First Australian farmer sues Monsanto, claiming Roundup caused his cancer
For the first time in Australia, a farmer has launched legal action against Monsanto — the manufacturer of Roundup —
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BELWEDER DECLARATION: “The Charter of Real Farming and Real Food”
We, the undersigned, believe that industrial methods of food production constitute a very serious threat to the Polish people and
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Polish Policy Makers Support ‘Direct From the Farmer’ Initiative
‘Direct From the Farmer’ Gains Ground!
The new government in Poland is responding to our campaign to free-up the drastically repressive food and hygiene regulations that have dogged the Country’s small and medium sized farmers for decades. Up until now, governments have outlawed the sale of on-farm processed foods unless farmers establish their operations as a separate business and in a separate hygienically sanitised building; something that is unaffordable to the great majority of small farmers whose holdings typically range from between 3 and 10 hectares.
However, an International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside campaign to change this position and to free-up Poland’s 1.3 million small family farms to operate autonomously – and to direct-sell their produce locally – is gaining momentum and is not, thus far, seen as being at odds with the agenda of the new government.
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Julian Rose, Contributor Waking Times There can be no more certain way to decimate life on Earth than through the
Read morePolish Farmers Blockade Motorways Across Country. Send your support for Polish farmers
Sunday 8.02.2015
This week thousands of Polish family farmers from the Solidarity trade union turned out to protest in over 50 locations across the country. Over 150 tractors have been blockading the A2 motorway into Warsaw since the 3rd February and hundreds more have closed roads and are picketing governmental offices in other regions. The farmers are vowing to continue the struggle until the government agrees to enter talks with the union and commit to addressing what they see as a crisis in Polish agriculture.
Read moreThe Ecologist “Polish farmers block motorways for land rights, no GMOs”
Thousands of small farmers in Poland are blockading motorways and holding demonstrations to demand land rights, a ban on GMOs
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ICPPC – International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside – is a leading voice in raising public awareness of the importance of the small family farm in creating an ecologically sensitive, long-term solution to the countryside, which avoids the destructive consequences of CAP policies. ICPPC is non-governmental organization and co-operates with all who want to promote and protect the Polish countryside’s natural and cultural biodiversity.
ICPPC was initiated by 41 organisations from 18 countries in 2000.
Its founder and Vice President is Jadwiga Lopata and the President is Sir Julian Rose.
URGENT! SIGN petition
URGENT! SIGN petition ”Support Polish farmers protest against sale of land for GM crops ”http://www.thepetitionsite.com/566/504/393/support-polish-farmers-protest-against-sale-of-land-for-gm-crops”
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