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
The March of the Haitian Peasants (Against Monsanto Seeds)
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Monday, June 7, 2010
By: Sam Smith, in behalf of the U.S. Small Farmers
On Friday, June 4, 2010 - in a courageous cry to hold onto their small
From Disaster Aid to Solidarity: Best Practices in Meeting the Needs of Haiti’s Earthquake Survivors
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At the request of the Platform to Advocate Alternative Development in Haiti (PAPDA), Other Worlds Coordinator, Beverly Bell wrote this report documenting the problems with international aid and reconstruction efforts in Haiti, and presenting innovative alternative models of humanitarian relief.
From the executive summary:
The Future is Now--The story of one young Canadian farmer
As Kalissa admits, her story is different than that of the typical farm family. Growing up in rural Saskatchewan, she has seen many farms disappear and never dreamt of becoming a farmer herself. Like many other farmers, Kalissa’s parents encouraged their children to keep their options open, get a university education and leave the farm. Kalissa’s older siblings all became engineers and she ended up in British Columbia, first studying horticulture, and later, jazz. It was on campus, and not on the farm, that Kalissa started to really think about food for the first time.
U.S. Working Group on the Food Crisis-Washington D.C. August 2009 meeting
To view more photos of the US Working Group on the Food Crisis meeting of August 2009, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/foodfirst/
You can read the minutes of that August meeting below.
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Cuba Undertakes Reforms in Midst of Economic Crisis
By Roger Burbach
for New America Media
Mini [WTO] ministerial in Delhi: Letter to the trade ministers from Via Campesina
To all Ministers invited to the next mini•ministerial in New Delhi,
copy To Mr Pascal Lamy – General Director of WTO
copy to Ambassador David Walker, Chairman of the Special Session of Committee on Agriculture.
Statement by Guatemalan Organizations and Communities to National and International Public Opinion
We Declare:
1. The expansion of plantations for agrofuels is advancing quickly in Guatemala. Over the last five years national and international agribusinesses have been increasing their control over land to plant sugarcane and African palm for this purpose. This is leading to a decrease in the land planted for food, putting the population’s food security at risk. It is also contributing to the weakening of many rural communities, undermining the basic elements of indigenous communities’ cohesion and identity.
Farm to Hospital—A movement that is long overdue
By Christine White
For decades, hospital food has lacked variety, nutrients, and edibility. In recent years large cafeteria vendors and fast and processed foods have dominated hospital cafeterias, limiting patients and employees to very few, nutrient-enriched meal options. However, six years ago a healthy hospital makeover started, and it’s catching on fast.
Accelerating into disaster – when banks manage the food crisis
Declaration of High Level Meeting on Food Security
--Madrid, January 26-27, 2009