Publication archives

Oct 4, 2000

IUCN Launches $30 Million Initiative for Fresh Water

Amman, Jordan, 5.10.00 (IUCN) - IUCN launches an ambitious freshwater programme consisting of 24 projects worldwide at the 2nd World Conservation Congress in Amman today.
Oct 4, 2000

Africa: NGOs Start Campaign Against US AGOA

SUNS #4754 Thursday 5 October 2000 / south-north development monitor SUNS [Email Edition]
Oct 4, 2000

Former Farm Bureau Chief Promotes New Trade Organization

By STEVE TARTER of the Journal Star PEORIA - Dean Kleckner is traveling the Midwest these days pushing for truth. He wants to fight what he feels are distortions regarding agriculture and trade in the United States.
Oct 3, 2000

Family Farmers Unite to Fight Globalization

By Bill Berkowitz / NEWSFORCHANGE What do hog farms have in common with genetically engineered corn? What do Polish and Greek farmers have in common with Native Americans and small family farmers in the United States? Unchecked corporate globalization.
Oct 3, 2000

Antiglobalization Movement Gets Global

Tamara Straus, AlterNet
Oct 2, 2000

Consumer Power vs. Factory Farms

Donella H. Meadows / AlterNet
Sep 29, 2000

The Enduring Nature of the Farm Problem

By John Kenneth Galbraith
Sep 29, 2000

Down on the Farm as Controversy Mounts, Farmers Second Guess the Rush to Plant Biotech Crops

The Boston Globe / September 26, 2000 / By David L. Chandler, Globe staff To supporters, the new seeds are a revolution in the field, yielding bigger crops that require fewer hazardous chemicals to grow. The way biotechnology company officials tell it, the world's best chance to feed the hungry lies in creating better seeds in the genetics lab.