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GRAIN @grain.org · 25/09/2026

Tether mantiene estrechos lazos con la administración Trump a través del secretario de Comercio de Estados Unidos, Howard Lutnick, así como conexiones con el Partido Reformista de extrema derecha en el Reino Unido.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 25/09/2026

En septiembre de 2025, Tether tomó el control mayoritario de la empresa argentina de agronegocios Adecoagro. A través de Adecoagro ahora posee 217.810 ha de tierras agrícolas en Argentina, así como plantas de fertilizantes y fábricas de procesamiento de alimentos.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 25/09/2026

Aunque la empresa con sede en El Salvador se niega a revelar la lista completa de activos que posee, un foco claro de su estrategia de inversión es Sudamérica y particularmente sus tierras agrícolas www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 25/09/2026

Una de las grandes ganadoras de esta reforma habría sido la controvertida empresa de criptomonedas Tether. Es la mayor emisora mundial de stablecoins: una criptomoneda respaldada por activos como oro y bonos del tesoro estadounidense.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 25/09/2026

La propuesta del gobierno de Javier Milei no consiguió los votos necesarios para volver a la Cámara de Diputados antes de las elecciones

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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/09/2026

Tether has close ties to the Trump administration through US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. It also has connections to the far-right Reform Party in the UK.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/09/2026

In September 2025, Tether took majority control of the Argentine agribusiness company Adecoagro. Through Adecoagro, it now owns 217,810 ha of farmland in Argentina, as well fertiliser plants and food processing factories.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/09/2026

Although Tether, based in El Salvador, refuses to reveal the full list of assets it holds, a clear focus of its investment strategy is South American farmland. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/09/2026

One of the big winners of the reform would have been the controversial company Tether. It is world's largest issuer of stable coins, a crypto money that is backed by assets like gold or US treasuries.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/09/2026

In their new report "Food, land and money", Friends of the Earth US make the case for ending the agribusiness financial complex. Check it out: foodlandmoney.org

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GRAIN @grain.org · 23/09/2026

📢Hundreads of Thai farmers & allies are rallying today in front of Ministry of Agriculture building ahead of the Thai - EU FTA negotiation round demanding the govt not to accede to UPOV 1991 or amend national seed law to conform with it as required in the FTA #StopUPOV #stopseedmonopoly

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GRAIN @grain.org · 22/09/2026

🎯 Nouveau rapport de @foeus.bsky.social documente les plus gros acteurs de la machine agroindustrielle mondiale, et qui les financent, en nous appelant à la démanteler: foodlandmoney.org @lessoulevements.bsky.social

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GRAIN @grain.org · 21/09/2026

Le 3 octobre, une mobilisation internationale aura lieu contre l’entreprise de pesticides Syngenta, en France comme ailleurs. Rejoignons le cortège et faisons convergence avec la lutte des travailleurs agricoles et pour la libération de la Palestine lessoulevementsdelaterre.org/blog/le-3-oc...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 21/09/2026

EU farm subsidiaries should not be paid to the UAE's sovereign wealth fund, ADQ, which runs large farms in Spain and Romania, say European peasant groups. They demand an audit from the European Court of Auditors and call for a change of rules. www.eurovia.org/press-releas... @eurovia.org

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GRAIN @grain.org · 17/09/2026

🤚🏽STOP INDUSTRIAL TREE PLANTATIONS!!! 21 September, International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, is a day to celebrate resistance against industrial tree plantations that has invade territories & affects people's life See more information here: www.wrm.org.uy/21-september

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GRAIN @grain.org · 16/09/2026

📢 No Toxic Future: Global action against Syngenta! On 3 Oct let's unite to expose the devastating impacts of Syngenta and agrochemical industry. A mass action will also happen at its production site in Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, France. Join the action! stop-syngenta3oct.com/poisoner-wit...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 16/09/2026

⚠️ Honduras Solidarity Network and Rights Action, among others, are urgently raising funds to support the Garífuna people who are fighting a new law in Honduras which will displace them and grab their lands for agribusiness, tourism and other projects. Pls support: mailchi.mp/rightsaction...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 15/09/2026

New publication from Ibon on the global trade system explains what’s happening with the WTO, governments’ rising use of sanctions, and new imposed partnerships to extract strategic resources from the global South. iboninternational.org/download/the...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 09/09/2026

✊ Une soixantaine d'associations se sont récemment réunies au Bénin pour lancer une campagne visant à protéger les poulets indigènes élevés par les communautés locales pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique. Lire leur déclaration et rapport : grain.org/e/7412

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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/09/2026

60 groups recently met in Benin to set up a campaign to protect indigenous chickens in the hands of local communities in Africa. Industrial poultry are invading Africa and replacing local breeds. Time to uphold local chickens for food sovereignty! Statement & report: grain.org/e/7413

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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/09/2026

New report from @hekseperworld.bsky.social, Swedwatch and Silnorf exposes the impacts of a 10,000 hectare carbon offsets project on communities in Sierra Leone. People (esp women) were not informed, lost access to land and saw food insecurity grow. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-human-...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/09/2026

Testimonies from small and indigenous fishers in 9 countries shows how industrial aquaculture is NOT the answer to end world hunger. It rather causes disease spread to wild fish populations, pollution & plastic contamination, conflict and grabbing of coastal lands wffp-web.org/wp-content/u...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 05/09/2026

FAO wants aquaculture production to grow by 75% by 2040. But reaching this target could mean diverting millions of tonnes of nutritious wild fish that could feed millions of people into industrial fishmeal every year changingmarkets.org/report/growt... @infonyeleni.bsky.social @ipes-food.org

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GRAIN @grain.org · 04/09/2026

Pese a los graves riesgos para la salud y la biodiversidad, el gobierno mexicano aprobó supuestos bioplaguicidas con técnicas de edición génica. Los beneficios serán para la empresa estadounidense GreenLight Biosciences y para Bayer, que dispone de una licencia. www.jornada.com.mx/2026/08/22/o...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 02/09/2026

The government of Ethiopia says it now wants "accountability" for this failure, even as it continues to promote land deals for foreign investors. (NB: Al-Amoudi also runs Ethiopia's biggest poultry farm, in partnership with Bill Gates.) @oaklandinstitute.org @plaasuwc.bsky.social

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GRAIN @grain.org · 01/09/2026

Great interview with Tim Wise and Mutinta Nketani for the 20th anniversary of the Gates-funded 'Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa', highlighting what a failure it has been. 🎧kpfa.org/episode/20-y...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 31/08/2026

Are you interested in corporate control over animal agriculture in the global South? Then you might want to subscribe to "Beacon", a publication of Tiny Beam, which supports collaboration between academics and civil society groups. tinybeamfund.org/Beacon-Series

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GRAIN @grain.org · 31/08/2026

🐟 L’aquaculture industrielle est synonyme de ravages environnementaux, sociaux et économiques de plus en plus intolérables, surtout pour les communautés locales. Le dernier Bulletin Nyéléni nous prépare à une grande campagne mondiale contre ce modèle désastreux. nyeleni.org/fr/category/...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 25/08/2026

A Gaza, seuls 3 % des terres agricoles restent accessibles et intactes, selon une nouvelle évaluation de l’ONU news.un.org/fr/story/202...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/08/2026

To bring out the evidence, US academic Tim Wise has crunched the numbers on 20 years of AGRA's impact... bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.tufts.... @usrighttoknow.bsky.social @ipes-food.org

Photo of various officials cutting a cake to celebrate AGRA's 20th anniversary

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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/08/2026

Powerful issue of @thecontinent.org zooms in on 20 years of the Bill Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and how it has backfired. Across AGRA’s 13 focus countries, the number of undernourished people rose by 58%. www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2... @timschwab.bsky.social

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GRAIN @grain.org · 21/08/2026

Popular mobilisation in Argentina halted plans to loosen restrictions on foreign land ownership, in a country where nearly 13 million ha of land already in foreign hands. While in Honduras, the Garífuna people are resisting the so-called Agroindustrial Law. grain.org/e/7409

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GRAIN @grain.org · 13/08/2026

⚠️ L'Union africaine est en train de définir une politique sur les semences paysannes dans le cadre de la ZLECAF, cet accord de libre-échange qui reprend les normes de l'UPOV. African Centre for Biodiversity analyse les enjeux et nous invite à agir. acbio.org.za/seed-soverei...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 11/08/2026

Over 60 groups object to a field trial of herbicide-tolerant GM rice called MR219 in Malaysia. People are concerned it will contaminate conventional and wild rice, with no redress for farmers who might suffer economic losses as a result. www.businesstoday.com.my/2026/08/11/6...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 11/08/2026

Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund, Danantara, buys 25% of JBS Australia/NZ to boost industrial meat production in SEAsia. JBS, a Brazilian powerhouse, leads global beef & poultry production through massive farms. It just did a similar deal with Oman's SWF. www.beefcentral.com/news/what-do...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 10/08/2026

Huge mobilisations across Argentina have stopped the Milei government from passing its 'reverse land reform' bill, which would have lifted the ceiling on foreign ownership of farmland. Details in Spanish: agenciatierraviva.com.ar/ley-de-tierr...

Protestor holds a sign saying "The land belongs to those who work it." Photo: Plaga Colectiva

Protestors dressed in Argentine flags. Photo: Plaga Colectiva

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GRAIN @grain.org · 07/08/2026

🔸If you are in Cotonou for the World Social Forum, join us! 🔹Si vous êtes à Cotonou pour le Forum Social Mondial, rejoignez-nous !

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GRAIN @grain.org · 06/08/2026

Across Africa, farmers' seed systems are getting formal policy recognition, but it comes alongside tighter seed regulation. African Centre of Biodiversity analyse the danger of farmers' seed systems being absorb into formal & commercial intellectual property schemes acbio.org.za/seed-soverei...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 05/08/2026

Five members of the Garifuna community in Honduras are facing persecution after a violent eviction in the town of San Juan. While now released, they are charged with “aggravated usurpation” of their own territory!

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GRAIN @grain.org · 05/08/2026

The bill would benefit big agribusiness groups already present or interested in Argentine farmland like Benetton or Adecoagro -a company owned by crypto giant Tether that has already acquired over 200,000 ha-.

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GRAIN @grain.org · 03/08/2026

Zebu herders in Madagascar are accusing an Italian company of land grabbing for carbon credits. Finnfund, which is financing the group, says that the local population’s situation has improved. Journalist Emma Strömberg investigates. farmlandgrab.org/33606 @reddmonitor.bsky.social @ottob.bsky.social

Malagasy communities protest against Tozzi Green. Their banner reads "We demand the restitution of our lands which Tozzi Green is using". Photo credit: Comité de Défense des Terres Ihorombe

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GRAIN @grain.org · 31/07/2026

Join 'Seed is Life' session at World Social Forum in Benin, Wednesday 5 August, 3-5 PM, bringing together efforts to fight back against privatisation of seeds, GMOs and UPOV in Africa to defend farmers' right and practices to maintain their seeds. @afsafrica.bsky.social

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GRAIN @grain.org · 30/07/2026

🆕 Un rapport publié aujourd'hui par @etcgroup.bsky.social et GRAIN confirme la forte concentration des entreprises dans le secteur agroalimentaire. Cette situation rend le système alimentaire plus vulnérable aux impacts de la crise climatique et de la guerre contre l'Iran. grain.org/e/7407

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GRAIN @grain.org · 30/07/2026

A new report by ETC Group & GRAIN confirms the intense corporate concentration in seeds, pesticides, fertilisers, farm machinery, animal pharma & livestock genetics. This leaves the food chain profoundly vulnerable to intensifying climate impacts and ripple effects of war on Iran. grain.org/e/7406

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GRAIN @grain.org · 30/07/2026

Des éleveurs malgaches accusent Tozzi Green, une entreprise italienne, d'accaparement des terres. Finnfund, qui participe au financement du projet, affirme que la situation de la population locale s'est améliorée. La journaliste Emma Strömberg a enquêté. farmlandgrab.org/33605

La population locale proteste contre la société italienne Tozzi Green. Sur la banderole on peut lire "Nous demandons la restitution de nos terres que Tozzi Green est en train d'utiliser". Photo : Comité de Défense des Terres d'Ihorombe

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GRAIN @grain.org · 27/07/2026

23,000 people ask General Mills & other food companies to keep HB4 wheat out of the US food supply. HB4 wheat is a new GMO approved for use in the US, but not commercialised there yet. It is resistant to glufosinate ammonium, a toxic herbicide that is banned in the EU. foe.org/news/general...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 27/07/2026

Former workers of Les Fermes de la Teranga – a 20,000 hectare US-led agribusiness operation, formerly known as Senhuile – are still waiting for "almost two years" of back wages to be paid. Senegalese MP Guy Marius Sagna is pushing for action. farmlandgrab.org/33601 @oaklandinstitute.org

Senegalese MP Guy Marius Sagna is demanding answers from the State on the situation of the Fermes de la Teranga workers

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GRAIN @grain.org · 27/07/2026

Pour les personnes qui vivent dans des zones de guerre, la distribution alimentaire communautaire est cruciale. Découvrez la résilience de ces systèmes au Myanmar, au Soudan et en Ukraine dans la dernière édition du bulletin « Supermarket Watch ». grain.org/e/7403 @fian-international.bsky.social

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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/07/2026

Le poulet local constitue un pilier de la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique. Mais les gouvernements et les investisseurs se focalisent sur le poulet industriel. Rejoignez-nous au FSM à Cotonou le 5 août pour lancer une campagne sur le poulet local en Afrique : forms.gle/aJYpb69Gwx2Q...

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GRAIN @grain.org · 23/07/2026

Indigenous chicken breeds are the backbone of Africa's rural economies and social cohesion. But governments and corporate powers push industrial chicken! Join us at the World Social Forum on 5 Aug to hatch a campaign to defend local chickens for Africa's food sovereignty: forms.gle/aJYpb69Gwx2Q...

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