"Corporate person" Cargill, Inc. under arrest by Occupy Cargill | 23 Jan 2012 United States | corporations A colorful crowd of 40 Occupy activists, food justice advocates, farmers, and anti-corporate-personhood protestors braved below freezing temperatures to voice their grievances and stage a mock citizen’s arrest of Cargill Inc. in downtown Minneapolis, USA. A colorful crowd of 40 Occupy activists, food justice advocates, farmers, and anti-corporate-personhood protestors braved below freezing temperatures to voice their grievances and stage a mock citizen’s arrest of Cargill Inc. in downtown Minneapolis, USA.
"We are not landowners," Cargill CEO tells BBC by GRAIN | 3 Oct 2011 India | land grabbing | corporations ....but the company's hedge fund has 50,000 hectares of land in South America and is spending $400 million on factory dairy farms in Asia. ....but the company's hedge fund has 50,000 hectares of land in South America and is spending $400 million on factory dairy farms in Asia.
Cargill recalls 36 million pounds of contaminated ground meat in the US after one person dies and at least 80 others badly sickened by IBTimes | 5 Aug 2011 corporations Cargill and US government regulators became aware of the contamination at least five months ago. Cargill and US government regulators became aware of the contamination at least five months ago.
Speculation drove wheat prices up while supply expanded by The Real News Network | 22 Jul 2011 food crisis | corporations Jayati Ghosh on how speculation, concentration of ownership and hoarding creates food price bubbles Jayati Ghosh on how speculation, concentration of ownership and hoarding creates food price bubbles
On Bill Gates, trains and fertilizers by Brewster Kneen | 8 Jul 2011 Canada | corporations A brilliant comment by Brewster Kneen in the Rams Horm on how Bill Gates makes money from increased fertilizer use by investing in trains. A brilliant comment by Brewster Kneen in the Rams Horm on how Bill Gates makes money from increased fertilizer use by investing in trains.
The world food crisis: causes and solutions by | 14 Nov 2010 food crisis | corporations | climate crisis A video with Peter Rosset's take on the issue. Good introduction. A video with Peter Rosset's take on the issue. Good introduction.
Open source seeds? by | 24 Sep 2010 corporations | seeds & biodiversity | food sovereignty An interesting proposal by Jack Kloppenburg to defend seeds learning from the open source software movement An interesting proposal by Jack Kloppenburg to defend seeds learning from the open source software movement
Rooibos robbery by | 26 May 2010 corporations | South Africa | actions Nestlé accused of biopirating South African genetic resources Nestlé accused of biopirating South African genetic resources
The global food supply chain by 3Dthree | 7 May 2010 corporations | technologies | food crisis A good overview of how the global food supply chain has developed over the past decades. By 3D A good overview of how the global food supply chain has developed over the past decades. By 3D