The biggest corporate takeover on the planet is the hijacking of the food system, the cost of which has had huge and irreversible consequences for the Earth and people everywhere. From the seed to the farm to the store to your table, corporations are seeking total control over biodiversity, land, and water. They are seeking [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 19, 2012
Occupy Our Food Supply‘s Blogger Day of Action on February 27 will join luminaries of the food movement—like Dr. Vandana Shiva, Anna Lappe, Michael Ableman, and Raj Patel—with journalists and bloggers throughout the nation to culminate in a chorus of voices calling for the reclamation of our food systems from industrial agribusiness giants Cargill, Monsanto, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 17, 2012
In just over a week’s time, thousands of people will descend on our food system by participating in a Global Day of Action to Occupy our Food Supply. Prominent thought leaders, authors, farmers and activists like Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, Annie & Willie Nelson, Woody Harrelson, Raj Patel, Gary Paul Nabhan, Anna Lappé, Marion Nestle, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Bringing together an inspiring array of speakers including Vandana Shiva, Ignacio Chapela, Andrew Kimbrell, and Miguel Altieri, the Justice Begins with Seeds conference in San Francisco provided an important platform to reignite the struggle against the ongoing genetic modification of our food and food systems. The California Biosafety Alliance, an organization that works to create [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 19, 2010
“Just as mankind had the power to push the world to the brink, so too do we have the power to bring it back into balance.” -Prince Charles When does Rainforest Action Network tell you to watch TV? Never. Tonight is different though. There’s a very special film playing on NBC. Inspired by and starring [...]
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Monday, February 27, 2012
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