Monica Vargas C.
@monicavarcoll.bsky.social
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¿Qué tienen en común las luchas de las comunidades y organizaciones campesinas en América Latina y Palestina? Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas #126 ofrece ejemplos concretos, desde las resistencias ante el agronegocio hasta las alternativas: grain.org/es/category/... @bdsmovement.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
¿Qué tienen en común las luchas de las comunidades y organizaciones campesinas en América Latina y Palestina? Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas #126 ofrece ejemplos concretos, desde las resistencias ante el agronegocio hasta las alternativas: grain.org/es/category/... @bdsmovement.bsky.social
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Le gouvernement wallon fixe un cap : reconnaître la terre agricole comme un « bien commun stratégique ». farmlandgrab.org/33137 @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @confpaysanne.bsky.social
Face à la spéculation, la Wallonie veut sanctuariser ses terres agricoles
La note d’orientation présentée au gouvernement fixe un cap : reconnaître la terre agricole comme un « bien commun stratégique ».
farmlandgrab.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Le gouvernement wallon fixe un cap : reconnaître la terre agricole comme un « bien commun stratégique ». farmlandgrab.org/33137 @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @confpaysanne.bsky.social
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COP30’s Agri Zone, sponsored by Bill Gates, will be a major venue for agro-greenwashing next week. Delegates will be dazzled by Nestlé, Bayer, Yara and even Netafim, accused of involvement in Israel’s genocide economy www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/03/a... @bdsmovement.bsky.social @desmog.com
Agribusiness gets its turn to co-opt the climate COP in Brazil
Agribusiness has chainsawed its way over the past few decades to make Brazil the leading exporter of meats and animal
www.brasildefato.com.br
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
COP30’s Agri Zone, sponsored by Bill Gates, will be a major venue for agro-greenwashing next week. Delegates will be dazzled by Nestlé, Bayer, Yara and even Netafim, accused of involvement in Israel’s genocide economy www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/03/a... @bdsmovement.bsky.social @desmog.com
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Indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant women of Latin America are calling on organizations and social movements around the world to sign to this declaration rejecting carbon market projects in their territories. wrm.us9.list-manage.com/track/click...
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant women of Latin America are calling on organizations and social movements around the world to sign to this declaration rejecting carbon market projects in their territories. wrm.us9.list-manage.com/track/click...
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Kenya has banned imports of milk powder, supposedly to protect the 'local' dairy industry. It also plans to waive taxes on animal feed and ban street hawking of milk. Who really stands to benefit? Powerful interests, including Danone. www.facebook.com/share/p/17V1... @margteixeira.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Kenya has banned imports of milk powder, supposedly to protect the 'local' dairy industry. It also plans to waive taxes on animal feed and ban street hawking of milk. Who really stands to benefit? Powerful interests, including Danone. www.facebook.com/share/p/17V1... @margteixeira.bsky.social
En Portugal, cultivos campesinos tradicionales y sostenibles están siendo desplazados por plantaciones intensivas de olivos irrigadas por una megapresa. Quién más se beneficia son inversores españoles, mientras los daños sociales y ambientales se agudizan www.elsaltodiario.com/portugal/gan...
Ganancias corporativas, pérdidas ambientales: el mayor lago artificial de Europa impulsa olivos intensivos
Una enorme presa construida con fondos públicos en el sureste de Portugal prometió desarrollar una de las regiones más áridas y empobrecidas de Europa. Sin embargo, la agricultura industrial de olivos...
www.elsaltodiario.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The humble chicken is the new frontier of corporate control in Africa. Just like patented seeds, hybrid chicks pushed by Bill Gates lock farmers into a cycle of dependency. It's corporate takeover, not development. grain.org/e/7317
Who rules the roost? Corporate vs community poultry in Africa
Ghana was once self-sufficient in chicken. Then imports pushed by the World Bank decimated local farms. Now 90% of its poultry needs are imported. Today, the chicken business across Africa is fast bec...
grain.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The humble chicken is the new frontier of corporate control in Africa. Just like patented seeds, hybrid chicks pushed by Bill Gates lock farmers into a cycle of dependency. It's corporate takeover, not development. grain.org/e/7317
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Witoon Lianchamroon of BIOTHAI is facing charges of defamation filed by the giant Thai company Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF).
This #SLAPP lawsuit designed to silence protest and undermine efforts to hold CPF accountable for Blackchin tilapia outbreak that has devastated Thai farmers and fishers.
This #SLAPP lawsuit designed to silence protest and undermine efforts to hold CPF accountable for Blackchin tilapia outbreak that has devastated Thai farmers and fishers.
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Witoon Lianchamroon of BIOTHAI is facing charges of defamation filed by the giant Thai company Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF).
This #SLAPP lawsuit designed to silence protest and undermine efforts to hold CPF accountable for Blackchin tilapia outbreak that has devastated Thai farmers and fishers.
This #SLAPP lawsuit designed to silence protest and undermine efforts to hold CPF accountable for Blackchin tilapia outbreak that has devastated Thai farmers and fishers.
An Israeli private equity fund, Fortissimo, is interested in acquiring Netafim, a major irrigation corporation involved in Israeli agribusiness expansion around the world. Netafim was tagged by UN Special Rapporteur Albanese as profiting from the genocide www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/ar...
Orbia’s Netafim sale sparks Fortissimo co-investor bid | CTech
Private equity fund seeks local partners to compete for the world leader in precision irrigation.
www.calcalistech.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Africa has a wealth of indigenous chicken diversity, but it's under threat from corporate takeover. Gates Foundation and others are replacing local breeds with “more productive” hybrids, owned by 3 companies in the US and Europe. Time to fight back! grain.org/e/7317 @timschwab.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Africa has a wealth of indigenous chicken diversity, but it's under threat from corporate takeover. Gates Foundation and others are replacing local breeds with “more productive” hybrids, owned by 3 companies in the US and Europe. Time to fight back! grain.org/e/7317 @timschwab.bsky.social
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Groups led by Let's Liberate Diversity are mapping initiatives to support farmers' seed systems around the world. Participate:
English: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=en
français: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=fr
Español: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=es
Info: liberatediversity.org
English: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=en
français: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=fr
Español: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=es
Info: liberatediversity.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Groups led by Let's Liberate Diversity are mapping initiatives to support farmers' seed systems around the world. Participate:
English: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=en
français: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=fr
Español: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=es
Info: liberatediversity.org
English: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=en
français: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=fr
Español: retesemi.limesurvey.net/511654?lang=es
Info: liberatediversity.org
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Au Canada, les paysans dénoncent des modifications proposées à la loi sur les semences, qui cherchent à eliminer leur droit de reproduire des semences de fruits, légumes et plantes ornementales
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219... @nfucanada.bsky.social @infogm.bsky.social @saveourseeds.bsky.social
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219... @nfucanada.bsky.social @infogm.bsky.social @saveourseeds.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Au Canada, les paysans dénoncent des modifications proposées à la loi sur les semences, qui cherchent à eliminer leur droit de reproduire des semences de fruits, légumes et plantes ornementales
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219... @nfucanada.bsky.social @infogm.bsky.social @saveourseeds.bsky.social
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219... @nfucanada.bsky.social @infogm.bsky.social @saveourseeds.bsky.social
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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is swindling Liberian communities whose lands were grabbed by Golden Veroleum. Despite admitting responsibility, there will be no compensation, and now that RSPO has lifted a stop-work order the company will expand operations. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/roun...
October 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is swindling Liberian communities whose lands were grabbed by Golden Veroleum. Despite admitting responsibility, there will be no compensation, and now that RSPO has lifted a stop-work order the company will expand operations. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/roun...
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A few corporations control the dirty business of chemical fertilisers, with annual sales of US$76bn. Nitrogen fertilisers alone are responsible for one in every 40 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year. grain.org/e/7284
@iatp.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
#GlobalFertilizerDay
@iatp.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
#GlobalFertilizerDay
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A few corporations control the dirty business of chemical fertilisers, with annual sales of US$76bn. Nitrogen fertilisers alone are responsible for one in every 40 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year. grain.org/e/7284
@iatp.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
#GlobalFertilizerDay
@iatp.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
#GlobalFertilizerDay
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New legal analysis by Green Development Advocates presents "the blatant illegalities underlying the land issue at the Socapalm Edéa plantation in Cameroon" (Socfin/Bolloré) gdacameroon.org/media/attach... @heks-ch.bsky.social @greenpeaceafrica.org @business-humanrights.org @mongabay.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New legal analysis by Green Development Advocates presents "the blatant illegalities underlying the land issue at the Socapalm Edéa plantation in Cameroon" (Socfin/Bolloré) gdacameroon.org/media/attach... @heks-ch.bsky.social @greenpeaceafrica.org @business-humanrights.org @mongabay.com
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Join BIOTHAI, GRAIN, SAF and TCJA today in a public dialogue on “Agro-Industrial Concentration and the Climate Crisis”
🗓️ Date: 14 October 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bangkok time
Online via Zoom Meeting
👉 Register in advance: biothai.net/join
Public livestream via Facebook Live
📺 Page: BIOTHAI
🗓️ Date: 14 October 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bangkok time
Online via Zoom Meeting
👉 Register in advance: biothai.net/join
Public livestream via Facebook Live
📺 Page: BIOTHAI
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Join BIOTHAI, GRAIN, SAF and TCJA today in a public dialogue on “Agro-Industrial Concentration and the Climate Crisis”
🗓️ Date: 14 October 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bangkok time
Online via Zoom Meeting
👉 Register in advance: biothai.net/join
Public livestream via Facebook Live
📺 Page: BIOTHAI
🗓️ Date: 14 October 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bangkok time
Online via Zoom Meeting
👉 Register in advance: biothai.net/join
Public livestream via Facebook Live
📺 Page: BIOTHAI
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Communities in Madagascar face pressure from Tozzi Green, an Italian company which leased farmland from authorities to produce & sell carbon credits from "its" plantations. Update from @collectiftany.bsky.social : farmlandgrab.org/33091 @reddmonitor.bsky.social @recommon.org @cicrocevia.bsky.social
Madagascar: A glace at the situation of the inhabitants of the Ihorombe region whose lands have been leased by the state to the company Tozzi Green
Officials of the Malagasy state have leased land in three municipalities of the Ihorombe region to the company Tozzi Green for 30 years. Numerous studies have shown the pressures and manipulations exe...
farmlandgrab.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Communities in Madagascar face pressure from Tozzi Green, an Italian company which leased farmland from authorities to produce & sell carbon credits from "its" plantations. Update from @collectiftany.bsky.social : farmlandgrab.org/33091 @reddmonitor.bsky.social @recommon.org @cicrocevia.bsky.social
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Despite making up nearly half of global agricultural workforce, women own less than 15% of farm land and are paid almost 20% less than their male counterparts. On this International Rural Women Day, read daily struggles of rural women from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America grain.org/e/7261
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Despite making up nearly half of global agricultural workforce, women own less than 15% of farm land and are paid almost 20% less than their male counterparts. On this International Rural Women Day, read daily struggles of rural women from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America grain.org/e/7261
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New dataset from GRAIN shows how free trade agreements are used to push countries to adopt laws that criminalise seed saving and undermine food sovereignty. The UAE is now using it to push UPOV to their trading partners like Cambodia, Malaysia and Mauritius. grain.org/e/7316
October 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New dataset from GRAIN shows how free trade agreements are used to push countries to adopt laws that criminalise seed saving and undermine food sovereignty. The UAE is now using it to push UPOV to their trading partners like Cambodia, Malaysia and Mauritius. grain.org/e/7316
The Israeli company ICL is part of the corporate cartel that controls 50% of the potash-based fertiliser market. It also faces resistance and mobilisation campaigns in Palestine, the Netherlands, Catalonia and the US. See this new article by ASEED: aseed.net/a-closer-loo...
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@bdsmovement.bsky.social
A Closer Look at Israeli Company ICL - ASEED
A Story of Pollution, Exploitation, and Resistance from Amsterdam to Palestine Highlights: ICL in Amsterdam Amsterdam Noord stinks! And pretty […]
aseed.net
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Chemical fertilisers are presented as necessary to feed the world. But did you know that they ruin our soils, pollute people’s water & air and push up food prices? The global food system's addiction to chemical fertilisers must be broken! grain.org/e/6903
#GlobalFertilizerDay @afsafrica.bsky.social
#GlobalFertilizerDay @afsafrica.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Chemical fertilisers are presented as necessary to feed the world. But did you know that they ruin our soils, pollute people’s water & air and push up food prices? The global food system's addiction to chemical fertilisers must be broken! grain.org/e/6903
#GlobalFertilizerDay @afsafrica.bsky.social
#GlobalFertilizerDay @afsafrica.bsky.social
New dataset from GRAIN shows how free trade agreements are used to push countries to adopt laws that criminalise seed saving and undermine food sovereignty. grain.org/e/7316
Free trade agreements pushing UPOV as of 2025
New dataset from GRAIN shows how free trade agreements are used to push countries to adopt laws that criminalise seed saving and undermine food sovereignty. The UAE is now pushing UPOV through FTAs wi...
grain.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
New dataset from GRAIN shows how free trade agreements are used to push countries to adopt laws that criminalise seed saving and undermine food sovereignty. grain.org/e/7316
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The push for supermarkets across the world is causing a rise in highly processed foods. In the latest 'Supermarket bulletin', we highlight how local food distribution could be entry point to address nutrition issues grain.org/en/article/7...
@fian-international.bsky.social @margteixeira.bsky.social
@fian-international.bsky.social @margteixeira.bsky.social
The health and nutritional costs of supermarkets
As supermarkets expand, traditional food systems shrink, endangering heritage diets and the benefits they offer to human health. In this edition, we highlight how local food systems should be the entr...
grain.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The push for supermarkets across the world is causing a rise in highly processed foods. In the latest 'Supermarket bulletin', we highlight how local food distribution could be entry point to address nutrition issues grain.org/en/article/7...
@fian-international.bsky.social @margteixeira.bsky.social
@fian-international.bsky.social @margteixeira.bsky.social
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Must-read: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food @michaelfakhri.bsky.social calls out key companies driving corporate concentration in the food system and demands accountability for rights violations. digitallibrary.un.org/record/40872... @fian-international.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Must-read: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food @michaelfakhri.bsky.social calls out key companies driving corporate concentration in the food system and demands accountability for rights violations. digitallibrary.un.org/record/40872... @fian-international.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
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En #Colombia, organizaciones sociales y campesinas han iniciado una consulta popular con 5 preguntas sobre acceso y redistribución de la tierra www.eltiempo.com/politica/gob...
Campesinos radicaron consulta popular ante la Registraduría con la que buscan garantizar el acceso y la redistribución de la tierra
Consta de cinco preguntas y, para que llegue al Congreso, deberá reunir más de 4 millones de firmas.
www.eltiempo.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
En #Colombia, organizaciones sociales y campesinas han iniciado una consulta popular con 5 preguntas sobre acceso y redistribución de la tierra www.eltiempo.com/politica/gob...