Press Releases

Press Release For Immediate Release: March 29, 2007 Contact: Anuradha Mittal, (510) 469-5228; [email protected] Communities Versus Pharmaceutical Conglomerates How Food Became a Casualty of Biotechnology’s Promise (Oakland, CA) – A new policy brief from the Oakland Institute, How Food Became a Casualty of Biotechnology’s Promise, exposes how pharmaceutical conglomerates are using the agricultural sector to underwrite their research and development efforts as they work to transform plants and animals into drug and organ factories to further their profits.While there are over 30 prot

Press Release For Immediate Release: February 14, 2007 Contact: Anuradha Mittal, (510) 469-5228; [email protected] Katy Mamen (707) 874-1317; [email protected] Retail Consolidation Threatens U.S.

Press Release For Immediate Release: October 16, 2006, World Food Day Contact: Anuradha Mittal, (510) 469-5228; [email protected] Sahel: A Prisoner of Starvation? A Case Study of the 2005 Food Crisis in Niger Responsible For Increasing Hunger & Poverty in the Sahel Region Oakland, CA October 16, 2006: Sahel that stretches over 3,500 km from Mauritania in the west to Chad in the east, is one of the most dangerous places for children. According to the United Nations some 300,000 children under the age of five face the risk of death from malnutrition each year in the region.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2006CONTACT: Christine Ahn, 310-482-9333| [email protected]—June 1—As trade negotiators from the United States and South Korea begin free trade talks on June 5, American and Korean workers, farmers and legislators will voice their opposition to the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at a press conference on June 7, 2006, 10 AM at the Cannon Terrace, Washington, DC.Rep.

For Immediate Release: April 27, 2006 Contact: Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, (510) 469-5228; [email protected] A New Policy Brief on the Recent Overhaul of the U.S. Foreign Aid Playing Politics With Aid The Unholy Trinity of Defense, Development and Diplomacy in the War of Terrorism Oakland, CA, April 27, 2006 – In light of recent changes in the way U.S.

INVITATION/ INVITACIONFrom: Agricultural Missions, Inc (AMI) and the Oakland Institute (OI)To: Organizations, Study Circles, Faith Communities, Networks and Coalitions involved in Social Justice Struggles involving Immigrants, Farmworkers, Union Organizing, Farmers, Small Business Advocacy, Labor Rights, Indigenous Peoples Autonomy, Agricultural Policy Advocacy, and others.Re: On-Line Forum and Discussion on Immigration, Free Trade and US Farm Policy, Proposed for June 7-28, 2006 in a Listserve yahoogroup format.We would like to invite you and your organization, network, community group, faith

Press Release For Immediate Release: October 26, 2005 Contacts: Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, (510) 469-5228; [email protected] Garcia, Communications Director, (617) 501-2888; [email protected] THE OAKLAND INSTITUTE RELEASES NEW REPORT ON FOOD AID PROGRAMS Famine in Niger Reinforces the Need for Drastic Changes in Food Aid Oakland, CA October 26, 2005 — In light of the current famine in Niger, the Oakland Institute’s new report, Food Aid or Food Sovereignty?

A New Report on Right Wing and Corporate Influences in Higher Education TURNING THE TIDE: CHALLENGING THE RIGHT ON CAMPUS by Anuradha Mittal with Felicia Gustin; Foreword by Howard ZinnOakland, CA September 7, 2006 - Oakland, CA September 5, 2006 – As the academic year gets underway, a new report from Speak Out and the Oakland Institute, Turning the Tide: Challenging the Right on Campus, calls for building a broad-based and sustainable movement for progressive values on college campuses.“Given tomorrow’s political, social, cultural, and economic leaders are being formed today on the nation’s

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 8, 2005 Contact: Lucas Benitez,CIW/ 239-503-0133; Julia Perkins, CIW/239-986-0891; Laurie Schalow, Taco Bell Corp./949-863-3915 or onsite at 949-637-1153 COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS, TACO BELL ® REACH GROUNDBREAKING AGREEMENT CIW to end Taco Bell boycott; Taco Bell to pay penny-per-pound surcharge demanded by workers, will work with CIW to raise farm labor standards in supply chain, across industry as a whole March 8, 2005 (IMMOKALEE/LOUISVILLE) – In a precedent-setting move, fast-food industry leader Taco Bell Corp., a division of Yum!

For Immediate Release Date: February 24, 2005Contact: Tony Clarke: 613-746-8374/613-237-1717;[email protected] Mittal: 510-469-5228; [email protected] The International Water Bottle Association (IBWA) has launched an attack on the U.S. and Canada-based Polaris Institute, in response to its new report, Inside the Bottle, which dismantles water industry lies concerning the virtues of bottled water.