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On Wednesday 29 May, Australian Organic Limited provided a submission to the Federal House of Representatives Standing Committee for Agriculture (the committee) inquiry into the role of Australian agriculture in Southeast Asian Markets. This inquiry is in response to the Invested: Southeast Asia Economic Strategy 2040 paper which was released in 2023.     The Southeast Asian region is a burgeoning economic region with a growing middle class that has shown a growing interest in organic and premium products. Given Australia’s proximity to this region and the maturity of Australia’s organic sector in comparison to the countries of Southeast Asia the time has come for the Australian government to embrace the opportunities that exist in this emerging region.     In our submission to the inquiry, AOL has called for the government to provide greater resources to our organic operators so they better understand the opportunities that exist in this region, as well as ongoing budgetary funding to help the organic industry build relationships in the region and to ensure that regulatory frameworks for Australia’s organic industry are maintained so that we don’t become out of step with trading partners who also have an interest in the region.     AOL will continue to work with the government and departmental stakeholders to highlight the opportunities in this submission and we look forward to engaging with the committee on our submission in the future.     For anyone interested in reading the other submissions for the inquiry, please click here: https://lnkd.in/gJYmvQRQ  

The socialists were convinced that collectivized agriculture would launch the Soviet state on a new and bold path of development. It would finally permit, in Engels's stirring phrase, the “ascent of man from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom.” In Estonia, the farmers themselves needed convincing. On March 23, 1949, the Soviets began mass deportation of resistant Estonian farmers. In 10 days, as many as 50,000–60,000 people—up to 14 percent of all Estonian farmers—were deported. Another 20,000–30,000 hid or escaped. The deportees were given hours and sometimes even minutes to pack. Then, young and old were herded on to American-made Studebaker cattle trucks and shipped east. Most of the men were sent to labor camps across the USSR, while women and children ended up in Siberia. We do not know how many died. Those who returned said that men typically lasted about three months before they succumbed to the weather or to starvation. Others died of diarrhea after eating rotting scraps of food. As one woman put it, “So was the communist empire built." It worked in the sense that holdout Estonian farmers suddenly showed great interest in collectivization. But the dream of greater productivity was never realized. In fact, agricultural output collapsed. As late as 1960, yields per hectare were still below 1939 levels. Check out the short video below. https://lnkd.in/g693kCs2

Financial difficulties have forced pastoralists in Eastern India to abandon their traditional work. A recent two-day convention, organized by grassroots civil society group SAMVAD and the ActionAid Association, focused on the "Rights of Pastoral Community" under the theme, "Sheepherders as Climate Justice Activists!". The convention aimed to highlight the challenges faced by pastoral communities in the region. Read more about the challenges faced by these communities in Eastern India here: #pastoral #sheepherds #climatejustice #pastoralists

Two huge victories have just taken place for Brazil’s 1.7 million Indigenous people and its rainforests. First, the country’s Supreme Court voted 9-2 to block agribusiness-backed efforts to dramatically strip Indigenous land rights, according to The Guardian. Brazil Minister for Indigenous People Sônia Guajajara called it a “great achievement” after years of struggle and protest. Indigenous Congresswoman Célia Xakriabá tweeted it is a “victory for struggle, a victory for rights, a victory for our history,” adding: all of “Brazil is Indigenous territory and the future is ancestral.” The second victory is Brazil’s government has begun removing thousands of non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the heart of the Amazon rainforest based on orders from the Supreme Court, according to the Washington Post. Indigenous groups estimate more than 10,000 non-Indigenous people live in the two territories vs. 2,500 Indigenous people. “The presence of strangers on Indigenous land threatens the integrity of the Indigenous” people and causes “the destruction of forests,” according to the nation’s intelligence agency ABIN. Check out our newsletter to read more about Brazil's historical environmental and indigenous struggle and victories. https://lnkd.in/eeTRWfct By Alliance President, Terry Gips and Alliance Intern, Elise Nam from Barnard College '24 @guajajarasonia @celia.xakriaba

🌾✊ International Day of Action for Food Sovereignty 🗓️ Today, October 16th, we commemorate the International Day of Action for Peoples' Food Sovereignty and against Transnational Corporations. 🌍 Let's stand together to prioritize the well-being of our communities. 🌽 We advocate for public policies based on food sovereignty, not corporate interests. Food sovereignty includes respect for peasant rights, agrarian reform, and social justice. 🚀 Together, we demand the implementation of peasant rights through land reform and social justice. 🌐 Follow our Living Earth Campaign and actions: https://lnkd.in/eQD2-ftV Let's unite for #FoodSovereignty, #PeasantsRightsNow, and a more just world! #FoodSovereignty #PeasantsRightsNow #SocialJustice

In the Panel Discussion on "Wetlands for Well-being - Preserving India's Wetlands" by Mobius Foundation, Mr. Soumitra Dasgupta, IFS (Retd.), Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, West Bengal, emphasized the critical role played by wetlands, like the Sundarbans, in providing essential ecosystem services that benefit mankind. #MobiusFoundation #WetlandsforWellbeing #MFWetlandConservation #ConserveWetlands MoEF&CC Convention on Wetlands

and since we herald labor as the source of all value, we herald farmers/peasants implements; which does not render us communistic, but communal; as a society,

Welcome to the World UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  Country Profile #231 Cattle Population: 94,4 million Sheep & Goat Population: 8,0 million Human Population: 325,1 million Capital City: Washington, DC Gross Domestic Product: $19,4 trillion GDP/Capita: $57,467 Official Language: English (de facto) Currency: U.S. Dollar (USD) Religion: 63,0% Christianity (Protestantism) United States of America is 5,44 times the size of Texas American Tourism Association US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Famous People: George Washington (Politician) Abraham Lincoln (Politician) Martin Luther King Jr (Civil Rights Leader) FIFA Football World Ranking: 11th ICC Cricket ODI World Ranking: 17th Rugby World Ranking: 18th World Beef Production Ranking: 1st World Dairy Production Ranking: 2nd The United States of America is a country primarily located in North America and consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third-most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C., and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Indigenous peoples have inhabited the Americas for thousands of years. Beginning in 1607, British colonization led to the establishment of the Thirteen Colonies in what is now the Eastern United States. Their quarrel with the British Crown over taxation and political representation led to the American Revolution and the ensuing Revolutionary War. The United States declared independence on July 4, 1776, becoming the first nation-state founded on Enlightenment principles of unalienable natural rights, consent of the governed, and liberal democracy. The country began expanding across North America, spanning the continent by 1848. Sectional division over slavery led to the secession of the Confederate States of America, which fought the remaining states of the Union during the American Civil War (1861–1865). With the Union's victory and preservation, slavery was abolished nationally. By 1900, the United States established itself as a great power, becoming the world's largest economy. The United States is a highly developed country that has the highest median income of any polity in the world. Its economy accounts for approximately a quarter of global GDP and is the world's largest by GDP at market exchange rates. It is the world's largest importer and second-largest exporter, and possesses the largest amount of wealth of any country. Trans Ova Genetics URUS Group

Food sovereignty to defend the land: Learnings from Secwepemcul'ecw. "In contexts where colonization has systematically attempted to disrupt the relationship of people to their land, food sovereignty plays an urgent role in restoring and preserving life. In Indigenous People’s territories like Secwépemc (in so-called British Columbia), it is also about healing, reconnecting to language, and honoring the ancestral memory and collective knowledge that foods hold within. This is a key learning from the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty (WGIFS) and their work rooted in their homeland". https://lnkd.in/gByJYRCb

There was NO free market that caused the Irish Potato Famine. “The Popery Act (Penal Law) of 1704 required that when a tenant died, his land should be divided equally between his sons. Population growth, from about 2 million by 1700, to 8 million by the time of the Great Famine, led to increased division of holdings and a consequent reduction in their average size. By 1845, 24% of all Irish tenant farms were of 0.4–2 hectares (1–5 acres) in size, while 40% were of 2–6 hectares (5–15 acres). Holdings were so small that no crop other than potatoes would suffice to feed a family. Shortly before the famine, the British government reported that poverty was so widespread that one-third of all Irish small holdings could not support the tenant families after rent was paid; the families survived only by earnings as seasonal migrant labour in England and Scotland.[43] Following the famine, reforms were implemented making it illegal to further divide land holdings.[44”