Announcing: A New Popular Education Tool! |
Food for Thought and Action: A Food Sovereignty Curriculum now available for free download Grassroots International and the National Family Farm Coalition announce the release of a new popular edu...
Posted by Grassroots International on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:49:00 PST |
Help End the Siege of Gaza |
We are proud to announce a new campaign, coordinated by Grassroots International and Jewish Voice for Peace, together with Global Exchange and Code Pink to raise $50,000 for the International Campaig...
Posted by Grassroots International on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:37:00 PST |
Haiti’s Deadliest Hurricane Season: Emergency Support Needed |
Haiti is once again confronting an emergency as Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike have ripped through the island one after the other over the past weeks. Grassroots International's partners...
Posted by Grassroots International on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:24:00 PST |
Two if by Sea: Activists Sail to Gaza, Break Siege |
In a part of the world where hope is scarce, this past weekend has been one of those rare moments that have defied testing times in Gaza. More than 40 civilians from more than a dozen countries arrive...
Posted by Grassroots International on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:23:00 PST |
Dispatch from Haiti: War on Rice |
The Artibonite region is Haiti's rice bowl, and it could not be clearer as I traverse this lush valley. The rice fields rival those of Southeast Asia, spanning a breathtaking distance and then fi...
Posted by Grassroots International on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:21:00 PST |
Dispatch from Haiti: "We are Forming Ourselves" |
"N'ap forme" are the first words that I hear after stepping into an open-air training center high in Haiti's Central Plateau after a nail-biting plane ride across the mountains in a four-seater Cessna...
Posted by Grassroots International on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:20:00 PST |
Via Campesina Central America Appreciates Prompt Calls for Action |
"Life in Silin community in Honduras is coming back to normal," said Wendy Cruz, an advisor for Via Campesina Central America based in Honduras. In a telephone call yesterday, Cruz expressed gratitude...
Posted by Grassroots International on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:18:00 PST |
URGENT action needed: Peasants THREATENED in Honduras |
This week, our colleague, Rafael Alegría, began receiving death threats from landholders and members of the national police in Honduras. Rafael is a member of the International Coordinating Com...
Posted by Grassroots International on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:20:00 PST |
A crisis of empty promises |
Our partners in Guatemala have told us: the current food crisis will continue unless we guarantee the land, water and seeds rights of communities necessary to grow food. The same message is being echo...
Posted by Grassroots International on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:37:00 PST |
The World Food Crisis in the Palestinian Context: Rising Prices under Occupation and a Call to |
As the heads of states meet with the Secretary General in Rome this week to discuss world food security in the light of climate change and bioenergy, Palestinians are experiencing a different dim...
Posted by Grassroots International on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:36:00 PST |
