Harvesting Money - the Global Land Grab
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The food and financial crisis in 2008 ignited a massive round of land grabbing in the Global South.
Macro Problems, Micro Distractions? Grameen America expands to D.C. and Bay Area
Eric Holt-Giménez with Jennifer Kampe
A Tale of Three Cities: The global struggle over who will end hunger
pdf is Spanish translation.
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by Eric Holt-Giménez
Published in Huffington Post, May 23, 2010
Stop Land Grabbing Now
Say NO to the principles of “responsible” agro-enterprise investment promoted by the World Bank
April 22, 2010
Editor's note: This statement is being released to coincide with a new report by the World Bank. See the list of signatories to the statement below. The current land grabbing actions of private corporation, some nations, and international institutions threatens to widen the already existing enormous gap between rich and poor that has already pushed more than 1 billion people (one in six) into inadequate access to maintain health and livelihood.
Bust the trust to take back control of our food
By Siena Chrisman, WhyHunger
There are 2 million farmers and 300 million consumers in the U.S. Standing in the middle are a handful of corporations who control just about everything that happens to our food between the farm and our plate ... how much it costs, how it's grown, where it comes from, what's in it, and who sells it. Most of what probably matters to you about why food isn’t healthier, safer, tastier, or all around better is affected by that narrow bottleneck of power standing between producers and consumers.
Alternet interview with Food First Fellow, Raj Patel
There's No Such Thing as a Free Market -- Just a Matter of Who Pays for It
Raj Patel argues that the corporate capture of government and our current financial crisis are the result of our bankrupt political system.
February 19, 2010 |
Corporate Agribusiness Helps Scuttle Climate Justice
by John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders
A Strong Climate Justice Movement Emerges from the Wreckage of Copenhagen
Climate Justice Now, a coalition of social movements and civil society groups from around the world recently released this statement on the global movement emerging from the official disaster in Copenhagen:
Call for “system change not climate change” unites global movement
Corrupt Copenhagen ‘accord’ exposes gulf between peoples demands and elite interests
Raindrops keep falling on my head, but that don’t mean the water’s free
By Heather Quinlan
Water is an essential input for both farms and gardens. Who controls water determines who controls our food system. Major multinational water corporations continue to push to buy up water systems around the world. The current global recession makes many communities vulnerable to accepting the substantial up-front payments offered in return for long-term private leases of water systems.