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Farm Heroes Vs Monsanto: defeat corporate power in our new game

By: Dan Iles
Date: 22 September 2016
Campaigns: Food

In our latest game, Farm Heroes vs Monsanto, you can help a gang of cutsie farm animals take on the global seed and pesticide magnate Monsanto (fittingly represented as the fat cat).

A tale of two food systems

By: Dan Iles
Date: 15 July 2016

Take away a farmer’s land, take away their seeds systems, and take away their independence. Now sell them a collection of expensive chemical fertilisers, one size fits all seeds and […]

Fighting for seeds and soil: a film

By: Dan Iles
Date: 31 May 2016

“The chemical based model of farming drains income because you have to buy seeds and buy fertilisers, to buy insecticide and buy pesticide. Organic farming is a lot more successful […]

Seven reasons you should come to our summer festival

By: Dan Iles
Date: 10 May 2016

If you’re deciding which festival to book this year but are looking for something different, here are seven reasons you should come to Take Back Our World festival. 1) Paul […]

How to ‘rebrand’ Monsanto to expose the toxic truth

By: Dan Iles
Date: 5 May 2016
Campaigns: Food

If you look at Monsanto’s website you would think that it is an environmental campaign organisation. It sells itself and its products as safe, sustainable and good for farmers. But […]

Five farmer movements fighting corporate power

By: Dan Iles
Date: 14 April 2016
Campaigns: Food

This weekend marks April 17. A day to celebrate small scale farmer movements across the world. These movements are all fighting for a model of farming that puts power in […]

Bottom up organising for food sovereignty – An interview with Javier Sanchez-Rodriguez

By: Dan Iles
Date: 12 February 2016

In October 2015, I went to the food sovereignty gathering in Hebden Bridge with Global Justice Now. I was really interested to capture the stories from some of the amazing […]

A food system for the people by the people

By: Dan Iles
Date: 5 February 2016

A tax on chemical fertilisers? Subsidies for farms under 5 hectares? Putting food growing on the national curriculum? Start up funds for food cooperatives? A living wage for fast food […]

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