A New Kind of Consciousness--Putting Food First
By Elizabeth Martinez
Women on the island nation of Puerto Rico are spearheading a new kind of consciousness. This movement is rooted in an agroecological consciousness. A conference at the office of the Conservation Trust (Fideicomiso de Conservacion) in Puerto Rico was held to promote the food sovereignty movement. The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico is a nonprofit institution dedicated to the conservation of Puerto Rico’s natural resources and habitats.
As leaders of this movement, women from the non-profit environmental sectors clarified the goals of the movement:
A Victory for Peru's Indigenous People
(CNN) -- Peru's Congress voted Wednesday to suspend indefinitely a controversial law that has created tension between President Alan Garcia's government and indigenous communities in the Amazon, the state-run Andina news agency reported.
The vote to suspend the Forestry and Wildlife Law and repeal another related law came days after clashes between indigenous citizens and national police left more than 30 dead and 50 wounded in northwest Peru.
African Social Movements Set Their Own Agenda
While Western politicians paid lip service to poverty in Africa at the G8 meeting in Scotland, African social movements set their own agenda at a People’s Forum in Mali. The focus of this conference was not on asking for more aid, but rather on Africans taking the lead to resolve the continent's challenges.
African Social Movements Set Their Own Agenda
While Western politicians paid lip service to poverty in Africa at the G8 meeting in Scotland, African social movements set their own agenda at a People’s Forum in Mali. The focus of this conference was not on asking for more aid, but rather on Africans taking the lead to resolve the continent's challenges.
Amandla! South African Land Activist Energizes US Organizers
Food First was proud to sponsor the US tour of Mangaliso Kubheka, National Organizer of South Africa's Landless Peoples' Movement. Mangaliso built global bridges between his movement and organizers in the United States.
Mangaliso accepted the 2005 Food First International Economic and Human Rights Award on behalf of the global small-scale farmers' network Via Campesina at Food First's 30th Year Anniversary Celebration.
Argentinean Campesinos Publish Their Own Newspaper
by Alex Perrotti
Small farmers in the region of Santiago del Estero, Argentina have begun publishing a newspaper giving voice to their struggle against the encroachment of large-scale soy agribusiness on their lands. The first printing circulated 4000 issues of “El Ashpulito” (Quechua for “Full of Earth”) and documents the abuses and issues facing the nearly 9000 families who make up the Campesino Movement of Santiago del Estero (MOCASE).
Breakthrough for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in their fight for a penny more per pound
By Zoe Brent
Corporate Agribusiness Helps Scuttle Climate Justice
by John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders