MST distributes food in Aracaju
There are not a few urban communities in Brazil that have received support from rural movements in the fight against hunger during the pandemic. In Aracaju, for example, more than 40 entities received food produced by the Agrarian Reform, the Small Farmers Movement (MPA) and the Popular Peasant Movement (MCP). This type of initiative is a […]
Food distribution in Curitiba
MST camps, family farmers and the oil workers union started a joint action with the objective of donating food and gas to families in Curitiba and Araucárias. 400 loads of cooking gas and 15 tons of food were donated in different camps throughout the state of Paraná and by producers […]
Solidarity Hands
The Solidarity Hands action was a collaboration between volunteers, associations and social movements to combat the effect of the pandemic, especially from the distribution of food in the most vulnerable regions of cities in Pernambuco. It is a solidarity initiative between the countryside and the city that, together with the Periferia Viva campaign, has already distributed more than 50 tons of food produced […]
Food delivery by the MST
The MST, in partnership with cooperatives linked to Unisol Brasil, in São Paulo, and Unicatadores, in the Federal District, delivered food to several families on the urban periphery in both states. In São Paulo, there were 150 tons of food for vulnerable families in five municipalities in the Vale da Ribeira region. At the […]
Quilombola Farmers Cooperatives
Field production has been fundamental to guarantee food and nutritional security in urban peripheries. The Cooperativa dos Agricultores Quilombola do Vale do Ribeira (Cooperquivale) guaranteed food for vulnerable families in five municipalities in São Paulo. The partnership was made between the cooperative and partner community leaders in the municipalities, which, on the other hand, helps […]
Emergency plan for popular agrarian reform
The MST launched a campaign in defense of the Emergency Plan for popular agrarian reform. It contains the necessary protection and production measures to ensure dignified living conditions for the rural population. In addition, the movement highlights how the pandemic is related to the advance of the environmental crisis, from the unsustainable exploitation of […]
