A podcast by La Via Campesina La Via Campesina’s Newswrap returns for its second edition of 2026, looking back on April–June, from the memory of Eldorado do Carajás to renewed resistance across continents. We follow how territories are defended under siege, how peasant seed systems face relentless corporate pushback, and how trade deals threaten food sovereignty. We spotlight solidarity from…
A few weeks ago in Brazil, IARAA—an Artificial Intelligence tool for Agrarian Reform and Agroecology—was launched. The tool was developed by the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) and the World March of Women (WMW) and supported by the Baobab International Association for People’s Cooperation in China. To discuss this, I’m joined by Natalia Lobo, an activist with the World March…
“I feel that the Continental School, and maybe other schools that have been carried out across the continent, are going to empower women, especially peasant women, who do a lot.” This was a reflection by Susan Owiti about the initiatives conducted by peasant women who have, in 2024, held for the first time a coordinated series of Continental Schools of…
Farming in Europe is increasingly dominated by monocultures and factory farms. So what does it mean to be a young small-scale farmer in this context? How can they get the power and resources to produce and distribute food sustainably? Three young farmers from Denmark, Malta and Sweden have shared with us their story: why they became farmers, the agricultural situation…
