Let us pray for a fairer market share for small family farmers. Let us pray that the dealings between the countryside and the city are assigned the value and dignity they deserve. Let us pray for all the small farmers who with effort, love, and care allow us to have food on the table.
In Colombia, almost 14.8 million people belong to small family farming communities. They represent 43.6% of the national population and are a fundamental part of Colombia’s food sovereignty.
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Here’s what we’ve seen this week: Israeli parliamentarians celebrated as they passed a death-penalty law targeting Palestinians. They popped the champagne, and wore lapel pins
Since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, 14 people have been killed and 93 have been injured in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Sami Rasouli, founder of Muslim Peacemaker Teams and long time friend of CPT, reflects on a life of peacemaking between Najaf and the Twin Cities, on the legacy of the US occupation of Iraq, and the principles we must hold on to in wartime.