National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association is a
coalition of Independent Consumer and Farmer groups united in a
common mission and purpose : ~To promote and preserve
unregulated direct farmer-to-consumer trade that fosters
availability of locally grown or home-produced food products.
~To oppose any government funded or managed National Animal
Identification System. International agricultural trade must be
ethical before it is economic Is free trade hindering food
sovereignty? By Pascal Lamy The term "food sovereignty" is not
defined anywhere in the dictionary and tends to designate
different things for different people. For some people, food
sovereignty means the sovereign right for governments to define
their food policy to best feed their population. For others, it
means the necessity to produce food locally and the right to
protect their importations. In fact, an increasing number of
consumers call themselves today "locavores" - another word which
is also not in the dictionary - referring to th