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Sustainable Peasant and Family Farm Agriculture Can Feed the World

Half of the world's population consists of peasants, totaling 1.5 billion individuals on 380 million farms. This group, along with 800 million urban gardeners, 410 million foragers, 190 million pastoralists, 100 million fishers, and over 370 million indigenous people, contributes 70% of the world's food. Learn about La Via Campesina and the importance of sustainable agriculture in feeding the world at the 2014 Florida meeting by the Canadian Delegation, hosted by the Florida Farmworkers Association.

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Sustainable Peasant and Family Farm Agriculture Can Feed the World

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  1. Sustainable Peasant and Family Farm Agriculture Can Feed the World

  2. Half of the people in the world are peasants • There are 1.5 billion peasants on 380 million farms • 800 million more are growing urban gardens • 410 million harvest food from forests and savannas • 190 million pastoralists • 100 million peasant fishers • >370 million of these are indigenous people Together, they are 50% of the world’s population and they provide 70% of its food

  3. La Via Campesina

  4. La Via Campesina Meeting, Florida 2014 Canadian Delegation

  5. La Via Campesina – Florida, 2014 Hosted by the Florida Farmworkers Association

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