Read at :
http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/war-on-want-take-back-control-of-our-food-system/
War on Want: Take back control of our food system
Food Sovereignty briefing, with logo, Aug 2011
For the first time in human history, over a billion people have been officially classified as living in hunger. This scandal is not a consequence of poor global harvests or natural disasters. Hunger on this scale is the result of a global economy in which hundreds of millions of small farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists and indigenous people have faced ruin through the hijacking of the global food system by large agribusiness and food retailers.
In response, War on Want, in partnership with La Via Campesina and other allies, has published an alternative: FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: Taking back control of our food system
The dominant model for dealing with the food crisis is to address the ‘food security’ needs of countries and peoples. This model – backed by the UK government and many British NGOs – is based on market solutions to the problems of world hunger, with food treated as just another commodity to be traded on global markets. It is a model based on “free trade” in agricultural commodities, on corporate-owned technology and on greater private sector control of food production and distribution. It is a model that has failed.
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