Food Sovereignty, a Manifesto for the Future of Our Planet
Our partner La Via Campesina shares the history and continued importance of Food Sovereignty for the 25th anniversary of the concept's founding.
Grassroots International, Author at Grassroots International
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On Heels of Failed UN Food Systems Summit, Food Sovereignty Prize Highlights Transformative Solutions
On September 23, social movements and scientists across the world boycotted the United Nations Food Systems Summit for undermining effective efforts to address hunger. These same groups are raising up the Food Sovereignty Prize, which will be awarded this October 16, as championing real solutions to the mounting global hunger crisis.
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Food Sovereignty Prize Winners Announced
Now in its 13th year, the Food Sovereignty Prize is given annually on or around World Food Day to grassroots organizations advancing food sovereignty. It stands in contrast to the World Food Prize, which perpetuates the myth that we can produce our way out of hunger.
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Movements Expose Corporate Power, Not People Power, Behind the UN Food Systems Summit
Despite being touted as a “people’s summit,” the UN Food Systems Summit is the latest attempt at the corporate takeover of the world’s food systems.
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Quilombola Communities Defend Territory Against Invasion in Brazil’s Cerrado
Grassroots International has heard from our grantee Movimento Quilombola no Maranhão (MOQUIBOM) about a Quilombola territory in Maranhão, Brazil, that's been invaded by armed men. But the community has resisted.
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Supporting a Haitian-Led Crisis Response
In the days since a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked southern Haiti on August 14, we have been in close communication with our Haitian partners. Their reports convey immeasurable loss, sharp political analysis, and an extraordinary combination of pragmatism and vision regarding the way forward.
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Against CBD’s Outmoded «Conservation»
Grassroots International and 48 other civil society and philanthropic organizations have signed on to a letter to the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD). CBD's use of "conservation" not only will not protect nature. It will lead to more displacement of the very Indigenous communities who are the best stewards for natural land and territory.
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Attempted Eviction of Indigenous Community in Guatemala
Yesterday, Guatemalan National Civil Police and the Guatemalan army attempted to evict 93 Maya Q'eqchí families. Here we are sharing a statement from our partner the Comité de Unidad Campesina (Peasant Unity Committee, CUC).
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Palestine Post-Ceasefire: Update and Call for Continued Solidarity
Even as their own lives have been turned upside down, our partners on the ground have been working tirelessly on emergency response while building toward longer-term change. They assert that now is not the time to return to "normal" in Palestine because normal before the most recent attacks meant ongoing human rights violations, apartheid and settler colonialism. Now is the time to achieve a just peace and Palestinian self-determination.
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Guarding the Cracks in Their Apartheid Walls
In the following article from the Palestine Chronicle, Jamal Juma from our partner Stop the Wall calls for solidarity at a critical moment for Palestine.
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Heed Palestine’s Call for Justice
Over the past days, we've been in direct contact with our partners on the ground in Palestine. They have conveyed devastation, trauma, steadfastness and hope in solidarity.
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Update from the Trenches in Brazil: “one of the worst crises our country has ever seen”
Grassroots International received this first-hand account of the current situation in Brazil from Valdenildo (Nildo) Martins de Souza of MST – Pernambuco and received his permission to post it. He gives a powerful and devastating overview and shares about the...
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The Garifuna Struggle in Honduras: “They are calling us ‘invaders’ of our own land”
On this Earth Day, we recognize the links between human rights and the rights of Mother Earth and we stand with those defending land, water, forests and all forms of territory. The following interview was conducted by Real World Radio...
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Eldorado do Carajás, 25 Years of Impunity: Interview with Ayala Ferreira
In commemoration of International Day of Peasant Struggle, we share this piece by Fernanda Alcântara published by the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil. Eldorado do Carajás, 25 Years of Impunity: Interview with Ayala Ferreira The 17th of April 1996...
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International Day of Peasant Struggle: Looking Back to Build Forward
On this April 17th, International Day of Peasant Struggle, Grassroots International joins La Vía Campesina and other movement partners and allies across the globe in commemorating two interlinked anniversaries of great importance to our movements. First, it has been 25...
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In Guatemala, Resignations are Not Enough
In recent months, mass protests of Indigenous Peoples, youth, peasants and workers in Guatemala have shaken politicians and the undemocratic system they manage. Our partners the Peasant Unity Committee (CUC) and Sector de Mujeres have been at the forefront of the struggle through Asamblea Social y Popular.
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Guatemala’s Movements Shake the System
Since November, a series of mass protests have shaken the streets of Guatemala’s capital. We are sending our solidarity to our partners in the struggle.
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Communicating Food Sovereignty: 10 Years of the Nyéléni Newsletter
In 2007, social movements from across the globe converged in Mali for the Nyéléni Global Forum for Food Sovereignty. In the years since, the Nyéléni Newsletter has helped to continue the momentum for food sovereignty.