Agriculture

New Co-op Financial Association For Southern Small Farmers

January 14, 2025 Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, Grassroots Economic Organizing. Create! Agriculture, Cooperatives, Small Farmers, The South

East Point, Georgia - This past October, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund ("the Federation") joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other partners for the announcement of the historic launch of the Southern Farmers Financial Association (SFFA). This new cooperatively-owned institution was created to increase access to capital for its member-owners to begin farming or strengthen existing small farming operations and agriculture-based businesses in high-poverty areas across the Southeast.

BRICS Expands With Nine New Partner Countries

December 25, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Agriculture, BRICS, Economics, Food, G7, Gas, Oil

With its nine members and nine partners, BRICS now makes up roughly half of the global population and more than 41% of world GDP (PPP). The group is an economic powerhouse, including top producers of key commodities like oil, gas, grains, meat, and minerals. At the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia in October 2024, 13 countries were invited to become BRICS partners, meaning they are on the path to full membership in the near future. Nine of these 13 nations accepted the invitation. The remaining four did not give a formal response as of the end of 2024. These were Algeria, Nigeria, Turkey/Türkiye, Vietnam.

The World Bank Must Stop Ploughing Funds Into Factory Farming

November 15, 2024 Alessandro Ramazzotti, DeSmog. Educate! Agriculture, Factory Farming, Food and Agriculture, Report, World Bank

Animal agriculture is one of the leading drivers of the climate crisis. According to a recent World Bank report, food and agriculture generate almost a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, of which meat and dairy account for nearly 60 percent. Separate analysis shows that cattle ranching accounts for around 70 percent of the current deforestation of the Amazon. Recognising the significant problems that animal-based foods are causing, the World Bank’s cafeteria stopped serving meat earlier this year.

Agricultural Design Studio Working To Build A Food-Sovereign Detroit

November 14, 2024 Samya Overall, Next City. Create! Agriculture, Detroit, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Urban Farming

Driving down Monterey Street on Detroit’s westside, there are more abandoned and vacant houses than occupied ones. Sidewalks are overgrown with grass, and stretches of land as long as football fields separate the homes that remain. About midway down the block, between Wildemere and Lawton streets, is Fennigan’s Farms. You can’t miss it from the tall towers of bright yellow sunflowers waving in the wind. As you walk up, there’s a table with tomatoes and a sign that reads “Free Produce.” Amanda Brezzell is the co-founder and creative director at Fennigan’s Farms. Brezzell says the farm and design firm’s mission is to be a resource to the community, helping Detroiters achieve food sovereignty by providing fresh, accessible food, some at no cost.

#16OCT24 International Day Of Action For People’s Food Sovereignty

October 15, 2024 La Via Campesina - EN. Resist! Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, La Via Campesina, Transnational Corporations

We, the global peasantry of diverse rural peoples, Indigenous and migrant communities, women and children in rural areas, fisherfolk, pastoralists, and all other small-scale food producers, once again unite to amplify our struggles for the Food Sovereignty of Our Peoples. Every day, the world wakes up to news of worsening environmental degradation across various regions, while corporate elites continue to profit from the crises they have created. Life is constantly at risk, and many public policies are being eroded of basic rights like healthcare, housing, and food, as well as collective and peasant rights. This has led to the deterioration of social justice and the monopolization of common goods.

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