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The Field Liberation Movement and its sympathisers promote sustainable solutions for farmers and consumers and a transparent research funding of science in the interest of society. Public funds should benefit […]

High Mowing Organic Seed Company (HMOS) announced today that it is launching the first full line of organic, Non-GMO Project Verified vegetable seeds for farmers and gardeners. With over 90% […]

Urgent request to address and halt the spread of genetically organisms into the environment! Several examples of the uncontrolled spread of genetically engineered plants into wild populations and ecosystems have […]

The following essay written by George Naylor was published published by the Huffington Post on May 9, 2014 and is deserving of attention. Picture via National Geographic The brief article, "A […]

Preliminary results from the 2012 Census of Agriculture show the increasing role of women in U.S. agriculture—especially on organic and small-scale farms. When Lindsey Morris Carpenter was a college student […]

Yesterday (April 17th) 100 farmers and growers from the Landworkers’ Alliance travelled to London from around the country to protest outside the head offices of DEFRA and the National Farmers […]

  Excerpts taken from the Pesticide Action Network Dow and USDA are hoping to quietly approve a new genetically engineered corn seed that basically swaps RoundUp (glyphosate) for a worse weedkiller […]

Comment HERE. The public comment period ends Monday, March 31st!  From the Bangor Daily News: America’s booming brewing industry and farmers alike are bothered and befuddled by a proposed U.S. […]

In The Meat Racket, investigative reporter Christopher Leonard delivers the first-ever account of how a handful of companies have seized the nation’s meat supply. He shows how they built a system […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7smSleJ8kI] Touched by their teenage son's battle with a foodborne superbug, filmmakers Jeff & Jennifer Spitz document their family's struggle to raise backyard chickens, grow food, and transform into Food […]

Who received the award at Eco Farm for her tremendous work for food justice and the agricultural justice project. January 25, 2014 Eco-Farm Awards Banquet From Elizabeth Henderson Thank you.  […]

Planting Justice in the Owens Valley: the Indigenous Farming Project  by May Nguyen of Planting Justice  I’ve been working on behalf of Planting Justice with a project called the Indigenous […]

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Your protagonism is welcome in this sphere. Thank you for standing up. !

Farmers and Farmworkers Unite to Save America’s Small Farmers Farm Labor Reality Tour Hits the Road to Demand Change Brewer, Maine (February 15, 2013) – The Farm Labor Reality Tour, […]

We've received 80% of the pledges we need for the OCCUPY THE FARM Kickstarter campaign.   Only $6,000 more and we've reached the goal. Thank you all for your participation […]

consider marketing them online at this new fancy treat site http://www.newyorkmouth.com/collections/all Seems like the have strong inventory of locally made products. Salves? lip gloss? Caramels?

No Issue in New York State has created as much controversy and public debate as hydraulic Fracturing - or Fracking. On May 15, 2012, a disparate group of N.Y. scientists, […]

The Red Shed Produce garden, a program of Room One, in conjunction with the Valley Teen Center is accepting applications for the AMERICORPS position of "Teens Growing Healthy Futures Program […]

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9ZEfvrgB78E] The Boston Tree Party is an urban agriculture project, a performative re-imagining of  American political expression, and a participatory public art project.  At its core, the Party is a diverse […]

The next three weeks are critical to the national Just Label It campaign for genetically engineered (GE) food labeling and here is an update: With only three weeks left until March 27, when […]

Judge Sides With Monsanto: Ridicules Farmers’ Right to Grow Food Without Fear, Contamination and Economic Harm By Jane Ayers On February 24, Judge Naomi Buchwald handed down her ruling on […]

Do you own a fruit tree or arbor in Cambridge and Somerville and don't want to harvest all the fruit yourself? The League of Urban Canners (LUrC) will remove your unwanted fruit, can […]

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWtxqtRyDoA&feature=youtu.be] Peteh Muhammad Haroon, affectionally known as Brotha’ P is an inspirational Spoken Word Performance and recording artist and native of New Orleans, LA.  Brotha’ P has been performing his unique […]

FOODCORPS RECRUITMENT BEGINS! FoodCorps Opens Applications for its Next Class of School Food Changemakers http://foodcorps.org/become-a-service-member New York, NY - January 10, 2012- Today, FoodCorps, a national organization that addresses childhood obesity […]

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwWInp75ua0] http://www.occupytogether.org/ twitter and facebook are both blocking news of the protests. THANK GOODNESS wordpress is on the side of free communications

A Commitment to Environmental Justice August 8th, 2011 Posted by Tracy Russo All Americans deserve to be protected from environmental health hazards. That is why last week, the Justice Department, […]

Vermont is a leader in the successful movement that links families with the farmers who grow their food. Using Vermont successes as a model, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to […]

"Our Food, Our Right" is a publication of the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) based in Seattle, WA. The publication combines hands-on tools for […]

Cut Spending – But Not My Farm Subsidies! by Chris Campbell, Amber Hanna and Don Carr That some members of Congress are farmers is hardly new. Many of the Founding […]

...as economic driver for region in peril Just an interesting "small" story with big impact. From our friend Clare: If Sullivan and Delaware Counties do not jump on this, the […]

from the Michigan Young Farmer Leaders Conference brought to you by the Farm Bureau Dick Wittman Keynote: "Are You Getting a Passing Grade in Farm Management" Business management practices, not […]

Check out Sustainable Connections at the Washington Young Farmer Mixer. Food to Bank On provides support to beginning farmers Bellingham, WA - Applications are now available for the 2011 Food […]

Raj Patel: Mozambique’s Food Riots Are the True Face of Global Warming AMY GOODMAN: The Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, has called for an emergency meeting later this month […]

MILK NOT JAILS is a consumer campaign to mobilize NY residents to support the dairy industry and the long-term sustainability of the rural economy.  It is a political campaign to […]

MIT Global Challenge: Agricultural Processing Problem Around the world, 550 million smallholder farmers lack access to mechanized agricultural technology. Many important food staples like maize (corn) and grains (e.g., rice […]

GATES FOUNDATION INVESTS IN MONSANTO Both will profit at expense of small-scale African farmers Seattle, WA – Farmers and civil society organizations around the world are outraged by the recent […]

Writer and wannabe farmer Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts is living in New Orleans for a while, partly because she’d intended to spend most of 2010 traveling in Haiti to start research on her second […]