Grandmothers Advocacy Network / Mouvement de soutien des grands-mères

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Reducing Food Loss and Waste

Reducing Food Loss and Waste

Why addressing food loss and waste is so important Food loss and waste is a big deal. Roughly one third of all food...

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September 14, 2023
Stories of Hope and Change

Stories of Hope and Change

Over the past five months we have been learning, sip by sip, about the complex health, agricultural, environmental, economic, social, political, age, gender,...

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June 3, 2023
Children, HIV, and Nutrition

Children, HIV, and Nutrition

“In 2023, no child should be born with HIV, and no child should die from an AIDS-related illness.” -- Peter Sands, Executive Director...

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May 28, 2023
Industrial Agriculture

Industrial Agriculture

Last week we introduced the concept of agroecology, an approach to farming that strengthens local food systems and cultivates resilient communities through ecological...

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April 27, 2023
Food Sovereignty

Food Sovereignty

Food sovereignty is both a philosophy of life and a global political movement. It recognizes food as a right and a public good,...

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April 19, 2023
Seed Systems and Human Rights

Seed Systems and Human Rights

Farmers’ rights have been clearly recognized and reaffirmed as inalienable human rights – all indigenous peoples and peasants have the right to maintain,...

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April 19, 2023
Agroecology

Agroecology

In the face of the global food crisis, farmers have answers. There is a growing movement internationally - agroecology - that is focused...

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April 18, 2023
What is Canada doing about Global Hunger?

What is Canada doing about Global Hunger?

Given our concern over the cuts to international assistance in Federal Budget 2023, we want to look at what the Government of Canada...

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April 7, 2023
Global Hunger Hotspots

Global Hunger Hotspots

Hunger Hotspots Climate-driven Hunger Recently, Oxfam looked at 10 of the worst climate hotspots in the world – countries that have had the...

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March 25, 2023
Education and Hunger

Education and Hunger

“There are times when I feel so hungry that I think going to school would be a waste. Some days I stay home,”...

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March 8, 2023