2014 International Year of Family Farming

2013-12-05T19:24:01+00:00

From our friends at Foodtank.org (the food think tank) this news:  The United Nations recently declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF). This the first United Nations year that is the result of a campaign by civil society--the World Rural Forum (WRF) campaigned heavily for the year and it was backed by more than 360 civil and farmers’ organizations in five continents. According to the FAO: The International Year of Family Farming honors over 400 million family farms in both developed and developing countries, defined as farms that rely primarily on family members for labour and management. Such farms [...]

2014 International Year of Family Farming2013-12-05T19:24:01+00:00

Monsanto Gives a “World Food Prize”… to itself!

2013-07-02T15:22:40+00:00

How typical.  The same company that tells you to believe genetically engineered food is healthy because THEY say it's healthy, has now sponsored a World Food Prize that's been given to... guess who?  Their own Robert Fraley, Exec.VP & Chief Technology Officer. Journalist Mark Bittman ("on food and all things related") from the New York Times makes a grand case for a "Food Sovereignty Prize" to showcase the many people around the world who are actually working to create a sustainable and fair food system. (We could nominate some of our farmer-veterans in "Ground Operations"!) Zeyaur Khan, a plant pathologist  in [...]

Monsanto Gives a “World Food Prize”… to itself!2013-07-02T15:22:40+00:00
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