Farmers Markets of Myanmar
Click here to view exotic images of farmers markets around Myanmar. Who can resist an open air market? In Shan State they have a very clever system by having their farmers market run on a five day...
View ArticleWhat’s So Great about Gates?
This article was recently pointed out to me by a friend who knows of my distaste for the Gates Foundation and all of the “good work” they are doing. I once looked through a long list of all the...
View ArticleUrgent – Write to MPs on Bill C-474 by Feb 8
Please write to your MP about Bill C-474. This bill is needed to protect all farmers from the market impacts of genetically engineered crops.(Read more) »
View ArticleFoodie’s Follow Friday 4 – Food Sovereignty
A look at food sovereignty and how small scale farming is so important for our world. Industrial agriculture is destroying our world.(Read more) »
View ArticleUnderground Markets Popping Up Everywhere!
Underground Urban Market Clubs of the world--a review and comparison of how they are organized and run. Great for building community-start one in your own town.(Read more) »
View ArticleEnd Factory Farming Occupy the Food System
Corporate control of our food system is deeply embedded. Industrial food companies have been advertising to us since we were young. Sugar and other taste stimulants are very addictive. Taking back the...
View ArticleArgentinean Tobacco Farmers Sue Monsanto for Knowingly Poisoning Their Children
Monsanto, Philip Morris and other U.S. tobacco giants knowingly poisoned Argentinean tobacco farmers with pesticides, causing "devastating birth defects" in their children.(Read more) »
View ArticleOne Farmers Perspective on the Raw Milk Debate
Mike Guebert, a local small scale integrated livestock farmer who sells raw milk from his farm direct to the public shares his perspective on the safety and benefits of raw unpasteurized milk.(Read...
View ArticleMilk: Symbol Of Purity, Symbol Of Conflict
European Union dairy farmers protest milk price controls by spraying police with high-pressure hoses filled with milk. It certainly wasn't the first time that food has been both subject and symbol of...
View ArticleAnti-GMO Farmers in Poland Need International Support
The Polish farmers' protest against a government sell-off of farmland to multinational corporations is now in its 5th week in Zachodniopomorskie region of Poland and is spreading to other Provinces....
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