Crops, Cars & Climate Crisis: The Global Impacts of Growing Biofuels on Food, Farmers, and Rights

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Category: Social Justice

When: 01:20 PM April 28, 2008 to 12:00 AM May 1, 2008

The corporate "agrofuels" gold-rush has ignited a major global conflict. Governments across the world are committing to agrofuels as a part of their energy strategies. But producing crops for fuel is already changing world agriculture, with major consequences for people, ecosystems, and the planet.

A six-city tour with speakers from Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Mali, Mexico, Paraguay, the UK, the US, and the Philippines.

April 28 – Charlottetown
April 28 – Saskatoon
April 29 – Halifax
April 29 – Winnipeg
April 30 – Ottawa
May 1 – Montreal
For more Information visit www.cban.ca/agrofuels or 613.241.2267
Free admission. Everyone welcome.
Presented by: Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, ETC Group, Inter Pares, National Farmers Union, Partnership Africa Canada, The Ram's Horn,USC Canada, Beyond Factory Farming, Union Paysanne, Food Action Committee - Ecology Action Centre Halifax, and P.E.I. Coalition for a GMO-Free Province.

This event is made possible with the aid of a grant from the Canadian International Development Agency.

Contact information: Liz Kim, lkim@usc-canada.org, 1-800-565-6872

Web link for more information: www.cban.ca/agrofuels

by SarahArtiMohan