La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | August 2017

27 September 2017

The latest edition of La Via Campesina’s e-newsletter is now online! It is calling upon… Read more →

Farmworkers of Florida are up against the ‘Big Six pesticide companies’

26 September 2017

Lake Apopka, just north of Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., is the state’s most contaminated large lake.… Read more →

German Corporations exploiting legal loopholes to grab small farms. Young Peasants are leading the fight back

26 September 2017

Land deals in Germany – Companies are the New Farmers! Economic grievances and a polity… Read more →

Small-Scale Fishers In South Africa struggling for survival as the Government pushes for permits and corporate investments

26 September 2017

Small-scale fishers in South Africa have been done a raw deal in the country since… Read more →

Private Financial Firms threaten to undermine self-financing initiatives of rural peasant women in South India

26 September 2017

Karnataka, a state in Southern India, has been declared drought ridden for 11 of the… Read more →

Mexico Earthquake: La Via Campesina North America calls for economic assistance and solidarity!

22 September 2017

Thank you for all the support you extended to the peasant communities of Mexico who… Read more →

CETA the Wrong Deal for People says National Farmers Union

22 September 2017

(September 21, 2017 – Saskatoon) – Major portions of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and… Read more →

Canada: Farmers need more light, less heat, in tax proposal debate

22 September 2017

The federal government is proposing changes to the Income Tax Act aimed at collecting revenue… Read more →

New Plant Breeding Techniques – 12 reasons to regulate these ‘New GMOs’ | By European Coordination Via Campesina

22 September 2017

GMOs are “organisms, with the exception of human beings, in which the genetic material has… Read more →

‘Serikat Petani Indonesia’ encourages peasant communities to take full control of their food systems through peasant cooperatives

20 September 2017

“For people’s stomach to be filled, people’s sovereignty must be upheld. People go hungry not… Read more →