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Occupy agriculture! Polish farmers sit in for land and freedomRose, Julian http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2799306/occupy_agriculture_polish_farmers_sit_in_for_land_and_freedom.htmlPublisher: Ecologist Date Written: 19/03/2015 Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX17409 At the heart of Poland's capital, Warsaw, farmers have founded a flourishing encampment known as the 'Green City', writes Julian Rose. It's a focus of protest against the sell-off of their land to agribusiness, the arrival of GMO crops, and the imposition of a failed 'Western' model of farming that's creating huge corporate profits while debasing food and bankrupting small farmers. Subject Headings |