Corporations

GRAIN’s central focus is to support social movements across the world in their resistance to the growing corporate control over food production, markets and trade. We undertake research on how corporations – including agribusiness, large retail and the finance industry – displace millions of small-scale food producers and how trade and investment deals impose the legal conditions for it. 

Apart from our information work, we also support the efforts of partners and peoples’ movements to improve strategies, cooperation and popular action to challenge corporate power, and build capacity with them to achieve this.

Another food crisis? Yes, but this time it’s different

Another food crisis? Yes, but beyond corporate greed and climate disasters this time it’s linked to war, geopolitics and imperial aggression, requiring a new kind of collective response.

Another food crisis? Yes, but beyond corporate greed and climate disasters this time it’s linked to war, geopolitics and imperial aggression, requiring a new kind of collective response.

Big Tech's digital trade agenda is a danger for farmers and food systems

As scrutiny grows over Big Tech’s role in supporting militaries that are committing war crimes, far less attention is paid to its expanding power over our food systems. To rein it in it is crucial to understand how they use digital trade deals to block regulations.

As scrutiny grows over Big Tech’s role in supporting militaries that are committing war crimes, far less attention is paid to its expanding power over our food systems. To rein it in it is crucial to understand how they use digital trade deals to block regulations.

The port of Chancay: a dramatic boost for extractivism in South America

A new report from GRAIN shows how Peru's port of Chancay, financed primarily by China, is reshaping agriculture trade routes. It is also opening the doors for new agribusiness investors and corporations to expand in South America.

A new report from GRAIN shows how Peru's port of Chancay, financed primarily by China, is reshaping agriculture trade routes. It is also opening the doors for new agribusiness investors and corporations to expand in South America.

US tariff policy bulldozing Asia’s agriculture

In Asia, beyond tariffs, the US is leveraging trade threats to bypass sovereign regulations & reshape food and agricultural standards. This strategy extracts unilateral concessions in favor of US interests, revealing a pattern of neocolonial diplomacy.

In Asia, beyond tariffs, the US is leveraging trade threats to bypass sovereign regulations & reshape food and agricultural standards. This strategy extracts unilateral concessions in favor of US interests, revealing a pattern of neocolonial diplomacy.

Israeli state backed agribusiness colonialism in Africa

Interview with GRAIN's Monica Vargas on Israeli state backed agribusiness companies operating throughout the global south and how even when these Israeli business ventures are not openly state backed, the companies are most often embedded into Israeli state driven neo-colonial strategy that takes place on a global level.

Interview with GRAIN's Monica Vargas on Israeli state backed agribusiness companies operating throughout the global south and how even when these Israeli business ventures are not openly state backed, the companies are most often embedded into Israeli state driven neo-colonial strategy that takes place on a global level.

SLAPP lawsuit filed by CPF against Witoon Lianchamroon and BioThai

This Oct 22, Witoon Lianchamroon of BIOTHAI goes to court over defamation charges from the giant Thai company CPF. A UN human rights representative calls it a SLAPP lawsuit, designed to silence criticism over a tilapia outbreak that has devastated farmers.

This Oct 22, Witoon Lianchamroon of BIOTHAI goes to court over defamation charges from the giant Thai company CPF. A UN human rights representative calls it a SLAPP lawsuit, designed to silence criticism over a tilapia outbreak that has devastated farmers.

A “call to arms” for the agroecology movement to join the fight to change finance

In an important new article, Michel Pimbert, explains why the transition to agroecology is never going to be financed without seriously taking on the structures of finance itself. To finance change, he says, we have to change finance. We couldn’t agree more.

In an important new article, Michel Pimbert, explains why the transition to agroecology is never going to be financed without seriously taking on the structures of finance itself. To finance change, he says, we have to change finance. We couldn’t agree more.

Top 10 agribusiness giants: corporate concentration in food & farming in 2025

New report by ETC Group & GRAIN reveals how extreme corporate concentration in agribusiness lets a handful of giant companies rig prices, capture governments, and erase alternatives—accelerating climate breakdown and ecological collapse.

New report by ETC Group & GRAIN reveals how extreme corporate concentration in agribusiness lets a handful of giant companies rig prices, capture governments, and erase alternatives—accelerating climate breakdown and ecological collapse.

Gulf investors in, locals out: Pakistan’s corporate farming agenda

Saudi & UAE investors see the "Green Pakistan Initiative" as a strategic food security move, where they can pour billions into farmland. But with the crops destined for Gulf markets, can Pakistan feed its own people?

Saudi & UAE investors see the "Green Pakistan Initiative" as a strategic food security move, where they can pour billions into farmland. But with the crops destined for Gulf markets, can Pakistan feed its own people?

Online event: Fighting off vulture finance in the Asia Pacific

Join us on May 22, 12h30 Delhi/14h Jakarta/17h Sydney, to expose how private equity, pension & wealth funds exploit communities—and how we fight back.

Join us on May 22, 12h30 Delhi/14h Jakarta/17h Sydney, to expose how private equity, pension & wealth funds exploit communities—and how we fight back.

Can pension systems be part of the fight for food sovereignty?

Most workers—especially those who feed us—lack retirement security. Farmers, farmworkers, fishers & food vendors often get little to nothing. But some countries offer hope. Food sovereignty must mean pensions for all!

Most workers—especially those who feed us—lack retirement security. Farmers, farmworkers, fishers & food vendors often get little to nothing. But some countries offer hope. Food sovereignty must mean pensions for all!

Her story: sowing resistance to industrial agriculture

From India to Uganda and Mexico, rural women reveal the layers of adversity they endure, as well as their resilience in challenging industrial agriculture. Here are some of their stories.

From India to Uganda and Mexico, rural women reveal the layers of adversity they endure, as well as their resilience in challenging industrial agriculture. Here are some of their stories.

A launch event | 26 March: Confrontations with pension fund capitalism

Workers around the world are facing a dramatic decline in pension coverage. At the same time, pension funds are cashing in on the privatisation of land, water and public services. Join our webinar to discuss how to resist pension fund capitalism.

Workers around the world are facing a dramatic decline in pension coverage. At the same time, pension funds are cashing in on the privatisation of land, water and public services. Join our webinar to discuss how to resist pension fund capitalism.

Resistance in Chile against Coexca and its factory pig farms

In 2008 Coexca set up a mega pig farm in Chile, backed by investments from Denmark, Chile & the Netherlands. Ever since, the community of San Javier has been denouncing the company's pollution & impacts on the health and farming of rural people.

In 2008 Coexca set up a mega pig farm in Chile, backed by investments from Denmark, Chile & the Netherlands. Ever since, the community of San Javier has been denouncing the company's pollution & impacts on the health and farming of rural people.