“Soybean Wars” speaking tour kicks off in Chicago

Posted September 22, 2008 in The Understory

The RAN agribusiness campaign, together with Student Trade Justice Campaign have organized a U.S. speaking tour for Leticia Galeano, a campesina youth leader from Paraguay. Other co-sponsors include Georgetown University,…

How many sins are in your mission statement?

Posted March 13, 2008 in The Understory

The Vatican, in an effort to modernize the Catholic Church, has revised the list of mortal sins. Even those of us who fell asleep in the pews could recite the…

A Cargill Tale: Spray it, Buy it, Ship it

Posted March 9, 2008 in The Understory

Final Dispatch: Andrea and Jodie writing from the South American soy frontier On the way back from visiting the threatened Yaguarete forest and the community of Tava Guarani, we happened…

From Dekalpar to Toropiru

Posted March 4, 2008 in The Understory

Dispatch #2: Jodie and Andrea writing from Paraguay Rural campesino communities in Paraguay are isolated from each other by many conditions: poor roads, distance, lack of bus fare (or lack…

Notes from the Soy Highway

Posted February 25, 2008 in The Understory

A joint dispatch from Jodie and Andrea, RAN campaigners traveling through Argentina and Paraguay: The trip between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Asuncion, Paraguay, takes 16 hours by bus. Although about…