First published by euobserver Brussels, 18 April, 2016 The 20th anniversary of the International Day of Peasants’ and Farmers’ Struggle was marked on Sunday – a date that highlights the persecution and violence suffered by peasants and farmers around the world. It’s probably a date not many people have even heard of. Another one of...
Several delegates comprising women, men, youth, and representing peasants and migrant agricultural and rural workers from several regions of La Via Campesina, are carrying messages of global solidarity and food sovereignty at the 2016 World Social Forum being held at Montreal, Canada. Here are a few highlights from the sessions: Peasant led agriculture is a...
Press Release Several delegates comprising women, men, youth, and representing peasants and migrant agricultural and rural workers from several regions of La Via Campesina, will carry messages of global solidarity and food sovereignty at the 2016 World Social Forum this August. The Forum, which is a collective call for a sustainable and inclusive world, will...
Montreal, Quebec, August 14, 2016 "We not only believe that another world is necessary, the members of La Vía Campesina are already building a better world." ~ Carlos Marentes, co-coordinator of the North America Region of LVC We, representatives of member organizations of La Vía Campesina from the North America Region (Union Paysanne from Quebec,...
