Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy proudly endorses and will march in the Taco Bell Truth Tour, organized by the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). The tour demands that Taco Bell press its tomato suppliers to pay their workers a living wage and improve working conditions.

As country delegates from around the globe gather today at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva to move forward on international trade talks, nearly 50 civil society organizations presented a letter urging the WTO to stay out of the food and agriculture sectors.

As country delegates from around the globe gather today at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva to move forward on international trade talks, nearly 50 civil society organizations presented a letter urging the WTO to stay out of the food and agriculture sectors.

"Food sovereignty," the right of local farmers to grow food for local consumers and the ability of each country to produce enough food to feed its own people, has become the rallying cry of the world's farmer movements and an important concept family farm groups use in Northern and Southern countries when challenging government positions in trade negotiations, according to a new report released by Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy.

While free trade advocates tout the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) as a way to eliminate trade barriers to promote economic growth, they are erecting barricades, guarded by heavily armed police, to shut out the voices of those most affected by these policies when they meet in Miami November 20-21.

With the Miami negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) fast approaching and the ten-year anniversary of NAFTA not far behind, new reports by Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy expose how agricultural trade agreements in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States have increased rural poverty and inequality, threatened small family farmers, and hurt consumers.

While free trade advocates tout the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) as a way to eliminate trade barriers to promote economic growth, they are erecting barricades, guarded by heavily armed police, to shut out the voices of those most affected by these policies when they meet in Miami November 20-21.

After the collapse of the WTO trade talks in Cancun in September, the Bush Administration is once again promoting the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) at upcoming negotiations in Miami on November 20-21 that will be met by thousands of protestors from across the hemisphere.

With the Miami negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) fast approaching and the ten-year anniversary of NAFTA not far behind, new reports by Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy expose how agricultural trade agreements in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States have increased rural poverty and inequality, threatened small family farmers, and hurt consumers.

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The Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First
and the Transnational Institute Release a New Report:

The Multiple Functions and Benefits of Small Farm Agriculture: In the Context of Global Trade Negotiations

By Peter Rosset

Maastricht, Netherlands -- Small farms are more productive than large farms, yet their continued existence is threatened by international trade agreements, according to a major study released today at a United Nations conference here in Maastricht.*