Blog

The blog is a place where GRAIN posts short pieces or just shares information produced with our network.

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.

The toxic harvest of Israeli agribusiness

Israeli agribusiness benefits from attacks on Palestinian food systems that seek ethnic cleansing. In Latin America and other regions, it is also linked to global agribusiness that threatens food sovereignty.

Israeli agribusiness benefits from attacks on Palestinian food systems that seek ethnic cleansing. In Latin America and other regions, it is also linked to global agribusiness that threatens food sovereignty.

Civil society call for the urgent release of La Via Campesina’s members in Palestine

We firmly condemn the raid conducted by the Israeli occupation forces on 1st December 2025 in the offices of La Via Campesina’s member organisation in Ramallah and Hebron.

We firmly condemn the raid conducted by the Israeli occupation forces on 1st December 2025 in the offices of La Via Campesina’s member organisation in Ramallah and Hebron.

A tale of two carbon land deals assessments

A new report from the Land Matrix documents 9 million hectares of land that are subject to carbon offset deals worldwide. The Land Matrix data does not include what it calls “community- or farmer-based projects” as it claims that these do not contribute to land concentration and inequality — but a similar analysis sees it very differently.

A new report from the Land Matrix documents 9 million hectares of land that are subject to carbon offset deals worldwide. The Land Matrix data does not include what it calls “community- or farmer-based projects” as it claims that these do not contribute to land concentration and inequality — but a similar analysis sees it very differently.

A tribute to Brewster Kneen

GRAIN’s former board member and long-time comrade, Brewster Kneen, passed away peacefully on 1 December 2025. Brewster's confrontations with the corporate food system, while farming in Eastern Canada in the 1970s, led him into a lifetime journey of dissecting, exposing and teaching people about the inner workings of this destructive system and the actions that people can take to unite and fight back.

GRAIN’s former board member and long-time comrade, Brewster Kneen, passed away peacefully on 1 December 2025. Brewster's confrontations with the corporate food system, while farming in Eastern Canada in the 1970s, led him into a lifetime journey of dissecting, exposing and teaching people about the inner workings of this destructive system and the actions that people can take to unite and fight back.

Hasta luego, Silvia

A few words on the passing of our dear friend and comrade Silvia Rodríguez Cervantes

A few words on the passing of our dear friend and comrade Silvia Rodríguez Cervantes

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.

GRAIN is hiring for an external evaluation (2026)

GRAIN is looking to a hire an individual or a team to conduct an external evaluation of its work in early 2026.

GRAIN is looking to a hire an individual or a team to conduct an external evaluation of its work in early 2026.

In honour of Dorothy Myers

A word of respect for Dorothy Myers, the first chair of GRAIN's Board.

A word of respect for Dorothy Myers, the first chair of GRAIN's Board.

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.

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.

Land and power grabs in Sudan

Sudan is an important part of the UAE's growing logistics empire with the country's farmland a highly coveted asset. Amidst the brutal war, Sudanese farmers & movements fight back, demanding control over their lands. This crisis needs global attention.

Sudan is an important part of the UAE's growing logistics empire with the country's farmland a highly coveted asset. Amidst the brutal war, Sudanese farmers & movements fight back, demanding control over their lands. This crisis needs global attention.

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.

Palestine’s stolen land: stop ethnic cleansing!

Following a fragile ceasefire, Israel is intensifying its violent seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank. Settler violence is used to block farmers from accessing their land, while calls for a "second Nakba" grow louder.

Following a fragile ceasefire, Israel is intensifying its violent seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank. Settler violence is used to block farmers from accessing their land, while calls for a "second Nakba" grow louder.