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El núm. 126 de Biodiversidad, Sustento y Culturas ofrece ejemplos concretos de qué tienen en común las luchas de las comunidades y organizaciones campesinas en América Latina y Palestina, desde las resistencias ante el agronegocio hasta las alternativas desde abajo. grain.org/es/category/...
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Atrazine probably causes cancer in humans, WHO cancer agency says.
Via @stacymalkan.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
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Atrazine probably causes cancer in humans, WHO cancer agency says
The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency has classified the herbicide atrazine as “probably carcinogenic to humans.”
usrtk.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Atrazine probably causes cancer in humans, WHO cancer agency says.
Via @stacymalkan.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
usrtk.org/pesticides/a...
Via @stacymalkan.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
usrtk.org/pesticides/a...
Asesinan a un líder indígena Guarani-Kaiowá y hieren a cuatro tras la recuperación de tierras ancestrales en Pyelito Kue (Brasil). La violencia contra comunidades aumenta, mientras el agronegocio y fuerzas armadas buscan desalojarlos www.telesurtv.net/asesinan-ind... @brasilfato.bsky.social
Asesinan a indígena Guarani-Kaiowá en tierras pretendidas por el agronegocio en Brasil - teleSUR
Agromilicia ataca tierra recuperada por los pueblos guaraní y kaiowá en el Pyelito Kue, Brasil, asesinan a un líder indígena y dejan a otros cuatro heridos.
www.telesurtv.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Asesinan a un líder indígena Guarani-Kaiowá y hieren a cuatro tras la recuperación de tierras ancestrales en Pyelito Kue (Brasil). La violencia contra comunidades aumenta, mientras el agronegocio y fuerzas armadas buscan desalojarlos www.telesurtv.net/asesinan-ind... @brasilfato.bsky.social
Machakos High Court in Kenya will soon make its ruling on the petition filed by 15 farmers that challenged Kenya's Seed and Plant Varieties Act that criminalise farmers’ rights to share, exchange and sell their own seeds. Listen to the decisions live here on 27 Nov, 9 AM Kenya time!
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November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Machakos High Court in Kenya will soon make its ruling on the petition filed by 15 farmers that challenged Kenya's Seed and Plant Varieties Act that criminalise farmers’ rights to share, exchange and sell their own seeds. Listen to the decisions live here on 27 Nov, 9 AM Kenya time!
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"These (climate) negotiations don’t provide space for people’s hopes and aspirations anymore..." Check out Mongabay's interview with GRAIN on what it means to fighting for food sovereignty at COP30 news.mongabay.com/2025/11/figh...
Fighting for food sovereignty at COP30: Interview with GRAIN’s Ange-David Baïmey
At the COP30 climate summit currently underway in Belém, Brazil, adapting to climate change impacts is a major focus of discussions. This is particularly the case for delegates from Africa, where agri...
news.mongabay.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"These (climate) negotiations don’t provide space for people’s hopes and aspirations anymore..." Check out Mongabay's interview with GRAIN on what it means to fighting for food sovereignty at COP30 news.mongabay.com/2025/11/figh...
El campesinado convoca a paro nacional en México para exigir una Ley de aguas justa y denunciar el T-MEC que atenta contra la soberanía alimentaria de los pueblos elpais.com/mexico/2025-... @etcgroup.bsky.social
Los campesinos convocan a un cierre de carreteras y aduanas para presionar al Gobierno por la ley de aguas
Los empresarios del campo y organizaciones de transportistas unen fuerzas tras semanas de protestas para exigir mejoras al campo y mayor seguridad en los caminos el 24 de noviembre
elpais.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
El campesinado convoca a paro nacional en México para exigir una Ley de aguas justa y denunciar el T-MEC que atenta contra la soberanía alimentaria de los pueblos elpais.com/mexico/2025-... @etcgroup.bsky.social
New investigation shows that Brazil's BNDES is pumping US$500mn of public funds into maize ethanol production, but the beneficiaries will be companies with a history of labour and environmental violations. drilled.media/news/ethanol...
Why Is Brazil’s Climate Fund Giving Hundreds of Millions to Big Ag?
Almost $500 million has flowed from the Climate Fund to corn ethanol projects from companies with environmental violations.
drilled.media
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New investigation shows that Brazil's BNDES is pumping US$500mn of public funds into maize ethanol production, but the beneficiaries will be companies with a history of labour and environmental violations. drilled.media/news/ethanol...
After JBS, now Tyson is being forced to stop claiming it does "net zero" industrial meat, the biggest source of climate emissions in the food system www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/tyso... @iatp.bsky.social
Tyson agrees to settlement over climate-smart beef claims
Tyson Foods will stop asserting it is pursuing production of “climate-smart” beef and working to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions as part of a legal settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the ...
www.thenewlede.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
After JBS, now Tyson is being forced to stop claiming it does "net zero" industrial meat, the biggest source of climate emissions in the food system www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/tyso... @iatp.bsky.social
Palantir's highly controversial AI & surveillance technologies are central to US, Israeli and other military systems. But they're increasingly being used in the food industry, e.g. by meat giant Tyson (sentientmedia.org/tyson-foods-...) and others
(www.agtechnavigator.com/Article/2025...)
(www.agtechnavigator.com/Article/2025...)
How America’s Largest Meat Company Leverages Palantir's Surveillance Tech
Palantir’s controversial software platform is capable of integrating vast amounts of data — but at what risk?
sentientmedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Palantir's highly controversial AI & surveillance technologies are central to US, Israeli and other military systems. But they're increasingly being used in the food industry, e.g. by meat giant Tyson (sentientmedia.org/tyson-foods-...) and others
(www.agtechnavigator.com/Article/2025...)
(www.agtechnavigator.com/Article/2025...)
There are more active conflicts today than any time since WW II – bankrolled & supplied by military industrial complex aligned with agri-tech. How can agroecology & food sovereignty movement uproot militarism to help build cultures of peace? By Michel Pimbert agroecologynow.net/how-can-agro...
How can agroecology and food sovereignty advocates uproot militarism from their organisations to help build cultures of peace? | AgroecologyNow!
In this long-read Michel Pimbert Emeritus Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience examines how
agroecologynow.net
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There are more active conflicts today than any time since WW II – bankrolled & supplied by military industrial complex aligned with agri-tech. How can agroecology & food sovereignty movement uproot militarism to help build cultures of peace? By Michel Pimbert agroecologynow.net/how-can-agro...
If you are in Bangkok in early December, check this out!
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Special screening of "Blood Berries", a documentary by The Isaan Record on the experiences and exploitation of Thai migrant workers in Finland agriculture sector.
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Special screening of "Blood Berries", a documentary by The Isaan Record on the experiences and exploitation of Thai migrant workers in Finland agriculture sector.
Milk Tea Alliance Calendar (@mtacalendar.bsky.social)
New Event! 📆6th Dec 🕔5pm Thailand Time @seajunction.bsky.social & The Issan Record, presents the special screening of Blood Berries, a Documentary by The Issan Record on the experiences &…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
If you are in Bangkok in early December, check this out!
@mtacalendar.bsky.social
Special screening of "Blood Berries", a documentary by The Isaan Record on the experiences and exploitation of Thai migrant workers in Finland agriculture sector.
@mtacalendar.bsky.social
Special screening of "Blood Berries", a documentary by The Isaan Record on the experiences and exploitation of Thai migrant workers in Finland agriculture sector.
La déclaration du Sommet des peuples qui a eu lieu en dehors de la #COP30 à Belem est en ligne : viacampesina.org/fr/declarati...
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
La déclaration du Sommet des peuples qui a eu lieu en dehors de la #COP30 à Belem est en ligne : viacampesina.org/fr/declarati...
In Brazil, more and more people are exposing the links between Israel’s defence sector, agribusinesses (such as Netafim, Adama and Mekorot) and the apartheid economy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/from... @bdsmovement.bsky.social @stopthewall.bsky.social
From the Favelas to Gaza: How militarism and greenwashing shape Brazilian relations, resistance, and solidarity with Palestine
Brazilians have long supported Palestine, but the country’s economic and military ties with Israel continue to deepen. As Israel’s links to Brazil’s domestic inequality, agribusiness, and state violen...
mondoweiss.net
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In Brazil, more and more people are exposing the links between Israel’s defence sector, agribusinesses (such as Netafim, Adama and Mekorot) and the apartheid economy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/from... @bdsmovement.bsky.social @stopthewall.bsky.social
The industrial food system is pushing us beyond 1.5°C, says @ciel.org. “As other sectors decarbonize, the fossil fuel industry is increasingly turning to petrochemicals — of which agrochemicals account for one-third — as a growth market.” www.ciel.org/feeding-the-...
Feeding the Climate Crisis: How Agrochemicals Undermine 1.5°C - Center for International Environmental Law
The food system alone could push us past 1.5°C. At COP30, leaders must prioritize phasing out fossil-based agrochemicals and supporting agroecology.
www.ciel.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The industrial food system is pushing us beyond 1.5°C, says @ciel.org. “As other sectors decarbonize, the fossil fuel industry is increasingly turning to petrochemicals — of which agrochemicals account for one-third — as a growth market.” www.ciel.org/feeding-the-...
Over 70,000 people gathered in Belém parallel to the #COP30 to affirm the struggle against capitalist mode of production that cause the growing climate crisis and unify to bring forward real solution against the crisis. Read further People's Summit declaration viacampesina.org/en/2025/11/c...
COP 30, Belém: Declaration of the Peoples' Summit
If the organisation is strong, the struggle is strong. For this reason, our main political task is to organise the peoples of all countries and continents.
viacampesina.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Over 70,000 people gathered in Belém parallel to the #COP30 to affirm the struggle against capitalist mode of production that cause the growing climate crisis and unify to bring forward real solution against the crisis. Read further People's Summit declaration viacampesina.org/en/2025/11/c...
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Revealed: >300 Big Agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation by me and @rachelsherrington.bsky.social has found.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds
Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Revealed: >300 Big Agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation by me and @rachelsherrington.bsky.social has found.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bayer has lost another lawsuit to victims of cancer caused by glyphosate in the US, for a stunning US$611 million in damages. The company has already had to pay out nearly US$12 billion in court cases so far. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Chemical giant Bayer hit with stunning $600 million judgment for hazardous products: 'Reaching the end of the road'
"We’re talking months, not years."
www.yahoo.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Bayer has lost another lawsuit to victims of cancer caused by glyphosate in the US, for a stunning US$611 million in damages. The company has already had to pay out nearly US$12 billion in court cases so far. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
La gigante cárnica Tyson cedió ante una demanda por lavado verde en Estados Unidos. No podrá publicitar sus promesas de “cero emisiones netas” hasta que no sean reales. Y eso es imposible en el sistema alimentario industrial @animallegaldefense.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social aldf.org/article/tyso...
Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making 'Net-zero' and 'Climate-smart Beef' Claims
Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”
aldf.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
La gigante cárnica Tyson cedió ante una demanda por lavado verde en Estados Unidos. No podrá publicitar sus promesas de “cero emisiones netas” hasta que no sean reales. Y eso es imposible en el sistema alimentario industrial @animallegaldefense.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social aldf.org/article/tyso...
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The Guinean authorities must immediately guarantee the human rights of Soguipah workers and smallholder planters affiliated with the state-owned company, and investigate widespread abuses particularly regarding workers’ right to decent work.
Guinea: New report reveals workers’ rights abused in plantations linked to state-owned company Soguipah
The Guinean authorities must investigate widespread abuses regarding workers’ right to decent work in plantations linked to Soguipah.
amn.st
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Guinean authorities must immediately guarantee the human rights of Soguipah workers and smallholder planters affiliated with the state-owned company, and investigate widespread abuses particularly regarding workers’ right to decent work.
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⚠️ No dia seguinte a abertura da #COP30 o Governo liberou mais 30 registros de agrotóxicos. Alguns deles de altíssima toxidade e proibidos na Europa. Veja a entrevista de Larissa Bombardi sobre as contradições do governo e poder do agronegócio.
Veja: www.terradedireitos.org.br/noticias/not...
Veja: www.terradedireitos.org.br/noticias/not...
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
⚠️ No dia seguinte a abertura da #COP30 o Governo liberou mais 30 registros de agrotóxicos. Alguns deles de altíssima toxidade e proibidos na Europa. Veja a entrevista de Larissa Bombardi sobre as contradições do governo e poder do agronegócio.
Veja: www.terradedireitos.org.br/noticias/not...
Veja: www.terradedireitos.org.br/noticias/not...
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L’agrobusiness exerce une forte emprise sur l’État brésilien, qu’il soit dirigé par la gauche ou la droite, sous Lula ou Bolsonaro. Il n’est donc pas surprenant que la COP de cette année s’annonce comme un immense exercice de verdissement de façade agro-industriel.
Par GRAIN
Par GRAIN
L’agrobusiness prépare sa mainmise sur la COP climat au Brésil
L’agrobusiness exerce une forte emprise sur l’État brésilien, qu’il soit dirigé par la gauche ou la droite, sous Lula ou Bolsonaro. Il n’est donc pas surprenant que la COP de cette année s’annonce comme un immense exercice de verdissement de façade agro-industriel.
l.mediapart.fr
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
L’agrobusiness exerce une forte emprise sur l’État brésilien, qu’il soit dirigé par la gauche ou la droite, sous Lula ou Bolsonaro. Il n’est donc pas surprenant que la COP de cette année s’annonce comme un immense exercice de verdissement de façade agro-industriel.
Par GRAIN
Par GRAIN
GRAIN at #COP30: Please join us today as we converge at the People’s Summit. Movements from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America building transitions rooted in people power.
📍 CUT Brasil Space, People’s Summit (UFPA) – Auditório Básico 1 & 2
🗓️ 15 Nov | 5–7pm
📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SNGg4acSWaNt...
📍 CUT Brasil Space, People’s Summit (UFPA) – Auditório Básico 1 & 2
🗓️ 15 Nov | 5–7pm
📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SNGg4acSWaNt...
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
GRAIN at #COP30: Please join us today as we converge at the People’s Summit. Movements from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America building transitions rooted in people power.
📍 CUT Brasil Space, People’s Summit (UFPA) – Auditório Básico 1 & 2
🗓️ 15 Nov | 5–7pm
📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SNGg4acSWaNt...
📍 CUT Brasil Space, People’s Summit (UFPA) – Auditório Básico 1 & 2
🗓️ 15 Nov | 5–7pm
📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SNGg4acSWaNt...
El campesinado de 20 estados mexicanos donde se produce 50% de alimentos del país denuncia desde hace años los efectos del acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos (TMEC). Las recientes protestas alertan sobre el riesgo de crisis alimentaria en el país buzos.com.mx/noticia/siet... @etcgroup.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
El campesinado de 20 estados mexicanos donde se produce 50% de alimentos del país denuncia desde hace años los efectos del acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos (TMEC). Las recientes protestas alertan sobre el riesgo de crisis alimentaria en el país buzos.com.mx/noticia/siet... @etcgroup.bsky.social
For 1 in 5 street vendors in Zimbabwe, the ground is their workplace, with no shelter. Extreme weather has been disastrous for the incomes of these vendors. On this International Day of Street Vendors, learn more streetnet.org.za/2025/11/05/d...
(see also:grain.org/e/6855)
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(see also:grain.org/e/6855)
@margteixeira.bsky.social
Building worker power through participatory research
Data analysis is not only a technical exercise but a tool to build collective power for workers in the informal economy.
streetnet.org.za
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
For 1 in 5 street vendors in Zimbabwe, the ground is their workplace, with no shelter. Extreme weather has been disastrous for the incomes of these vendors. On this International Day of Street Vendors, learn more streetnet.org.za/2025/11/05/d...
(see also:grain.org/e/6855)
@margteixeira.bsky.social
(see also:grain.org/e/6855)
@margteixeira.bsky.social
🔥 GRAIN at #COP30: Please join us at the following event!
"Against the green fences of capital: Territories of popular supply and climate resilience"
🗓 14 November 🕓 10AM📍 Berta Cáceres Tent - Peoples Summit UFPA @mst.org.br
"Against the green fences of capital: Territories of popular supply and climate resilience"
🗓 14 November 🕓 10AM📍 Berta Cáceres Tent - Peoples Summit UFPA @mst.org.br
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🔥 GRAIN at #COP30: Please join us at the following event!
"Against the green fences of capital: Territories of popular supply and climate resilience"
🗓 14 November 🕓 10AM📍 Berta Cáceres Tent - Peoples Summit UFPA @mst.org.br
"Against the green fences of capital: Territories of popular supply and climate resilience"
🗓 14 November 🕓 10AM📍 Berta Cáceres Tent - Peoples Summit UFPA @mst.org.br
El Gobierno de Mendoza en Argentina impulsa una propuesta de Ley de Semillas para controlar la circulación de semillas campesinas, mediante la trazabilidad y mayores controles. Esto favorece a las empresas semilleras, que controlan 40% de la producción de semillas vinasfm.com/noticias/que...
QUÉ QUIERE REGLAMENTAR EL GOBIERNO CON LA LEY DE SEMILLAS
La provincia presentó un proyecto con el que afirma garantizar la calidad de las semillas, la coexistencia de cultivos y que ...
vinasfm.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
El Gobierno de Mendoza en Argentina impulsa una propuesta de Ley de Semillas para controlar la circulación de semillas campesinas, mediante la trazabilidad y mayores controles. Esto favorece a las empresas semilleras, que controlan 40% de la producción de semillas vinasfm.com/noticias/que...