The UN Food Systems Summit: How Not to Respond to the Urgency of Reform by Michael Fakhri, Hilal Elver and Olivier De Schutter | 23 Mar 2021 A good critique of where the UN Food Systems Summit is heading. By three (former) UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food A good critique of where the UN Food Systems Summit is heading. By three (former) UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food
Big Tech, big ambition by New Straight Times | 10 Mar 2021 An editorial in Malaysia's New Straight Times about GRAIN's BigTech report. An editorial in Malaysia's New Straight Times about GRAIN's BigTech report.
Swallowing up forests by Biofuel Watch, Environmental Paper Network, Global Forest Coalition, GRAIN, Greenpeace, Pusaka, Rainforest Rescue, Walhi Papua | 4 Mar 2021 A briefing paper from an international network documents that Indonesia’s new “Food Estate Program” on the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Papua threaten Indigenous sovereignty, forests and biodiversity, will cause hunger and contribute to the climate crisis. A briefing paper from an international network documents that Indonesia’s new “Food Estate Program” on the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Papua threaten Indigenous sovereignty, forests and biodiversity, will cause hunger and contribute to the climate crisis.
Glyphosate and GM maize not banned in Mexico by Silvia Ribeiro | 25 Feb 2021 On the last day of 2020, the Mexican government published a decree that supposedly aims to replace the agricultural poison glyphosate, and in passing also mentions that the planting of GM maize should not be allowed. Many people and media in Mexico and the rest of the world refer to it as if glyphosate and the planting of GM maize had been banned. While this something that we certainly want and need, this decree does not do that. On the last day of 2020, the Mexican government published a decree that supposedly aims to replace the agricultural poison glyphosate, and in passing also mentions that the planting of GM maize should not be allowed. Many people and media in Mexico and the rest of the world refer to it as if glyphosate and the planting of GM maize had been banned. While this something that we certainly want and need, this decree does not do that.
The big sell-off by Dinu Gautier - WOZ | 24 Feb 2021 Indonesia rolls out the red carpet for foreign investors. According to local activists and observers, the free trade agreement between Indonesia and Switzerland is part of a strategy that will have dramatic consequences - and it goes way beyond the palm oil question. Indonesia rolls out the red carpet for foreign investors. According to local activists and observers, the free trade agreement between Indonesia and Switzerland is part of a strategy that will have dramatic consequences - and it goes way beyond the palm oil question.
The Great Reset: Bill Gates & farming by Russell Brand | 21 Feb 2021 A great video by actor Russell Brand on how Bill Gates is linked to farming and Indian farmers protests, and drawing extensively from analysis by GRAIN and Vandana Shiva. A great video by actor Russell Brand on how Bill Gates is linked to farming and Indian farmers protests, and drawing extensively from analysis by GRAIN and Vandana Shiva.
The Big Tech takeover of agriculture is dangerous by GRAIN | 5 Feb 2021 It will endanger the livelihood of the world’s small farmers and food workers and completely transform our food systems. It will endanger the livelihood of the world’s small farmers and food workers and completely transform our food systems.
Farm protests in India are writing the Green Revolution’s obituary by Aniket Aga | 28 Jan 2021 A good analysis of how the farm protests in India arise from the failure of the Green Revolution A good analysis of how the farm protests in India arise from the failure of the Green Revolution
GRAIN extends its solidarity support to farmers protesting in Delhi, India by GRAIN | 11 Dec 2020 The following statement was issued by GRAIN in support of the Indian farmers protest. It was sent to the Embassy of India in Spain, where the organisation is legally established, and was widely shared on our social media. The following statement was issued by GRAIN in support of the Indian farmers protest. It was sent to the Embassy of India in Spain, where the organisation is legally established, and was widely shared on our social media.
1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland by Jonathan Watts | 26 Nov 2020 An article introducing a well researched ILC report that points to the alarming and growing concentration of farmland in the world. An article introducing a well researched ILC report that points to the alarming and growing concentration of farmland in the world.
Video: Violence and sexual abuse against women in oil palm plantations MUST END by Informal Alliance against Industrial Oil Palm Plantations | 25 Nov 2020 The video “NO to violence against women and girls living in and around oil palm plantations” denounces the violence against women in West and Central Africa whose lands have been invaded by industrial oil palm plantations. The video “NO to violence against women and girls living in and around oil palm plantations” denounces the violence against women in West and Central Africa whose lands have been invaded by industrial oil palm plantations.
Seed keepers & truth tellers: From the frontlines of GM agriculture by PAN Asia Pacific, PAN North America and Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action | 20 Nov 2020 PAN Asia Pacific, in collaboration with PAN North America and Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action, bring us an animated short that shines a bright light on how fragile and unjust so many of our interconnected global systems are. PAN Asia Pacific, in collaboration with PAN North America and Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action, bring us an animated short that shines a bright light on how fragile and unjust so many of our interconnected global systems are.
The enduring legacy of a little-known World Bank project to secure African plantations for European billionaires by GRAIN | 16 Nov 2020 A tale of how the World Bank is facilitating land grabbing in Africa A tale of how the World Bank is facilitating land grabbing in Africa
Agribusiness interests hijack 2021 UN Food Systems Summit by Anuradha Mittal | 12 Nov 2020 A powerful assessment on where the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit is heading. By Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute A powerful assessment on where the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit is heading. By Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute
They should not be called public development banks by Food sovereingty networks, NGOs, research groups & social movements | 12 Nov 2020 Public development banks are disconnected from any sense of what “public” means and any argument about what “development” should look like. In food and farming, the backbone of our very existence, they finance corporate agribusiness. They were not set up to support any other model and have no real capacity to do so. We need a very different approach to international finance that supports communities rather than companies, and food systems free of corporate control. Public development banks are disconnected from any sense of what “public” means and any argument about what “development” should look like. In food and farming, the backbone of our very existence, they finance corporate agribusiness. They were not set up to support any other model and have no real capacity to do so. We need a very different approach to international finance that supports communities rather than companies, and food systems free of corporate control.