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Farmers bringing message to the Food Crisis Summit in Rome expelled.

"Stop corporate control over food!" Rome, Italy 3 June 2008 Farmer and civil society leaders carrying out a peaceful action today in Rome, Italy at the FAO Summit on the Food Crisis were forcefully removed from the premises. At around 1:30pm farmers and representatives of civil society organisations staged an action at the press room to ...

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“Empty Policies for Empty Plates”

by ap – 2008-06-09

“Empty Policies for Empty Plates” International representatives of small farmers, fisherfolks, indigenous peoples, pastoralists and Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) have expressed their disappointment with the poor outcome of the High Level Conference on World Food Security in Rome. “The final declaration will not fill any plate. The recommendations for more liberalisation would lead to more violations of the right to food”, criticised Maryam Rahmanian from the Iranian organisation CENESTA. During the official conference, the social movements held their own Forum “Terra Preta” to voice their demands to realize food sovereignty and the right to food of the millions of hungry people.

Social Movements speakers at the FAO Summit conclusive plenary

by ap – 2008-06-05

Speakers: Mr Benjamin Victor Powless- Indigenous Enviromental Network ( Mohawak Nation ) Mr Henry Saragih - General Coordinator Via Campesina ( Indonesia)

Terra Preta Forum press conference inside the FAO Summit

by ap – 2008-06-05

The High Level Conference on Food Security is looking for a political answer to the severe hunger crisis, which has been manifested in more the 40 food riots over the last three months. It seem however that the FAO Summit will conclude by proposing the same recipes that are partly responsable for the crisis, such as more food aid, more liberalisation and more biotechnology. I mportant aspects like speculation are completely ignored, while on agrofuels, the draft declaration contains a very specific invitation for “dialogue”. The speakers are: Michael Windfuhr ( Germany), Brot fur die welt. Henry Saraghi ( Indonesia) Via Campesina. Greetha Fernando ( SriLanka) Fisherman World Forum.

Distribution of seeds by farmers in front of Cerere temple in Rome.

by ap – 2008-06-03

At the opening of FAO Summit in Rome the activists and partecipants at Terra Preta Forum gather in front of Dea Cerere Temple to riaffirm the the Food Sovregnity.