The National Farmers Union’s 2019 Webinar Series on Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Settler-Colonialism in Canadian Agriculture The NFU invites all our members and allies to join a series of on-line discussions (“webinars”) on Indigenous food sovereignty and settler-colonialism in Canadian agriculture. The third webinar will take place on-line on 7 October 2019 at 5:00 PM Central Standard
Join NFU Youth President Jessie MacInnis and Tyler Short of Family Farm Defenders (US) as they report back on their experience at the La Via Campesina Youth Assembly that took place the first week of June, 2023 in Banten, Indonesia. They will give an overview of LVC’s structure and highlight the purpose of the meeting,
On Wednesday October 11th at noon Eastern time, the NFU’s International Program Committee (IPC) will be hosting an on-line event on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Peoples Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). Speakers include Paula Gioia (a beekeeper and member of a small-scale farmer organization in Germany), Jessie MacInnis (NFU Youth President) and
Sowing seeds of solidarity: A learning series to support land and food sovereignty in Palestine Please join us for a learning series to follow up on the resolution passed at convention in support of a ceasefire and a just and lasting peace in Palestine. The teach-ins will feature farmers and advocates offering on-the-ground perspectives on the
“Faced with global crises, we build food sovereignty to ensure a future for humanity!” Join us for an evening of presentations and discussion with three NFU delegates to La Via Campesina’s VIIIth International Conference— Jessie MacInnis (small-scale farmer and PhD student), Celeste Smith (Oneida seedkeeper) and Nettie Wiebe (small-scale farmer and former president of the
Sowing seeds of solidarity: A learning series to support land and food sovereignty in Palestine Please join us for a learning series to follow up on the resolution passed at convention in support of a ceasefire and a just and lasting peace in Palestine. The teach-ins will feature farmers and advocates offering on-the-ground perspectives on the
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