Have you ever heard that fertilizers are essential to feed an ever-growing global population? Has anyone told you that it is a miracle that there are fertilizers to grow food and feed people in Africa? Do you imagine synthetic fertilizers as a wonderful product that enriches the soil and helps plants?
If the answer to any of those questions is yes, then you definitely need to stay tuned to our campaign in collaboration with Les Amis de la Terre France, Soulèvements de Saint Nazaire et estuaire & Spire.
We will dismantle the lies, myths, and sneaky strategies of Yara the world’s second largest producer of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, during the week leading up to their Annual General Meeting. Together we say loud and clear: Yara Fertilizes Chaos!
You will find a new article & references on this page every day for the upcoming week.
What do we want?
Today the Annual General Meeting of Yara is taking place in Norway. While they discuss how to grow their criminal business with their investors, we say loud and clear: We need … verder lezen
Farmers, workers, taxpayers: we’re all paying for Yara’s profits
Yara takes advantage of farmers’ dependency on fertilizers to make profits. The company made record profits during the 2022-23 energy crises while the prices farmers had to pay for fertilizers tripled in … verder lezen
Feeding the world… Really?
Fertilizer producers claim they are feeding the world, but do they? Recent events and studies showed that fertilizers were actually fueling food insecurity. They are making our food systems depend on unpredictable … verder lezen
Yara’s neocolonial business in Africa
The agro-industrial system that is dominant in Europe – globalized, industrial and export-oriented – is looking to take over the world. Global corporations like Cargill, Yara, and Nestlé continue past colonization with … verder lezen
Greenwashing: Yara is feeding us with lies
The fertilizer giant Yara is trying to promote itself as a climate champion, at the forefront of the fight against climate change. However, the fertilizer industry contributes about 2.4% of GhG emissions … verder lezen
Polluted water, polluted air: our health impacted by fertilizers
Fertilizers massively pollute water and air. Because plants only absorb around half of the nitrogen applied to the crops, the rest leeches into rivers, lakes, the ocean, and the groundwater, causing an … verder lezen
The fertilizer industry: a fossil fuel industry as any other
Fertilizer giants such as Yara have been coined the ‘Exxons and Shells of industrial agriculture’. Almost all industrial nitrogen fertilizers are currently manufactured from fossil fuels, mainly gas or, in some countries, coal … verder lezen
Yara: master of the agro-industry through synthetic fertilizers
Pesticides are made to kill pests, fertilizers are made to feed the plants. They accelerate processes that exist naturally to bring to plants the nutrients and minerals they need. Let’s introduce you … verder lezen
