The following text was delivered by legendary peasant farmer, activist, and AFSA comrade Guy Kastler, fellow member of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) and La Via Campesina, and a founding member of Confédération Paysanne in France. * * * Farmers are farmers of billions of microorganisms and invertebrates that populate our soils, […]
Biodiversity & Livestock: our intervention at the UN
The following text is the intervention delivered by AFSA President Tammi Jonas in regards to animal genetic resources for food and agriculture at the recent meetings of the UN Commission on Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture in Rome. * * * We would like to congratulate the Commission on its critical work around the […]
Biodiversity and climate change – we need action now!
18 February 2018 AFSA President Tammi Jonas is with our allies in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty representing civil society at the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture. —— The people are speaking! Huge first day at the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture here in Rome, with many […]
Then They Buy You – the Eat-Lancet Commission Report on Healthy Diets
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. What this homily so popular with activists and politicians is perhaps missing is the feature that arose in late capitalist society – then they buy you – and it’s unclear whether that happens before or after the fight, or […]
FAO Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers: AFSA Report
Report on AFSA’s attendance at the FAO Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers: Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals FAO Headquarters, Rome, 21–23 November 2018 Katie Johnston Vice President, AFSA Background AFSA is a member of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), a global alliance […]
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