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STOP THE SUGAR RUSH. Page 2 Critical Questions What factors influence how much food a small scale farmer can grow? What tools and support would help small.

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1 STOP THE SUGAR RUSH

2 Page 2 Critical Questions What factors influence how much food a small scale farmer can grow? What tools and support would help small scale farmers to be more productive? Are big farms using lots of machinery always the most productive and fairest way to grow food? What foods and drinks have a lot of sugar added to them? What can you find out about where and how sugar cane is grown in the world?

3 Page 3 Why is land so important?

4 Page 4 Why is land so important?

5 Page 5 What is a ‘land grab’? Watch this animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GL54O0QthE&feature=c4 -overview-vl&list=PLfD96KvUVpWGW4DzH6oe- ThMIh8hkITZOhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GL54O0QthE&feature=c4 -overview-vl&list=PLfD96KvUVpWGW4DzH6oe- ThMIh8hkITZO

6 Page 6 It’s a ‘land grab’ if… It includes at least one of the following: 1. It violates human rights (e.g. violence or threats are used). 2. People don’t give their free and informed consent. 3. It ignores the impact on people’s lives (e.g. it makes people homeless). 4. It doesn’t use honest contracts people can understand. 5. It doesn’t give everyone a fair say.

7 Page 7 What's this got to do with sugar?

8 One company owns many brands

9 Mon Yorm’s story

10 Pernambuco, brazil

11 CocA-Cola listens Oxfam supporters, dressed as ‘sugar inspectors’, visit Coca Cola’s head office

12 What doEs OXFAM want to do? Oxfam is asking PepsiCo to agree with Coca- Cola and make sure their sugar doesn’t lead to land grabs. They should: KNOW how the sugar they buy impacts on land rights. SHOW where their ingredients come from and who grows them. COMMIT to zero tolerance of land grabs.

13 What can we do?


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