Publication archives

Oct 21, 2014

Canadian farmers don't own Wheat Board they built, grew and loved says top court

by
Steven Shrybman
With some help from my friends (lawyers Anders Bruun and Ben Piper) I argued a case before the Federal Court of Appeal yesterday. The Court ruled from the bench; the result was mixed but more of a defeat than a victory.
Oct 20, 2014

Farmers, Ranchers and Consumers Lose on WTO COOL Ruling

by
Ben Lilliston
A U.S. law requiring the simple labeling of meat and poultry products for the country of origin (COOL) was determined to violate trade rules by a dispute panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) today.
Farmers, Ranchers and Consumers Lose on WTO COOL Ruling
Oct 10, 2014

Time to take action on TTIP!

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Thousands of farmers, environmentalists and fair trade activists will gather on October 11 in over 300 events across Europe to protest the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and promote positive alternatives to the current rhetoric of free trade agreements.
Oct 9, 2014

Unconditional surrender: The U.S.-Brazil deal to end WTO-authorized retaliation

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
If the World Trade Organization trade dispute, U.S. Upland Cotton Subsidies (WT/DS267), were a war, the October 1 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to settle the dispute contains Brazil’s unconditional surrender to U.S. demands.
Oct 8, 2014

"Climate Smart Agriculture" isn’t. Agroecology is.

by
Dr. M. Jahi Chappell
Juliette Majot
As the science and practice of agroecology provides a way forward to address food insecurity, rural poverty, climate change, drought and water scarcity it is encountering an intentionally misleading campaign called "Climate Smart Agriculture," being promoted by the World Bank, FAO, and newly launched corporate-dominated Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture.
Oct 1, 2014

Don't let trade trump GMO labeling

by
Ben Lilliston
Trade rules have always been one of the biggest hammers the biotech industry has had to push genetically modified crops on the world. Nearly a decade ago, the industry, through its surrogates at the U.S.
Sep 29, 2014

Nanotechnology without the hype

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Since the National Nanotechnology Initiative began in 2000, it has coordinated research financed by more than $20 billion, divided among 26 U.S. federal agencies, to develop products that incorporate atomic to molecular-sized materials, such as silver, titanium dioxide and starch.
Sep 26, 2014

Don’t offer farmers and citizens to multinationals: Stop TTIP and CETA

by
Dale Wiehoff
From France, which gave us the Rights of Man, we hear the call for the Rights of Citizens from French farmers who yesterday staged a sit-in at Cargill’s headquarters in Paris protesting proposed new free trade agreements.