Fwd: Supporting Cooperatives. Add your voice to help feed the world fairly and sustainably

[Simon Fairlie]

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> On 31 May 2012 10:19, John Bacon <john.bacon at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> This is about trying to get the Cooperative movement expanding  
> world wide. Run and owned by members. John B
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> From: The Co-operative Campaigns
> To: john.bacon at phonecoop.coop
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:47 AM
> Subject: Add your voice to help feed the world fairly and sustainably
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> Social Goals update | May 2012
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> Join The Co-operative and Oxfam in asking the UK Government to  
> champion smallholder farmers and co-operatives
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> Encourage your friends to take action too – forward this email or  
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> Help Grow Co-operatives
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> We’ve launched our Grow Co-operatives campaign to call for greater  
> support for smallholder farmers and co-operatives to feed the world  
> fairly and sustainably
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> Already over 7,200 of our members and Oxfam GB supporters have  
> added their voice to ask that the UK Government champions  
> smallholder farmers and co-operatives at the Rio+20 summit – the UN  
> Conference on Sustainable Development – in June.
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> Why smallholder farmers?
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> They already feed nearly a third of humanity
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> With the right training and investment, they offer an excellent  
> route to feed the world’s growing population fairly and sustainably
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> If they are supported to form co-operatives, this enables them to  
> pool resources, realise economies of scale and secure fairer prices.
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> Why now?
> Rio+20 is a crucial opportunity to get smallholders and co- 
> operatives onto the international agenda.
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> We’ll present the UK Government with the names of the thousands of  
> people supporting the campaign ahead of Rio+20, which is just weeks  
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