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Since agriculture is so important, why are we leaving its future up to a few powerful companies?

We can create a sustainable agriculture system if we set the rules to benefit all of us equitably and to protect the planet. After all, technology will not change the fact that we are part of nature. By: Patti Naylor, … Continue reading

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Carbon Markets Aren’t What They Appear

We need to distinguish good, real solutions to the climate crisis from those that would continue to wreak havoc on the environment. By: Anthony Pahnke, FFD vice president and associate professor of international relations at San Francisco State University, CA … Continue reading

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YouTube Recording Available for the 2022 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Ceremony!

Thinks to the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ), you can listen to the full event here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv7wOAzgyeM

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Save the Date! 2022 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Ceremony & FFD Annual Meeting

Sat.Dec. 10th – UW-Madison’s Gordon Commons (770 W. Dayton St. in downtown Madison, WI) In memory of legendary organic pioneer and food sovereignty advocate, John Kinsman, Family Farm Defenders is proud to celebrate beginning farmers each year with a prize … Continue reading

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Farm bill offers opportunity to challenge corporate control of the food system

By: Anthony Pahnke, vice president of Family Farm Defenders, and Associate Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University, CA. Originally published by The Hill, 10/13/22 To his credit, Biden has been trying. That is, the current administration has … Continue reading

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