📣 GRAIN is hiring! If you want to do research and support movement work on peasant seeds, land grabs, climate and the growing corporate control over food systems in Africa, we have an opening! This is a rare opportunity to join a small international organisation committed to the fight for food sovereignty grounded in local communities.
📆 Deadline to apply: 31 May 2026.
✍️ Details: /e/7376
#JobAlert
People around the world are waking up to the dangers of Big Tech corporate power.
The critique towards corporate-led digitalisation and demands for greater regulation are growing. But tech companies use opaque tools, such as trade deals, to block legislation that could harm their interests. In order to reign in their growing power over our food systems, it is crucial to expose what is happening behind the scenes and for movements to converge/e/7380
bientôt en français / próximamente en español
#DigitalJustice #BigTech #StopFTA
🗣️ Rejoignez-nous pour une réunion Zoom sur "Les enjeux et défis du marché carbone en Afrique" avec Jutta Kill (WRM) et Sthella Ngolet (JVE Gabon). Français uniquement.
🗓️ 15 mai 2026
⏰ 14:00 UTC
🔗 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86784632237?pwd=NOGqTurNzbDpGgmxXXRRWRoqJeYhGG.1
Asia's farmlands are becoming a major target for carbon credit projects. The region already produces more than half of global carbon credits. By 2030, Asian countries is expected to generate nearly US$10 billion worth of carbon credits annually.
Some projects displace communities for tree plantations while others lock them into decades-long contracts that dictate farming practices -pushing farmers to give up control of their land for uncertain profits /e/7378
📢Contre-espace des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD
📌Mardi 19 mai 2026, 10h – 12h (WAT)
🔗En ligne · Zoom
Inscrivez-vous et rejoignez la conversation : http://bit.ly/LifeBeforeProfit
Over generations, African farmers have developed productive farming systems that do not require chemical fertilisers. In the face of rising fertiliser prices caused by war on Iran and climate crisis, sustainable farming practices based on agroecology offer the most promising alternative to chemical inputs. /e/7375
Building strategies and convening with movements was at the heart of GRAIN’s work in 2025. From the People’s Climate Summit in Brazil to the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum in Sri Lanka -along with many smaller but important gatherings with key allies- each event responded to pressing issues and brought forward solutions from the food sovereignty movement. In this year’s Highlights report, we share key takeaways from these and other processes.
We share this all in hopes that it informs and inspires actions from around the world. We also encourage you to forward this message to a friend, post it on social media and share GRAIN’s work with anyone who might be interested. Together we can keep strengthening food sovereignty. /e/7372
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🌽 Porque la soberanía alimentaria no está en venta ‼️✊🏼
📆 En el marco del Día de las Luchas Campesinas 🍅🥕🥑 abrimos este espacio para analizar los impactos del Tratado de Comercio Recíproco entre Ecuador 🇪🇨 y Estados Unidos 🇺🇸 una propuesta que amenaza la salud, los territorios, la economía y la soberanía alimentaria de las y los ecuatorianos. 🇪🇨🌱
📝📲 Un encuentro para reflexionar colectivamente y defender los sistemas agroalimentarios construidos desde los pueblos y comunidades. 🙌🏼
🎙️ Panelistas:
🟢 Francis Xavier Abad Lopez, Coordinador Nacional de la Prefederacion de Pequeños y Medianos Productores de Leche del Ecuador FE POR LA LECHE
🟢 Elizabeth Bravo, Presidenta de Acción Ecológica
🟢 Ana de Ita Rubio, Directora del Centro de Estudios para el Cambio en el Campo Mexicano (CECCAM).
🟢 Geovanna Lasso, Colectivo Agroecológico del Ecuador. Investigadora Independiente
🟢 Javier León, miembro de GRAIN
📅 Fecha: 17 de abril
⏰ Hora: 17h00
💻 Lugar: Zoom
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85727381756?pwd=VfJFFMIMotsEANhVMCZU8ZHxtlLuBl.1
🆔 ID: 857 2738 1756
🔐 Código: 071069
👉🏼 Súmate al webinario y sé parte de esta conversación urgente 📣
#LuchasCampesinas #SoberaníaAlimentaria #AgroecologíaEcuador #DefensaDelTerritorio
The potential benefits of public food programmes are often stifled by the way they are designed and implemented. Top-down, centralised programmes can lead to corruption and favour the powerful agri-food companies.
To unlock the true potential of public food programmes, we must build on existing local food networks–from small-scale producers, to informal food vendors, to consumers.
In this ‘Supermarket watch’ edition, we look at the challenges faced by public food programmes that underline the importance of decentralisation and diversity. Swipe to see what's in this issue /e/7369
#publicfoodprocurement #schoolmeals #localmarkets #fooddistribution
📩 El próximo lunes 23 de marzo presentaremos la nueva revista Biodiversidad #127. Esta vez con el foco en la defensa de las semillas, relatando la experiencia del inicio del Tribunal Permanente de los Pueblos de las Semillas.
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El manto de violencia y desprecio se tiende con su zozobra por el mundo y se suma a la violencia normalizada que continúa en toda Latinoamérica tras los 500 años desde la invasión europea. No amainan su trato las corporaciones ni los carteles que despojan, devastan, deshabilitan, expulsan y someten más mano de obra. Desde lo cotidiano de las condiciones y los agravios crecen y se ejercen otros tipos de violencia.
Aun así, que se haya podido organizar una sesión del Tribunal Permanente de los Pueblos para hablar sobre la inmemorial relación de los pueblos con sus cultivos, con sus semillas y la importancia crucial de esto para el futuro de la humanidad y del planeta mismo, nos abren rendijas de esperanza hacia la organización, la autonomía, la soberanía alimentaria y la diversidad como símbolo de la justicia.
Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas está presente para acompañar las resistencias desde Paraguay hasta México reivindicando esa esperanza.
Descárgala en:
/Revista2/127
Governments are rushing to launch an international carbon credit market. And everyone at the top is happy:
💰 Big polluters want to avoid cutting emissions
💰 Global South governments hope for new revenues
💰 And carbon offset cowboys need a veneer of "integrity" for their scandal-plagued projects
⚠️ This new regime is being built through bilateral deals that will further undermine real climate solutions, increase land grabs and harms to communities. Find out more 👉🏼 /e/7357
bientôt disponible en français / próximamente disponible en español
#carbonoffsets #climatecrisis #carbonfarming
