Over the past century, the number of Black farmers has significantly declined in the US, from one million farmers (14 % of all farmers) in 1920 to only about 45,000 (1.4% of all farmers) in 2017. Black farmers managed only 4 million acres of land or (0.4% of the total of 910 million acres of farmland) in 2017. The consistent downward trend is not a coincidence but a result of systematic discrimination against Black land ownership since the end of slavery, including decades-long bias by the USDA, still ongoing. Jubilee Justice works to strengthen the Black far ..read more

Presentamos un adelanto del trabajo – que se encuentra en la parte final de su proceso de elaboración – “El Plato Fumigado 2024 – Informe de los resultados de los controles oficiales estatales sobre residuos de agrotóxicos en frutas, verduras, hortalizas, cereales y oleáginosas comercializadas en los mercados concentradores de la Argentina entre los años 2020 y 2022” con la actualización de la información toxicológica de los 83 principios activos hallados como residuos en los alimentos que se consumen en toda la Argentina. La nueva edición del Plato Fumigado (la versión anterior data ..read more

UK harvests of important crops could be down by nearly a fifth this year due to the unprecedented wet weather farmers have faced, increasing the likelihood that the prices of bread, beer and biscuits will rise. Analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has estimated that the amount of wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape could drop by 4m tonnes this year, a reduction of 17.5% compared with 2023. The warnings come as farmers have borne the brunt of the heavy rainfall and bad weather experienced over the winter, with the UK experiencing 11 named storms since September. In Engla ..read more

For centuries, small-scale African farmers have been the backbone of the continent’s agricultural success, nurturing a system that supports over 80% of the population with diverse, nutritious, and resilient crops. However, these traditional practices face increasing threats from industrial agriculture and multinational seed corporations, influenced by the legacies of colonization and commerce. In response, AFSA’s “Seed is Life” campaign aims to empower communities to reclaim and protect their agricultural heritage and ensure food sovereignty for future generations. Dr. Million Belay, General C ..read more

En todo el mundo, la soberanía de las personas, los agricultores y la naturaleza ha sido violada por la imposición de agrotóxicos, OMG y alimentos ultra-procesados, destruyendo la diversidad y las culturas alimentarias ancestrales junto con la tierra, el agua y la biodiversidad. En marzo de 2023, NI emitió una declaración conjunta de las mujeres de la red Mujeres Diversas por la Diversidad en apoyo a la lucha de México, destacando la importancia mundial de proteger el maíz en su centro de origen. El caso de México representa el intento de un pueblo por resguardar sus culturas biodive ..read more

All over the world the sovereignty of people, farmers and nature has been violated by the imposition of agrotoxins, GMOs and ultra-processed foods, destroying diversity and ancient food cultures along with land, water, and biodiversity. In March of 2023, NI issued a joint declaration by the women of the Diverse Women for Diversity network in support of Mexico’s struggle, emphasizing the global importance of protecting maize in its center of origin. The case of Mexico is a people’s attempt to guard their biodiverse cultures, their millennial food inheritance,  their health and th ..read more

La semana pasada, más de 60 organizaciones mexicanas e internacionales firmaron una carta conjunta dirigida al presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador y al pueblo de México para exigir la protección de un país libre de transgénicos y glifosato. La exigencia es clara: México no debe posponer la prohibición del glifosato y sus plaguicidas asociados, así como de los transgénicos, que han demostrado causar daños ambientales, sanitarios, sociales y económicos. Esta carta es el resultado del trabajo coordinado de muchas organizaciones incluyendo Vía Orgánica, Regeneración Internacional y la Asociaci ..read more

Last week, over 60 Mexican and international organizations signed a joint letter addressed to Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the people of Mexico to demand the protection of a GMO and glyphosate free country. The demand is clear: Mexico should not postpone the ban on glyphosate and its associated pesticides as well as GMOs, which have been proved to cause environmental, health, social and economical damage. This letter is the result of the coordinated work of many organizations including Vía Orgánica, Regeneration International and Organic Consumers Association and has been ..read more

In 2019, 15,000 children from primary schools across the UK went out to their local playing field. Instead of kicking a ball around, they dug up worms, looked out for birds, and counted them both. “The kids were just so enthusiastic about it. It was incredible,” said Blaise Martay, lead researcher from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). Martay had worried about the data quality – she thought children’s counting might vary with their enthusiasm. But the results “showed exactly what we’d expect”, she said: that more worms meant a greater number of blackbirds, robins and thrushes ..read more

James Rainey reads trees like most people read signposts. The senior ecologist with the rewilding charity Trees for Life is using a small hand lens to identify a particular lichen that is wreathing the base of an aspen tree in a secluded glen on the west coast of Scotland. He is looking for “ecological clues” of species associated with the ancient Caledonian forest that once covered most of the Highlands, like this aspen, certain wildflowers, such as serrated wintergreen, and some lichens, such as black-eyed Susan and Norwegian specklebelly. Wild pines have been growing in Scotland since ..read more