AFSA National Committee member and International Liaison, Georgina Mulcahy, provides an update on taking the fight for food sovereignty global. AFSA joins the European Coordination of La Via Campesina to extend it’s deepest solidarity to the people of Ukraine and calls for the strict respect of human rights. Land for food, not for bombing! Peasants […]
AFSA advocates for climate justice, agroecology and an end to industrial farming at FAO Asia Pacific Regional Conference
The FAO Asia Pacific Regional Conference was held in a hybrid format in March 2022. AFSA sits on the Steering Committee which organised the Civil Society Consultation in advance of the conference, which produced two excellent papers on agroecology and One Health. Throughout the conference, within the theme of climate resilience civil society advocated for […]
Solidarity and the UN Food Systems Summit
Watch the UNFSS Solidarity Session here Long-time activists know all too well how the powers that be work to divide us to maintain their power base. They use coercion, ego stroking, and straight up misinformation to entice some of us to dance with them, while others see the devil for what he is. This time the devil, […]
FFFU at La Via Campesina Regional Meeting
As a young aspiring farmer and producer, I was delighted to represent Fair Food Farmers United (FFFU) at the La Via Campesina (LVC) South East Asia and East Asia Regional meeting. It was inspiring to meet with so many delegates from various farmer and peasant organizations through out the region and discuss something so close […]