Archive for June, 2009
Jun 8, 2009
A Sizeable Step Toward a Real Commitment to Farmers’ Rights at the FAO
After four days of difficult negotiations among 121 governments at a UN Food and Agricultural Organization Treaty meeting on the use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture held in Tunisia, a Canadian effort to block progress was overturned. At midnight on Thursday, Brazil read an amended resolution on farmers’ rights to a tired plenary, shifting the prevailing tension amongst delegates into relief and enthusiasm.
Jun 4, 2009
Canada Needs to Ban Terminator Technology
A new bill calling for a ban on Terminator Seed technology has been re-introduced to Parliament.
Ask the Prime Minister to support Bill C-353 – the Terminator Seed Ban Act.
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