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Sustainable organic farming in Cuba
By Marcella Pedersen NFU Region 6 Women’s Advisory Committee Cuba is a world leader in sustainable organic farming and, as I am interested in all types of farming, I wanted to see for myself how...
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Clean energy imperialism in Honduras
The palm oil magnates are growing ever more trees for use in biofuels and carbon trading. But what happens to the subsistence farmers who live on the lucrative land? The west’s drive to reduce its...
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Venezuelan Government to Continue Land Expropriations for “Agrarian Socialism”
By Ewan Robertson [Reposted from http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/10275] [Bolding by SC] Mérida, 13th January 2014 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – This year the Venezuelan government plans to continue its...
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Impossibly Cheap: Abuse and Injustice in Bangladesh’s Shrimp Industry [VIDEO]
The Bangladesh Shrimp industry is plagued with economic, labour and social issues and workers face exploitative working conditions, according to a new report and film by the Environmental Justice...
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Western Quinoa Fad Punishes Poor in Bolivia and Peru
By Joanna Blythman [Reposted from http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa] Not long ago, quinoa was just an obscure Peruvian grain you could only...
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Farmers rise up as pipeline spills permeate India’s rice bowl
By Gayathri Vaidyanathan CAUVERY BASIN, TAMIL NADU, India — A good sign of an oil spill on farmland here is a flock of crows. The oil churns up dead worms and insects, and crows, ubiquitous scavengers...
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Landmark Study Links Pesticides to Depression In Farmers
By Dan Nosowitz [Bolding by SC] A landmark study indicates that seven pesticides, some widely used, may be causing clinical depression in farmers. Will the government step in and start regulating...
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Real agrarian reform could double food production
The United Nations declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming. As part of the celebrations, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) released its annual “State of Food and...
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