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Earth Grab Geopiracy, the New Biomassters and Capturing Climate Genes

This three-part book<em 'pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead.</em' Vandana Shiva, Founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology

Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2012

Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2012Presidential and Regional ReportsOrganizing in British ColumbiaFarmers, the Food Chain and Agriculture Policies in Canada in Relation to the Right to FoodGovernance, mandates and the Canadian Grain CommissionUN Committee Adopts Land Guidelines in RomeAn active year for the NFU’s International Program Committee (IPC)The Kootenay Country Co-op StoryCreating space for

Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food: Visit to Canada from 6 to 16 May 2012, Preliminary Report

On 16 May 2012, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food conveyed to the Government of Canada his preliminary reflections on his visit. Later that day, he held a press conference in Ottawa at the National Press Theatre. He opened the press conference with some preliminary remarks on the visit.

Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2012

Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2012Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2012Presidential and Regional ReportsCETA getting tougher on Citizens with each SECRET DraftInterest in local food leads to new on-farm dairiesSafe Food – from the viewpoint of farmersUnited Nations Annual Session in Rome – Update on the Committee on World Food SecurityCo-operating to Build Food SovereigntyGrains, Trains and Democracy - The Canadian Wheat Board in 2012The Paul Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing – 2012 entry informationKeep Our Canadian Wheat Board DVD Order Form42nd National Convention Audio Recording Order Form

Union Farmer Newsletter – April 2012

Union Farmer Monthly - April 2012.

Union Farmer Newsletter – January 2012

Is Supply Management being groomed for sacrifice on the altar of trade?Grazing Days Farm: Local Grass-Fed Beef in OttawaOur journey—food, health, culture and community

Union Farmer Quarterly: Winter 2012

Contents:Convention 2011 Highlights:Food Safety Panel,Land Grabbing in Canada,Indigenous Perspective on Land Issues,Canadian Wheat Board,“Dirt: the Erosion of Civilizations.” Presentation by Dr.

Union Farmer Quarterly: Fall 2011

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Union Farmer Quarterly: Summer 2011

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2011 Winner

We all need a place to live. We also need food to eat. Maybe our food supply is not as much of a concern because we import so much from other nations or maybe we just like to think that if we ignore the issue it will go away.

Union Farmer Quarterly: Spring 2011

Download the Spring 2011 issue of Union Farmer Quarterly (9MB)Table of Contents:Presidential and Regional ReportsWhat do we know about Enviropig™?CETA must be stopped!NOUMINREN AND SHOKKENREN: A Visit to JapanGrowing Forward II may leave farmers and eaters with nothing to eatAre Farmers’ Markets fooling us?The Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing: Charly Allen

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