Press release of the Landworkers' Alliance. (London, March 26, 2014) The Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA) will be holding a demonstration outside the Head office of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), 17 Smith Square London, at 12.00pm on Thursday 17th April. The demonstration is part of Via Campesina’s international day of peasant’s...
Commemorating the International Day of Peasant Struggle by Salena Tramel, Published on Thursday, April 17, 2014 by Common Dreams Sadly, yet not unlike the inception of many commemorative days, the events that inspired the first International Day of Peasant Struggle were soaked with blood. It was April 17, 1996, a calm day in the northern...
The African Biodiversity Network (ABN) partners have contributed to the edition of the network’s newsletter, highlighting their work in and with communities of reviving indigenous seed varieties. You can download the newsletter here, and read about the hidden agenda of the Crops Act in Kenya, the new scramble for Africa (How TNC attempt to control...
(London, April 17th) 100 farmers and growers from the Landworkers’ Alliance travelled to London from around the country to protest outside the head offices of DEFRA and the National Farmers Union. {besps}slideshowLOndonApril172014{/besps} Under the leadership of Owen Patterson over the past two years DEFRA has strengthened its support of large-scale industrial agriculture and marginalized smaller...
