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[permaculture] [Fwd: [SANET-MG] Global Farm Grab Vs. Our Native Need for Food]

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: [SANET-MG] Global Farm Grab Vs. Our Native Need for Food]
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 16:54:47 -0400

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Subject: [SANET-MG] Global Farm Grab Vs. Our Native Need for Food
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 08:33:26 -0400
From: Steven McFadden <chiron@CHIRON-COMMUNICATIONS.COM>
Reply-To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group <SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>, Steven McFadden <chiron@CHIRON-COMMUNICATIONS.COM>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

"In a disquieting rush to secure food supplies, financial speculators around
the world are gobbling up farmland in developing nations and causing land
prices to soar. Some call it the new colonialism, but most just call it an
old-fashioned land grab.

"Land grabbing and food speculation are not just overseas phenomena; they
are also happening in North America..."

(snip) http://thecalloftheland.wordpress.com/

[permaculture] [Fwd: [SANET-MG] Global Farm Grab Vs. Our Native Need for Food], Lawrence F. London, Jr., 05/12/2009