Popular Peasant Movement (MCP)

The Popular Peasant Movement (MCP) is a grassroots organization in Brazil that advocates for the protection of local peasant economies and food sovereignty through organizing small farmers and communities around sustainable agriculture practices. MCP has been a leading voice in the state of Goiás against the expansion of large scale industrial plantations for the production of agrofuels and the dissemination of genetically modified seeds.

MCP’s Creole Seeds Program is a successful organizing tool that encourages the production, growth and distribution of local seeds. Through the Creole Seeds Program, communities are preserving local genetic materials and strengthening their resistance to the rapid expansion of agro-fuels in Goiás. The MCP also sponsors a women's collective factory which packages and sells locally grown products.