Here they are, the impressions from the camp and mass action Free the Soil 19.-25.09.2019. Thank you all for making it happen. We are happy -delighted- about this action and it’s further development! 6 days camp for climate and agricultural justice. Combining small group with mass action. 500 activists. 28 Read more…
2019 – a great start! In 2019, we organized a camp to bring people from the climate justice movement together with farmers and other people active for a just agricultural system. Subsequent to that, we took action and blocked YARA, the biggest nitrogen fertilizer company worldwide, at it’s factory Read more…
“The member organisations of NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! are concerned about the increasing number of patents on plants, seeds and farm animals and their impact on farmers, breeders, innovation and biodiversity. These patents are an abuse of patent law and put in danger the access to basic resources in agriculture Read more…
The struggle against destruction of fertile land for a logistics-area for the company Dietz-AG was strengthened this weekend: a group of activists, along with locals, have occupied the field!
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From chemical fertilizers for large-scale monocultures to farm machinery and food processing and transport, the industrial food system heavily relies on fossil fuels. The consequences cannot be ignored any longer: climate change, ecological crisis, destruction of livelihoods… We need to take action! This year ASEED Europe will be hosting the Read more…
On Saturday 19th of January activists from ‘Free the Soil’ and ‘Fossil-Free Agriculture’ joined the more than 30,000 demonstrators at the ‘Wir Haben Es Satt’ demonstration in Berlin, protesting against the so-called ‘Green Week’ agro-industry conference and calling for a just and sustainable food-system.
This text was found on: https://aseed.net/en/creatures-from-the-earth-rise-up-stop-yara/ Wednesday morning, November 28th, activists from the Fossil Free Agriculture campaign protested in front of the European Mineral Fertilizer Summit against the use of synthetic fertilizers and the influence of fertilizer companies on climate policies. This summit, which took place in a hotel in Read more…
This morning (27/11/18) activists from Free the Soil creatively disrupted fertilizer-giant YARA at the largest agricultural expo in Northern Europe, Agromek in Herning. Handing out “blue pills” to forget about climate change, the activists were threatened with legal repercussions and quickly thrown out. [EN] PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT 27.11.2018: Activists from the Read more…
[EN] This morning (16.11.18) activists from the Free the Soil campaign creatively discredited YARA outside the Eurotier Fair in Hannover, as part of the Climate and Justice Games. Dressed as YARA fertilizer bags they were handing out “blue pills”, which make you forget about Climate Change. The message is clear: Read more…
The informational booklet “Industrial Agriculture and Climate Chaos” by the Climate Collective, is now available in English, German, and Danish. The booklet describes industrial agriculture, and its socio-ecological consequences,, and serves as a great introduction to the topic. You can find the different versions here: “Industrial Agriculture and Climate Chaos” Read more…