On April 17, Peasant Struggles Continue
April 17, International Day of Peasant Struggle, is an important day for global justice — reminding us of the powerful acts of resistance around the world that have gotten us this far.
Agroecology
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VIDEO: Organización Boricuá Explains Agroecology
Jesús Vasquez Negrón discusses the work of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico — and the importance of its partnership with Grassroots International.
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Mexico’s New Movement Institute for Indigenous and Peasant Youth
Grassroots International is honored to be a supporter of IALA Mexico and to be in long-term accompaniment of the movements behind it.
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Via Campesina Releases Booklet on Economic Justice
This month, our partner La Via Campesina has released a new booklet on economic justice for rural peoples. Movements are demanding access to resources and the means of production.
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Feeding the World, Cooling the Planet
For the month of April, we’re looking at the connection between the rights of peasants and the health of Mother Earth.
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Climate Solutions from Soil to Seed
This World Food Day, we uplift the work of social movements to end hunger and cool the planet through agroecology and food sovereignty. We commit to standing with them for the long haul and invite other funders to join us.
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25 Years of Food Sovereignty: Accompanying the Struggle
25 years ago, united by the conviction “not about us without us,” peasant farmers from around the globe converged on the World Food Summit uninvited. In the years since, food sovereignty and the movements around it have grown in visibility, power and impact.
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From Disparity to Parity: For an Equitable Food System Now!
The National Family Farm Coalition's Disparity to Parity campaign is a call for a racially just, economically empowered, and climate resilient food system.
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Converging to Overcome Crisis and Change the System
In her powerful and timely article featured in this year’s Right to Food and Nutrition Watch, Grassroots International’s Salena Tramel explores diverse social movements' responses to crisis.
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Agribusiness Replaces Hunger with Malnutrition
Tim Wise, a former executive director of Grassroots International, critiques the Green Revolution in Africa.
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Small-scale Agriculture Can Feed Our Countries
As African agriculture faces big challenges, the president of Network of Farmers' Organizations and Agricultural Producers in West Africa (ROPPA) is convinced that the Covid-19 crisis is a window of opportunity.
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Fighting Bill Gates for the Future of Food
African farmers are fighting for the future of food against the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It's a battle of small farmers vs. corporate agriculture, write Million Belay and Timothy A. Wise.
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We’re All in the Same Lifeboat Now: Climate Change Comes for Farmers, from Mozambique to Iowa
As Iowa’s own farmers are realizing, climate change rains on them too, in torrents, and it’s only going to get worse. They have a lot to gain by listening to what their fellow flood victims from Mozambique are telling them: Diversify. For our sake and your own.
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Pesticides, GMOs and Fires vs. Agroecology
Brazil agribusinesses' use of pesticides, genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and Amazon fires are driving climate change. Agroecology is the alternative.
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Contemporary Challenges for the Working Class & Peasantry in Brazil
João Pedro Stedile outlines the issues leading up to the Brazilian coup, life under Bolsonaro's rule, and a vision for a new agrarian program in Brazil.
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Growing Sustainable Food Systems
Grassroots International supports agroecology (farming methods rooted in traditional food growing knowledge) to counter the global dominance and damage of plantation-style agriculture.
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Family Farming Could Feed Haiti and Protect It From Climate Change
Jean-Rusnel Etienne, agricultural engineer consultant and teacher-researcher, discusses what agroecology is and why it’s important for Haiti.
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Knowing their Audience: Popular Media and Education for Movement Building in Haiti
From radio to popular education, our partners like Haiti's Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) use methods that are sensitive to the people they’re reaching.
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Swift Foundation Open Letter: Support for Land Rights Means Support for Grassroots Leadership
A philanthropic friend of Grassroots International, the Swift Foundation published an open letter that brings both clarity and depth in speaking out against the underlying problems driving the commodification of nature and the displacement of Indigenous Peoples.