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- From: Leigh <lh AT pressroom.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: international small farmer solidarity
- Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 14:48:27 -0400
Title: international small farmer solidarity
Phil,
My wife and I were just down in
Brazil. She was meeting with various groups in the fight to
stop large multinationals (mostly French) from privatizing the water
supply. Some of the groups she met with represented small
farmers. What is happening in Brazil is that large corporations
are moving in and kicking the small farmers off the land, sometimes
using laws they are instrumental in writing, sometimes with the local
police, sometime with the use of death squads.
So I guess the short of it is
that helping small farmers and building solidarity with small farmers
internationally wasn't and isn't a bad move.
What was/is a bad move was/is allowing
large transnational corporations get control of the food system
here and abroad. We should be actively opposing treaties
(NAFTA) and organizations (WTO, World Bank, IMF) that promote
transnational corporate globalization at the expense of small
farmers. These organizations do not operate in the interest of small
farmers here or abroad.
Here's a quote from a world bank
official about water privatization in Ghana - 'The poor have more
resources than we imagine. They can afford paying more for
basic services.'
-
international small farmer solidarity,
Leigh, 05/05/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: international small farmer solidarity, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 05/05/2002
- Re: international small farmer solidarity, HackettShark, 05/05/2002
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