“Like its earlier namesake, AGRA’s ‘revolution’ reduces farmers’ autonomy, making them reliant on artificial inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides supplied by corporations, the civil society alliance says. Moreover, these agrochemicals ravage the natural world – from waterways to insects – and play a central role in the world’s environmental crises.”
Echoes baby formula companies coming in telling African people’s breast milk is not as good as formula, creating a dependency on formula when the birthing person does not work on their breast milk supply (by feeding or pumping). Doubly troublesome when the water needed for the formula is not clean and infants then get sick.
Babies can be fed by the parent’s body, people can grow food sustainably tailored to their own environment - though that is not profitable for people looking to take advantage of others.
“Like its earlier namesake, AGRA’s ‘revolution’ reduces farmers’ autonomy, making them reliant on artificial inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides supplied by corporations, the civil society alliance says. Moreover, these agrochemicals ravage the natural world – from waterways to insects – and play a central role in the world’s environmental crises.”
Echoes baby formula companies coming in telling African people’s breast milk is not as good as formula, creating a dependency on formula when the birthing person does not work on their breast milk supply (by feeding or pumping). Doubly troublesome when the water needed for the formula is not clean and infants then get sick.
Babies can be fed by the parent’s body, people can grow food sustainably tailored to their own environment - though that is not profitable for people looking to take advantage of others.