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GRAIN @grain.org · 18h

¿Por qué denunciamos el agronegocio? Porque está controlado por bancos y corporaciones que prioriza ganancias sobre la vida, promueve transgénicos, pesticidas y despojo de territorios viacampesina.org/es/brasil-po... @mst.org.br @brasildefato.com.br.web.brid.gy

Brasil: ¿Por qué debemos luchar contra el agronegocio? Series CIRADR+20 - Via Campesina

¿Por qué debemos criticar el modelo del agronegocio? Esta pregunta persiste tras los polémicos episodios ocurridos en torno a la IV Conferencia Universitaria en Defensa de la Reforma Agraria (JURA), c...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 23h

New dataset from GRAIN shows how free trade agreements are used to push countries to adopt laws that criminalise seed saving and undermine food sovereignty. The UAE is now using it to push UPOV to their trading partners like Cambodia, Malaysia and Mauritius. grain.org/e/7316

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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d

Nestle quits dairy industry pact that pledged to cut methane emissions. Guess this means that corporations are so powerful now they don't even care about greenwashing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @iatp.bsky.social @1teresaanderson.bsky.social @publiceye.ch @corporateeurope.org

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d

Despite widespread objections, Malaysia Agriculture and Food Security Ministry continues to push for the country to accede to UPOV 1991. Malaysia Food Sovereignty Forum lay out how this will result in higher seed prices and systematicly erode rights of farmers.
m.malaysiakini.com/columns/756630

COMMENT | Upov int'l agreement threatens farmers' rights, biodiversity

Govt urged to reject foreign seed control, protect agricultural sovereignty.

m.malaysiakini.com

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GRAIN @grain.org · 2d

@civileats.com have done a great investigation into the links between the federal govt and the food industry under Trump's second presidency (so far)
civileats.com/2025/10/07/i... @ipes-food.org @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social

The Industry Ties Within Trump’s Food and Ag Leadership

Many of the president’s top officials at USDA, EPA, HHS, and FDA have connections to chemical, agribusiness, or fossil fuel interests.

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 2d

⏰ Just one day to go!

Join our event with @canclimateaction.bsky.social, @actioncontrelafaim.bsky.social – and amazing speakers – to hear about the demands of farmer and peasant movements for #COP30 in Brazil, and how can they shape the #climatejustice agenda 🙌

👉 ipes-food.org/rising-up-to...

RISING UP TOGETHER | Join the webinar

As COP30 approaches in Brazil, it’s time to converge. A webinar on uniting climate movements with farmer and peasant struggles at COP30.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 2d

The combined trends of corporate consolidation, restrictive intellectual property laws, and trade-driven policy have created a deeply unjust agricultural system and undermine the foundation of food sovereignty: farmers’ rights to save, share, and develop seeds www.counterview.net/2025/10/from...

From seed to soil: How transnational control is endangering food sovereignty

News & Views from Alternative Quarters

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GRAIN @grain.org · 2d

"Plus de 26 000 ha, pendant 13 ans, on les donne à une personne, il les met dans sa poche, il en bénéficie et il n'en parvient même pas à exploiter 1 000 ha !" s'exaspère Doudou Mboup, délégué des travailleurs, en résumant cet accaparement de terres qui dure trop longtemps
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Licenciements abusifs et salaires impayés : Colère à la ferme de la teranga

YouTube video by SENEGAL DIRECT TV

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GRAIN @grain.org · 2d

🔥 Sénégal: Les travailleurs de la Ferme de la Teranga - 26 000 ha détenus par la société américaine African Agriculture, Inc - sont 10 mois sans salaire. Ils ont saisi la justice mais cela traîne, laissant des familles dans la précarité. farmlandgrab.org/33080 @oaklandinstitute.org

Licenciements abusifs et salaires impayés : colère à la Ferme de la Teranga

La situation à la Ferme de la Teranga - 20 000 hectares detenus par la société amércaine African Agriculture Inc - suscite l’indignation générale. Les travailleurs, pour la plupart en contrat à durée ...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 3d

A new report details the scale of foreign investment in Australian farmland. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China ranks second (6.57mn hectares). farmlandgrab.org/33078

Top 20 foreign owners of Aussie farmland revealed

A new report details the size and scale of foreign investment, with more than 49mn hectares of Aussie farmland now in overseas ownership. The UK holds the largest share (7.38mn hectares) while China r...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 3d

Corteva is splitting its seeds and agrichemicals business. The new seed company, temporarily dubbed SpinCo, holds the Pioneer brand and is expected to hit US$10 billion in sales this year.
cen.acs.org/business/agr... @etcgroup.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social

Corteva grew out of what used to be known as Pioneer HiBred Corn Company (Photo credit: Corteva)

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GRAIN @grain.org · 3d

Following the work of Nate Halverson and @revealnews.org, @sentientmedia.org‬ shows how corporate farms like Fondomonte LLC of Saudi Arabia are taking water (and land) away from communities: sentientmedia.org/arizona-dese... @ninaelkadi.com

In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm

YouTube video by Sentient

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GRAIN @grain.org · 4d

Following Norway, now the Netherlands' largest public pension fund has divested from Caterpillar - the US-based farm machine manufacturer - due to its connection to Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251001-dut... @oaklandinstitute.org

Dutch pension fund sells Caterpillar shares over US firm’s alleged arms supply to Israel

The Netherlands’ largest civic pension fund said it sold off its Caterpillar shares due to the alleged involvement of the American equipment manufacturer in supplying the Israeli army, according to…

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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GRAIN @grain.org · 4d

La deforestación y acaparamiento de tierra realizada por comunidades menonitas para plantar maíz transgénico está amenazando territorios indígenas en Yucatán - México www.yucatan.com.mx/yucatan/2025... @greenpeace.org @etcgroup.bsky.social

Península de Yucatán, zona crítica por tala de menonitas y maíz transgénico: Semarnat

Gobierno federal alerta sobre deforestación y transgénicos en Yucatán; operativos buscan proteger los maíces nativos y la biodiversidad.

www.yucatan.com.mx

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GRAIN @grain.org · 4d

"The ‘return’ of land grabbing?" New piece from researchers with the Journal of Peasant Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @fian-international.bsky.social

The ‘return’ of land grabbing?

This introductory paper to the Special Forum on ‘The Return of Land Grabbing’ examines the evolving dynamics of land grabbing. We argue that land grabbing never disappeared but has persisted and tr...

www.tandfonline.com

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GRAIN @grain.org · 7d

Tras 8 años de lucha, la certificadora RSPO tuvo que reconocer que la empresa Energy & Palma se instaló sin consentimiento, apropiándose de más de 283 hectáreas en tierras ancestrales afroecuatorianas es.mongabay.com/2025/09/ener... @fian-international.bsky.social

Certificadora de aceite de palma reconoce que empresa ecuatoriana se instaló sin consentimiento en territorio afro

La comuna Barranquilla de San Javier lleva ocho años pidiendo que la empresa palmicultora Energy & Palma reconozca su territorio ancestral.

es.mongabay.com

GRAIN @grain.org · 7d

Gene-edited mustard greens for salad mixes and gene-edited strawberries could soon be the first of many new, unregulated GMOs entering Canada, without safety assessments by health authorities or notifications to the public. See the new report by CBAN cban.ca/three-geneti...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 8d

La Vía Campesina reafirma que urge un nuevo marco comercial mundial basado en la soberanía alimentaria. Es momento de poner el comercio al servicio de las personas y no de la dominación afirma LVC viacampesina.org/es/es-urgent... @lughiotto.bsky.social

"Es Urgente y Necesario Un Nuevo Marco Comercial Mundial Basado En La Soberanía Alimentaria" - La Vía Campesina

No pedimos reformas marginales. Exigimos una transformación desde la raíz.En este 10 de septiembre de 2025, en el histórico 3.ºForo Global Nyeleni que se celebra en Kandy (Sri Lanka), reafirmamos este...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 8d

A new movement is challenging the financial stranglehold of agribusiness and foreign lenders, arguing that Africa’s future lies not in extractive monocultures but in agroecology, sovereignty, and collective resistance.
africasacountry.com/2025/10/who-... @afsafrica.bsky.social @oaklandinstitute.org

Who pays for Africa’s food future?

A new movement is challenging the financial stranglehold of agribusiness and foreign lenders, arguing that Africa’s future lies not in extractive monocultures but in agroecology, sovereignty, and coll...

africasacountry.com

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GRAIN @grain.org · 9d

Alliance of civil society groups from Europe and Indonesia criticises EU-Indonesia FTA that was signed last week. The alliance calls upon govts and parliaments to veto the agreement that they warn is threatening the people, environment and climate europeantradejustice.org/eu-indonesia...

EU-Indonesia deal: global civil society alliance calls for a stop

A European-Indonesian alliance of civil society organizations and trade unions criticises the political agreement on the EU-Indonesia free trade agreement being signed in Indonesia today. The organ…

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GRAIN @grain.org · 9d

Les agrocarburants, pire que le pétrole ? Nouveau podcast à ne pas louper de @infogm.bsky.social
podcast.ausha.co/omg-decodons...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 10d

Farmers’ groups in Malaysia slam the government's plan to amend its PVP law and join UPOV. They rightly say that such a move would undermine farmers’ rights to freely save, keep and sell seeds.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/mala...
📷: @mongabay.com @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social @okseed.bsky.social

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GRAIN @grain.org · 10d

🔥 UN Special Rapporteur denounces Charoen Pokphand Food's #SLAPP lawsuit against Witoon Lianchamroon of Biothai. CPF, which denies responsibility for a bad outbreak of invasive fish in Thailand, wants to disrupt Witoon’s work to support communities fighting for food sovereignty. Spread the word! ✊

Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social · 16d

Hearing disturbing news from #Thailand, where HRD Witoon Lianchamroon was recently indicted. I fear the baseless charges against him are a reprisal for his work on community rights and food security, and I’ll be closely following his first hearing on 22 October.

The flag of Thailand flying in front of a building and some greenery.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 11d

Lack of access to pensions hurts Irish farmers and keeps younger generations from farming, says new study comparing European systems. Great to see research into this critical but neglected issue! @talamhbeo.bsky.social
teagasc.ie/news--events...
(Our take: grain.org/e/7267)

Trapped on the farm: How pension gap keeps older farmers at work - Teagasc | Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Anne Kinsella examines how a lack of pension planning and late retirement are preventing a new, younger generation from taking over farms.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 11d

Les Emiratis, qui contrôlent 960 000 ha de terres agricoles à l'etranger, achètent 35% de Limagrain, Nº5 mondial des semences
www.usinenouvelle.com/article/le-f... (Voir aussi grain.org/e/7173) @infogm.bsky.social @confpaysanne.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social

Le fonds souverain émirati entre au capital de Limagrain

...-Agro

www.usinenouvelle.com

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