🙌 Congratulations to our friend & colleague Sofía Monsalve Suárez on her appointment as UN Special Rapporteur on the #RightToFood.

A tireless advocate for food as a human right, not a commodity.

At this critical moment, her leadership matters more than ever.

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🇺🇳 UN Working Group on #Peasants & UN Special Rapporteur on #Food urge that #BindingResponsibility be imposed on agribusiness companies to safeguard #PeasantsRights & global #FoodSecurity

👉 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/un-experts-urge-binding-accountability-agribusiness-safeguard-peasants

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Seeds of #Sovereignty: #Indigenous leaders affirm food as a right, a relationship, and a responsibility

Mon, November 10, 2025

#Toronto #Canada - "#RightToFood and four Indigenous-led Community #FoodCentres have released Seeds of Sovereignty, a new living brief that shares stories, truths, and policy recommendations from Indigenous food leaders across the country.

"The document is both a reflection and a call to action. It outlines six key recommendations aimed at strengthening and celebrating Indigenous food sovereignty including the enactment of an #IndigenousFoodSovereigntyAct, reform of food safety and licensing regulations, recognition of Indigenous law as legitimate governance over food systems, and sustained, unrestricted funding aligned with #Seasonal cycles and community leadership.

" 'The Western system limited our imagination,' says Raymond Jordan Johnson-Brown, Indigenous Network Manager at Right To Food. 'Seeds of Sovereignty invites policymakers and partners to step into the imaginary — to reimagine what #equitable food systems look like when led by #IndigenousPeoples.'

"Jolene Andrew, Director of Community Development at #Líl̓wat Community Food Centre, adds: 'We don't need permission — we just need to do it. This brief is a reminder that sovereignty is already being lived in our communities every day.'

"Developed through gatherings in #Iqaluit, #Nunavut (2024) and #Líl̓watNation, #BritishColumbia (2025), Seeds of Sovereignty amplifies the collective voice of Right To Food's Indigenous Community Food Centres and Indigenous Network. It highlights what is already thriving in communities — hunters harvesting country food, youth learning traditional skills, Elders teaching, and families gathering — affirming that food sovereignty is alive.

" 'Our communities are not waiting. We are organizing, harvesting, teaching land-based skills, and pushing policy,' the brief states. 'Food is not a service — it's a right, a relationship, a responsibility.' "

Source:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/seeds-sovereignty-indigenous-leaders-affirm-174000530.html

Full document and stories from participating communities are available at:
https://righttofood.ca/good-food-organizations/indigenous-network/seeds-of-sovereignty/

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The global food system is broken – & @FAO is in no fit state to fix it.

In this @foodtank op-ed, Pat Mooney, Shalmali Guttal & Sofía Monsalve Suárez call for bold UN reform.

⚠️ Duplication
⚠️ Conflicts of interest

🔗 https://ipes-food.org/the-global-food-system-is-broken-fao/

#RightToFood #FoodSovereignty #FAO

#Corporatepower and #humanrights in #foodsystems -

#Report of the #SpecialRapporteur on the #righttofood, #MichaelFakhri

https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/a80213-corporate-power-and-human-rights-food-systems-report-special