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Centro Madre is a National Model of Small Scale Sustainable Agriculture

by Dada Maheshvarananda – Prout Institute On only 3.5 hectares (8 acres) of fertile land near San José de Barlovento in the state of Miranda, a two-hour drive from Caracas, this holistic farm integrates fruit trees, vegetables, medicinal plants, bee-keeping, fish ponds, egg-laying chickens, worm production and a commercial guava nursery. For five years Cuban … Continue reading

Venezuelan Leftists Meet to Discuss Future Directions in Political Ideology and Eco-Socialism

by Ewan Robertson Mérida, 12th May 2014  Venezuelan leftists met in two conferences over the weekend as part of efforts to design the direction and strategy of the country’s Bolivarian revolution in the coming period. One of the conferences was aimed at discussing the political ideology of Venezuelan socialism based on the ideas of key … Continue reading

Debate On the Seed Law. Shipment of Transgenic Seeds Arrives in Venezuela

by Various Collectives Preliminary message by Aana Wainjirawa, of La Guarura, Venezuelan revolutionary newspaper. We publish for the debate of the purposeful efforts of collectives that are currently in discussion over a possible Seed Law that is constructed from the grassroots. We do not subscribe to the epithets of power that adorn [this] statement in … Continue reading

Fall Delegation to Venezuela: System Change Not Climate Change. The Revolution Continues!

November 2 to 12-2014   System Change Not Climate Change From Nov. 4th. to 7th. 2014 Venezuela plans to host the first “Social Pre-COP” aspiring to put civil society at the heart of the global climate change debate. In which ministers would not only talk to each other but also their people about the agreement … Continue reading

Here’s why Maduro’s right about Venezuela’s food shortages

  By John Otis Source: globalpost/dispatch/ CUCUTA, Colombia — On a dirt road used by smugglers, Colombian police stop a rickety Ford Explorer packed with sides of beef from Venezuela. It’s not the most sanitary way to import food: The truck’s seats and doors are stained red from the raw, unwrapped meat. There’s more to come. As … Continue reading

Venezuela-Cuba Joint Project to Boost Aquaculture Production

VENEZUELA – The Venezuelan Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Insopesca), in conjunction with the Corporate Group on the Food Industry (GEIA) of Cuba, will launch a project on the sustainable use of water bodies for aquaculture and fisheries in the country. The $901,088.89 project was approved at the Fourteenth Joint Commission of Cuba – Venezuela, … Continue reading

The hunger eradication initiative of the United Nations has been named, “Hugo Chavez Frias”

  By YVKE MUNDIAL Translation: Revolucion Alimentaria According to Raul Benitez, the Food and Agriculture (FAO) Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. “It is the best way that we have to honor this man who was such a visionary in this area. He was 10 years ahead of the rest of the world leaders … Continue reading

Call to Action in Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and the Venezuelan Peasant Movement

By VÍA CAMPESINA We, Vía Campesina Internacional, the international peasant movement that brings together over 200 million families in 77 countries, express our solidarity with the Venezuelan people, their peasant movement Bolivarian Revolution – currently the victim of an imperialist crusade that, together with reactionary right-wing forces, conspires within Venezuela and abroad in an attempt … Continue reading

Thousands of Environmentalists Marched for Peace and Life, they were received by President Maduro.

  By ALBA CIUDAD Translation Revolucion Alimentaria This Saturday environmental groups marched in Caracas to show their support to the Bolivarian government and it’s environmental protection policies. The groups marched to reject the violence and crimes that are being committed against the environment by ultra right groups who cut down trees indiscriminately in order to … Continue reading

Food Card to Combat Scarcity Unveiled

Mar 19th 2014, by ZOE CLARA DUTKA Santa Elena de Uairén, 19th March 2014 (venezuelanalysis.com)- Workers marched to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Misión Alimentación on Sunday, Venezuela’s vastly accessible nutritional program, launched by Hugo Chavez in 2003. During that time the program created more than 22,000 distribution points ranging from supermarket-sized stores to … Continue reading

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