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April 17th to put focus on farmers’ struggle against TTIP and “free” trade agreements

Press Release, 16 April 2015 To mark International Day of Farmer and Peasant Struggle tomorrow, farmers' movement Via Campesina, lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory, and Belgian social alliance D19-20 areorganising a lobby tour around the Brussels EU district tohighlight the impact of trade agreements on small-scale agriculture.Starting at 11.30, the tour will highlight how trade...

On April 17, AMAP demands land ownership rights for land tillers

(Pakistan, Lahore, April 17, 2015) Anjuman-e-Muzareen Punjab, Pakistan (AMP) (A Movement of Landless peasants) organized a demonstration on “International Peasants’ Day” on Tuesday, the 17th of April 2015 at 3:30 pm, in front of the Lahore Press Club, Lahore. Its purpose is to have ownership rights to those who have been tilling almost a century....

On 17 April 2015, dairy intensification is not the way to a fair food future

April 17, 2015 (first published on http://www.australianfoodsovereigntyalliance.org/blog/) Community unites with farmers in resistance to dairy expansion in Bass Coast Shire The proposed multi-million dollar expansion of Kernot Dairy, owned by the Chinese corporation Ningbo, is raising the ire of farmers and local residents in Gippsland on a day that commemorates the struggle of small farmers...

17 April: Lobby Action tour on TTIP, Food and Farming

17 April: Lobby Action tour on TTIP, Food and Farming - April 17 : Via Campesina International Day of Peasant Struggle - April 18 : Global Day of Action against free trade agreements As part of the global mobilisations on the impacts of “free” trade agreements such as TTIP, CETA and TPP, Via Campesina, the...