Suzuki's keynote address at the 35th annual National Farmers Union Convention held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
In this lecture Suzuki cuts through the myths and misinformation about Biotechnology. He presents a clear and coherent picture of the risks involved in introducing these organisms into the environment and their implications for building a sustainable world.
The lecture is presented in 2 parts and can be downloaded here:
We Need GM Food Like a Hole in Our Kidneys
by Kirsten Schwind and Hollace Poole-Kavana
Originally published on June 21, 2005 on CommonDreams.org
www.gmcontaminationregister.org
GeneWatch UK and Greenpeace have launched an on-line, searchable web site that gives details of all the known cases of GM contamination of food, feed, seed and wild plants that have taken place worldwide
Black Farmers' Fight for Justice: Plowed Over Again
Action Alert: Black Farmers' Fight For Justice: Plowed Over Again
July 22, 2004
For more information, read The Last Plantation - our Backgrounder on this issue
Ten reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security, protect the environment and reduce poverty in the developing world
Miguel A. Altieri, University of California, Berkeley and
Peter Rosset, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, Oakland, California
October 1999
This article appeared in: Sierra Magazine
(Also available en español)
