The bulletin board is a place where GRAIN staff and others post their comments, suggestions, hints and assessments of documents, places or events. Or just share information that we think is interesting.
ACB, AFSA and others | 17 May 2013 | corporations, technologies, actions
African civil society organisations are up in arms about the new corporate and donor initiatives to 'help' Africa. They have launched an appeal against the plans of the G8, AGRA, and others to drive corporate agriculture into the continent. Read and support their appeal online. (also in French and Portuguese)
Dr. Rachel Smolker | 09 April 2013 | corporations, climate crisis, GMOs | United States
The realities of climate change have become altogether painfully obvious. Many are working to address this by reducing consumption, and protecting landscapes and biodiversity. ArborGen and other tree biotechnology companies, however, have a different vision. They want to develop so-called “bio-energy” from massive plantations of genetically engineered (GE) trees.
ACB and others | 03 April 2013 | corporations, seeds & biodiversity, actions | Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Civil society organisations from the SADC region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Plant Breeders’ Rights) as spelling disaster for small farmers and food security in the region. These groups, representing millions of farmers in Africa and around the world have submitted their concerns to the SADC Secretariat. They are calling for the rejection of the Protocol and urgent consultations with farmers, farmer movements and civil society before it’s too late.
Via Campesina, GRAIN, ETC Group | 02 April 2013 | corporations, seeds & biodiversity
FOEE, CEO | 19 March 2013 | corporations, technologies, food sovereignty, actions, GMOs | EU
In the last 15 years only two GM crops have been authorized for cultivation in Europe. This was a result of public rejection and successful opposition by the environmental, social and farmers movements. However, we are still faced with around 25 GM crops in the pipeline that are close to getting approved, many of them resistant to (multiple) herbicides, and Bt-crops. Therefore, we are launching a new campaign on Monday 18 March to stop new GMO approvals for cultivation in the EU: Stop the Crop!
Al Jazeera | 18 March 2013 | land grabbing, corporations, seeds & biodiversity | Argentina
The country's soya industry is booming, but what is the impact on Argentinians and their land? Al Jazeera investigates.
Tom Philpott | 28 February 2013 | corporations, laws & policies, food safety, actions | United States
Antibiotic overuse is breeding new and resistant strains of bacteria that infect people. But industrial farms haven't got the message. In 2011 almost 30 million pounds of antibiotics were sold in the US for meat and poulty production. Almost four times as much as those sold to treat sick people! An excellent reflection by Tom Philpott.
Associacion ANDES | 01 February 2013 | corporations, seeds & biodiversity | Peru
After the Mexican government shocked the world last December with its plans to allow for the planting of GM maize in the heart of this crops center of diversity, now the same tragedy seems to be going to be allowed in Peru, the centre of patato diversity. Indigenous people raise the alarm.
ATTAC Switzerland | 30 January 2013 | corporations | Switzerland
A Swiss civil court has convicted NESTLE and the private security contractor SECURITAS AG of spying activities directed at ATTAC Switzerland..
GRAIN | 15 January 2013 | corporations, food crisis | United Kingdom
A new report calculates that up to half of the food produced in the world never makes it to any dinner table, and finds that enormous amounts of water are being squandered in the process. Another report tried to calculate the amount of water to be used by those now grabbing land in poor countries to produce food and fuel for the export market.
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