Voedselsoevereiniteit – Materialen

[Tekst alleen beschikbaar in het Engels] The European Coordination has just released a new publication on pesticides, “a small peasant agroecology manual on how to phase out the use of pesticides”.

Zaterdagmiddag 12 september zijn naast beide ingangen van Voedseltuin IJplein in Amsterdam Noord bordjes opgehangen met de boodschap “Deze tuin is gentechvrij, patentvrij en gifvrij”. Met de actie lanceerde ASEED deze nieuwe … verder lezen

… zo werk jij toch ook bij je tuin?! ASEED heeft een hele stapel bordjes gemaakt die in tuinen kunnen worden geplaatst. Het doel hiervan is om tuiniers die zelf bewust zonder genetische … verder lezen

Bakary Mamatou Traoré, ex-onderwijzer, boer en activist tegen landgrabbing komt naar Amsterdam om te vertellen over de problemen en strijd in het landbouwgebied Office du Niger in Mali. In dat Afrikaanse land … verder lezen

Een nieuwe docufilm bij Vokomokum over een tuincoöperatie bij Freiburg In het Duits, Engels ondertiteld Datum: vrijdag 25 oktober Aanvangstijd: 20:00 (duur ca. 1 uur) Adres: Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam Oorspronkelijke titel: … verder lezen

It is time for food sovereignty

(ASEED juni 2012)

Food is hot. More and more people want to know where their food is coming from and how it is produced. Small-scale initiatives to grow or distribute your own food are gaining popularity. In other words: it it time for food sovereignty, also in the Netherlands.

ASEED has recently published a brochure about food sovereignty. This brochure explains what is wrong with the current agriculture and food system and presents food sovereignty as an alternative. It also contains concrete examples of how you can strive towards food sovereignty in the Netherlands yourself.

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The Flemish organisation for a justice and responsible agriculture Wervel has published the book ‘Legal!’. The book links our European consumption pattern with the destructions on the other side of the ocean. It contains many examples of greenwashing in Brazil and in Europe.

The autor Luc Vankrunkelsven is already or many years living half of the time in Brazil and he has always been following the soy expansion from close by.

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(USA, 2004, Deborah Koons Garcia) What is more intimate, more universal than food? Are we still deciding ourselves what we eat when we buy products from the supermarket? There is a revolution … verder lezen

In Paraguay, the Netherlands and Germany A SEED Europe is recording and showing video letters. In South America it is about the resistance against the production of soy and in the Europe the issue are the problems with the new mega pig-stables where the soy is used as feed. With project we want to exchange the experiences and ideas for alternatives between the many local citizen groups. (The rest of the text only exists in Dutch, but you can watch them here.)
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