Winners of the 5th Annual Food Sovereignty Prize—an alternative to the World Food Prize—announced today, Aug. 13, 2013, by the US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA). This year’s Honorees are producing sustainable anti-hunger solutions around the world and stand in sharp contrast to this year’s World Food Prize winners, Monsanto and Syngenta. Food Sovereignty Prize winners […]
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World Food Prize Laureates Undermine Hunger Solutions
U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance Statement June 20, 2013 Honoring executives of biotechnology giants Monsanto and Syngenta with this year’s World Food Prize sends precisely the wrong message about sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty. Proprietary genetically manipulated seeds are the problem, not the answer to world hunger. The proven solutions lie in rebuilding food sovereignty—the […]
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Defense of Mother Earth
Indigenous Environmental Network Marches for Climate Change Members of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) took the lead at the Forward on Climate march of 35,000 people in DC, protesting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and asking for limits on carbon pollution and investment in renewable energies. While in DC, five indigenous and First Nation […]