Agriculture

Family Farmers Unite to Fight Globalization

By Bill Berkowitz / NEWSFORCHANGE What do hog farms have in common with genetically engineered corn? What do Polish and Greek farmers have in common with Native Americans and small family farmers in the United States? Unchecked corporate globalization.

Consumer Power vs. Factory Farms

Donella H. Meadows / AlterNet

Midwest and South America Headed For Collision Course on Soybeans, New Study Finds

For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Muller, 612-870-3420 (mmuller@iatp.org) or Ben Lilliston, 612-870-3416 (blilliston@iatp.org) Mississippi River Navigation Project Would Help Create Soybean Glut

EU Seeks Tighter Rules on Food Aid, Export Credits in Ag Talks

Inside US Trade / Vol. 18, No. 38

Democrats Pledge Rewrite of Farm Bill in 2001

Stenholm Pledges Rewrite of Farm Bill in 2001 if Democrats Take Back the House Edited by AgWeb.com Editors

Contaminent Found in Taco Bell Shells

FOOD SAFETY COALITION DEMANDS RECALL BY TACO BELL, PHILIP MORRIS Genetically engineered corn not approved for human consumption may be in other products, too

FAO""s Annual Report on the State of Food and Agriculture: Despite Tangible Progress, 13 Percent of Humanity Still Suffers from Hunger and Related Diseases

Paris, 15 September 2000 - More than 800 million people still lack access to the food they need, much less than the 960 million estimated 30 years ago, but still a massive number accounting for 13 percent of the world's population, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in its annual report "The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA-2000)," released today at a news conference at the

Precautionary Policies and Biotechnology in Africa

John Mugabe, Ph.D., Executive Director, African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya | September 14, 2000

Addressing Climate Change and Providing New Opportunities for Farmers

Climate change mitigation can result in many benefits including greater valuation for environmental services provided by agriculture and regeneration of rural communities. This report takes a look at the possibilities for farmers and presents policy recommendations to make this a reality.

Explain Globalisation, Reform Agricultural Trade: Howard

Sydney Morning Herald / By MICHELLE GRATTAN, Chief Political Correspondent The future of globalisation could be in doubt unless its benefits were sold properly and its "losers" were helped, the Prime Minister told the World Economic Forum last night. Mr Howard delivered a strong argument in favour of globalisation accompanied by an equally forthright warning.