Real power is flown in by small acts of hope. Women have an inner knowing that connects them to this knowing and those that abuse power know it.
November 25: Solidarity with #WomenInTheStruggle
And now is the time to build, grow and nourish a regenerative, just, local and restorative agricultural system that treats workers with dignity and honors this beautiful earth.
Civil Society Mechanism releases COVID-19 report
The report highlights the need for building sustainable and equitable food and farm systems through comprehensive policy reform.
Brazil’s Landless Workers Persist through Agroecology
The MST settlement in Brazil offers a living testament to the revitalizing power of agroecology, and it can be replicated in other formerly destitute regions.
Fighting over Farming the Oceans
If most U.S. animal agriculture as turned into corporations racing to produce as much meat as cheaply as possible while offloading health and biodiversity impacts as “externalities,” who’s to say the same won’t happen in the ocean?
EPA Re-approves Dicamba Pesticides Banned by Federal Courts
The EPA has shown such callous indifference to the damage dicamba has caused to farmers and wildlife alike, and has been so desperate to appease the pesticide industry, it has zero credibility when it comes to pesticide safety.
Family Farmers Call Out U.S. Ambassador for Attacking Agroecology
NFFC and USFSA assert that this is a moment for institutions, including the U.N. and the U.S. government, to stop serving the interests of transnational corporations and uphold their obligations to human rights, social peace, and environmental biodiversity.
Are Carbon Markets for Farmers Worth the Hype?
Instead of supporting carbon markets that lead to farm consolidation and richer agribusiness corporations we should support funding for USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program and similar local incentives.
Seeking Justice for Justin Xaochay Thao
Like other Black and Brown people who have lost their lives while incarcerated, Justin Thao’s death was racist, avoidable and senseless.