This past Sunday, a crowd of leprechauns entered several Twin Cities grocery stores and froze with shock, horrified to discover that beloved Lucky Charms cereals are contributing to rainforest destruction! These 17 leprechauns were so shocked in fact, they stayed frozen for 3 minutes as grocery store shoppers read their pamphlets and green cloth patches describing General [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
On Monday, February 15, a dozen activists and several kids with Rainforest Action Network’s rockin’ Twin Cities chapter visited General Mills’ Golden Valley Headquarters with a very special Valentine’s Day delivery! General Mills buys palm oil from Cargill Incorporated, the largest importer of palm oil in the United States. Kids and youth from around the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 22, 2008
The RAN agribusiness campaign, together with Student Trade Justice Campaign have organized a U.S. speaking tour for Leticia Galeano, a campesina youth leader from Paraguay. Other co-sponsors include Georgetown University, School of Americas Watch, Institute for Policy Studies, Grassroots International, Across the Americas, World Hunger Year, Global Justice Ecology Project, Small Planet Institute, Witness for [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 16, 2007
Now that I’ve been back in the office for a few days, I’ve had a chance to reflect on the intensely rewarding, multi-city, multi-layover, whirlwind inspiration that was our international delegation and U.S. speaking tour. Delegates from Brazil, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea traveled up to 46 hours in order to tell their stories to [...]
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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