Small-Scale Sustainable Farmers Can Cool Down the Earth - Bunde, Aziz, Samulon

 
Intercontinental food transport, intensive monoculture production, the destruction of natural habitat to make room for cattle, and the use of chemical inputs have transformed agriculture into a significant greenhouse gas emitter. This session will explore how small-scale farmers are building food sovereignty and cooling down the planet. Panel members will discuss several strategies, including a global campaign to challenge the environmental destructiveness of transnational agribusiness and a seed-saving campaign. With Altacir Bunde, Movement of Small Farmers (Brazil); Nikhil Aziz, Grassroots International; and Andrea Marisa Samulon, Rainforest Action Network