Public Forum: 500 million farmers can’t be wrong!

Friday, June 25, 2010 - 18:30

Public Forum: 500 million farmers can’t be wrong!
Building sustainable farming futures through food sovereignty
Friday 25th June | 6pm – 7.30pm

In June 2010, a delegation from the international farmers’ organisation La Via Campesina will be making an historic first visit to Australia. La Via Campesina is considered to be the largest civil society (non-government, non-corporate) organisation in the world, representing the interests of some 500 million farming families. They are the world’s leading proponent of the concept of ‘food sovereignty’, asserting the right of communities to create and control their own democratic, local, fair and sustainable food systems.

This special public forum brings together representatives from La Via Campesina from throughout the region, to discuss:
- The emergence of La Via Campesina and its work internationally
- The role of small farmers in addressing climate change
- The experiences of youth in rural areas, and young peoples’ international action for a just and sustainable food system
- Strengthening the global movement for food sovereignty through relationships between Australia and the Asia-Pacific region

Featuring: Arsenio Pereira da Silva (East Timor); Ayumi Kinezuka (Japan), Geumsoon Yoon (Korea) and Irma Yanny (Indonesia)
Chairperson: Carol Vincent (SA Farmers Federation)
The Box Factory Community Centre, 59 Regent Street South, Adelaide
For more information and to RSVP, contact joel.catchlove@foe.org.au
Presented by Friends of the Earth Adelaide, in partnership with La Via Campesina.