Land & Resources

A global wave of land and water grabs is concentrating farmland and other food producing resources in the hands of a few, with serious consequences for both rural and urban communities. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Land & Resources

Berta Cáceres: Defying the Structures of Terror

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Mar 4, 2016

URGENT ACTION! Gustavo Castro Soto, a Mexican human rights defender is the sole witness of the attack and is now…

Land Loss and Racism in North Carolina: The Story of Eddie and Dorothy Wise

Blog | Ana Galvis | Mar 3, 2016

By Justine Williams On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Eddie Wise and his wife Dorothy were forcefully driven out of the…

Mozambique’s Movement to End Land Grabs

Blog | Ana Galvis | Mar 2, 2016

By Anabela Lemos of Justiça Ambiental, Mozambique March 2, 2016 This article was drawn from an interview with Anabela Lemos,…

Green Manure Crops in Africa: A Report from the Field

Blog | Roland Bunch | Feb 23, 2016

Roland Bunch’s work with indigenous Mayan farmers in the highlands of Guatemala in the 1970s enabled the Campesino a Campesino…

The Spurning of Monsanto: Tip of the iceberg?

Blog | Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero | Feb 22, 2016

Early this month the Syngenta corporation made history by accepting a buyout bid from the Chinese state-owned company ChemChina. The…

Women Farmers and Land Grabs in Haiti: An interview with Iderle Brénus

Blog | Beverly Bell | Feb 18, 2016

February 17, 2016 From an interview by Beverly Bell In Haiti, the majority of the people working the land are…

Corporate vision of the future of food promoted at the UN

Blog | Ana Galvis | Feb 16, 2016

Published on Monday, 15 February 2016 12:37 Press release – La Via Campesina, ETC and Grain More than 100 civil…

Amplifying the voices of the food justice movement: News from the BFAA

Blog | Ana Galvis | Jan 28, 2016

January 27, 2016 From: Gary R. Grant, President of the Black Farmers & Agriculturalist Association   NC FARMER EDDIE WISE…

Haiti’s Fraudulent Presidential Frontrunner Seizes Land for His Own Banana Republic

Blog | Ana Galvis | Jan 21, 2016

By Joshua Steckley and Beverly Bell January 21, 2016   This report is based on extensive interviews, on-site and via…

“The Struggle for Land Justice Knows No Borders”: Corporate Pillaging in Haiti

Blog | Ana Galvis | Dec 23, 2015

An interview with Nixon Boumba, Democratic Popular Movement (MODEP) and American Jewish World Service Edited by Natalie Miller, Other Worlds…

Decolonizing Our Minds and Our Lands: Reviving Seeds, Culture, and African Strength

Blog | Ana Galvis | Dec 16, 2015

 From a presentation by Gathuru Mburu   Edited by Beverly Bell and Simone Adler December 16, 2015   Gathuru Mburu…

Nyeleni Newsletter no.24

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Dec 15, 2015

Editorial : Forests, Foraging and the Commons About 75 percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas in developing…