food sovereignty

Mar 8, 202210 min read

Leading Territorial Resistance: The Voices of Three Colombian Women Leaders

By Jessica Garcia On this March 8th, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective honours the women who resist in their territories across...

Mar 27, 20207 min read

Collective Work for Mother Earth

By Quin Galvin Before leaving home to embark on a Solidarity Collective trip to Colombia, “Confronting Climate Change and Building Peace:...

Feb 5, 20202 min read

A Pocket of Resistance in Colombia's Countryside: Campesino Alternatives in Northern Cauca

Last week, our Colombia International Team, along with New England regional organizer Lee Schlenker, accompanied Leider Valencia of COCCAM

Apr 22, 20163 min read

Bringing the Land and People Together in Mexico

by Mickey Foley (originally published on April 18, 2016 on the Land Stewardship Project website) On day two of our trip, we...

Apr 23, 20143 min read

Semillas de la soberania

Por: Nina Schwartzman, delegada a Oaxaca, México ¿Que haría falta para que una ciudad o una región en Estados Unidos prohibiera las...

Apr 23, 20143 min read

Seeds of Sovereignty

By: Nina Schwartzman, delegate to Oaxaca, Mexico What would it take for a US city or region to ban genetically-modified (GM) seeds from...

Apr 3, 20145 min read

Starting to unpack the TPP, NAFTA and food sovereignty / Empezando a entender el TPP, el TLCAN y la

Español abajo By Allison Mountjoy, Community Alliance for Global Justice’s Food Justice Project I recently traveled to New Orleans for...

Oct 8, 20139 min read

Learning to Love Our Neighbors: A Sermon of Solidarity with Mexico | Aprendiendo a Amar a Nuestro Pr

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Aug 21, 201310 min read

My experience on a Roots and Realities of Migration delegation to Oaxaca | Mi experiencia en una del

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Aug 21, 20132 min read

Witness for Peace Group Focuses on Food Sovereignty and Immigration Issues

by Joan Fumetti It has been said that privilege is invisible to those who have it. Our trip to Oaxaca provided a unique opportunity for...

May 24, 20135 min read

Monsanto and GMOs: Worldwide Resistance

Monsanto is infamous throughout the world and Mexico is no exception. Here in corn’s birthplace, Monsanto is increasingly expanding its...

May 24, 201316 min read

Pre-Trial Hearing Judgement : People’s Permanent Tribunal Regarding Corn

Despite everything that successive governments have done to dismantle the Constitution of Mexico, its social and political commitments,...

Nov 2, 20118 min read

Lessons From Oaxaca to Occupy Movement: A Delegate Reports Back

By Reid Mukai CAGJ Co-Chair and Delegate on joint CAGJ/Witness for Peace Delegation in September 2011, “Food, Farms, and the Roots of...

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