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FOOD SYSTEMS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE, NOT CORPORATIONS!

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Between 25-28 July 2021, some 9,000 people gathered for a mostly virtual counter-mobilization to oppose the United Nations Food Systems (UNFSS) Pre-Summit. The alternative forum was hailed a huge success, as it drew together a wide variety of attendees and was able to catalyze and amplify a counter-narrative to the official proceedings. With critical articles and pieces published in major media outlets such as the BBC [2], Al Jazeera [3] and Italian state TV Rai [4], and several thousands of #FoodSystems4People [5] posts on social media seen by potentially 10 million users, the counter-mobilization succeeded in reaching a broad public with its vision for genuine transformation of unsustainable food systems. Read More [6]

More photos from our online campaign #NotInOurNames #BoycottUNFoodSummit is available on this Twitter Thread [7] and also on our official Facebook [8] Page.

Opening Declaration of the Counter-Mobilization to Transform Corporate Food Systems. Read More [9]

Here is why we are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit. Read More [3]

Food Sovereignty: 25 years in the making Read More [10]

The UN and Green Capitalism Attack Food Sovereignty. Read More [11]

ACT NOW TO SUPPORT GAZA'S FARMERS, FARMWORKERS AND FISHERFOLK! HELP GAZA FEED ITSELF!

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15 years into an already-devastating blockade, the recent assault on Gaza left thousands of Palestinian farmers, farmworkers and fisherfolk in urgent need of support and solidarity. Alongside the tragic loss of life, the homes, schools and hospitals destroyed, Gaza's food system is in ruins. Palestians now seek to restore their water wells, greenhouses, animal barns and fishing boats, among other needs, and La Via Campesina wants to help by contributing USD $250,000 to this effort. Join Us!

MAKE A CONTRIBUTION HERE. [12]

ECVC launches publication on gender diversity in rural areas. Read More [13]

"Hands that hold the plough will never plead", Indian farmers' protest completes 200 days. Read More [14]

Open letter: Call for the Suspension of the EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Read More [15]

Thousands of farmers demonstrate in Lisbon for a fairer CAP. Read More [16]

This year 2021, we celebrate 25 years of peasant-led efforts and campaign in our communities to bring food sovereignty to reality - healthy diets, healthy soils, healthy seeds, agroecology etc - and continue to resist the capitalist model. This vision, of relating to nature and with one another harmoniously, practised for thousands of years was put into words by La Via Campesina and allies at the 1996 World Food Summit [17] in Rome. We defined "Food Sovereignty" as the right of people to autonomously produce healthy, nutritious, climatically, and culturally appropriate food, using local resources and through agroecological means, primarily to address the local food needs of their communities.

As a mark of celebration, we are releasing our first official poster in a series that will explore the different dimensions of Food Sovereignty, as laid out at the 1996 Summit.

Art work by Rosanna Morris

NEW PUBLICATION

Nyéléni Newsletter: Communicating for Food Sovereignty -------------------------

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FEATURED VIDEO

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Several Social Movements are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit. In this short video, La Via Campesina explains why this Summit is problematic. For more information: https://viacampesina.org/en/tag/unfss2021/

Music by Greg Dombrowski

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