The Future of Farmland (Part 2): Grabbing the Land Back
Democratic, cooperative, and community-controlled models are the future for farmland ownership.
Christy Pardew, Author at Grassroots International
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The Future of Farmland (Part 1): The New Land Grab
If you don’t follow investment trends, you may not know that one of the hottest investment opportunities in recent years is land, specifically farmland.
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Grassroots is Growing!
We welcome three new staff babies to the Grassroots International family.
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The Bank Trap: A Statement from COPINH on the Agua Zarca Dam Investors
Below is a statement from COPINH, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, our grantee and ally, concerning the alleged exit of hydroelectric investors in Honduras.
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Women Farmers in West Africa Challenge Agribusiness, Promote Community Control
Grassroots International is proud to work with WAS to expose the dangers of the "green revolution" and promote agroecology as a more ecologically and socially sound approach for West African farmers.
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Miami Meeting Aims to Further Militarize Efforts to Control Migration
In Miami, government representatives of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico and the United States will wrap up the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, where yesterday Vice President Pence gave a keynote address. The three-day conference, jointly hosted by the US and Mexico, signals further militarization of US policy in Central America.
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Demonstrators Protest Against Temer in Front of the Brazilian Consulate in Boston
A group made up of Brazilians, North Americans, Puerto Ricans and other nationalities who are part of the "Friends of the MST" (Landless Workers Movement), gathered on the morning of Thursday, June 8 in front of the Brazilian Consulate in Boston on Purchase Street with banners, calling for the departure of President Michel Temer.
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Exit Still Pending Despite Investors’ Claim of Pulling Funding for Honduras Dam
The Guardian recently reported that international investors plan to pull $44 million in funding from the Agua Zarca dam megaproject in Honduras—a project opposed by Indigenous and social movements for years. According to COPINH, however, investors have not yet withdrawn their funding for the dam.
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Hunger Strike Over, the Work to Free Palestinian Prisoners Continues
Abdul-Razeq is the Administrative Director of Grassroots International's partner organization, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees. He was arrested by Israeli forces at midnight on May 24 from his home, in front of his family. Abdul-Razeq was brought to an Israeli jail where he is still being held under administrative detention.
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Brazil: Power in the Streets, Targeted Violence in the Countryside
The Brazilian political crisis and ensuing violence have intensified rapidly since the institutional coup of August 31, 2016. At Grassroots, we are receiving regular reports from our partners in Brazil listing incidents of attacks, arrests and even assassinations of land rights activists in a wave of right-wing aggression
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Climate Justice Forum & Reception Bring Together Grassroots Groups, Leaders and Supporters at the Boston Public Library
On May 10, hundreds of community members, climate justice supporters, and grassroots organizations gathered with Grassroots International and the Boston Public Library to share stories and hear words of wisdom from international Climate Justice leaders.
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Landless Workers’ Movement Gathers 170,000 People for Agrarian Reform Fair in São Paulo
In early May, small-scale farmers traveled from all over Brazil to bring their goods to the second National Fair of Agrarian Reform in São Paulo organized by Grassroots International Partner the Landless Workers Movement (MST).
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VIDEO: Settlements Dumping Toxic Waste in the Jordan Valley
MA’AN Development Center details in their latest video (below) how an Israeli company is dumping toxic waste from Israeli settlements into Jordan Valley and turning it into compost which it then sells to unsuspecting Palestinian farmers. The toxic compost damages crops and poisons the soil.
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Workers Affected by Dams Take the Streets in Defense of Retirement and Worker’s Rights
In addition to the general strike on April 28, 2017, hundreds of workers took the streets early in the morning to protest against Michel Temer's illegitimate government measures. Main viaducts, avenues and highways of the whole country were blocked up at dawn.
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Stepping Up Support for Climate Justice
Through the Climate Justice Initiative campaign (CJI), Grassroots International is raising money to invest in community-led programs that boost climate resilience and provide critical support to movements that are leading the charge for climate justice.
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People, Policy, and Power: Envisioning a New Honduras
Grassroots International recent ten-member delegation to Honduras included activists that were already at the forefront of awareness-building and funding around policy advocacy campaigns at the U.S. and international levels through their own political organizations. This composition of activists is key to following through on the delegation's commitment to its Honduran allies: getting the work done at the policy level requires a double-edged sword of root cause analysis and donors willing to speak that truth to power.
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Agroecology and Why We Should Care About It
We are learning from our partners that there's another way to produce food that can heal and restore communities and the planet – agroecology.