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FAMILY FOOD PRODUCERS AND ANTI-HUNGER ADVOCATES URGE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL SUPPLY CHAINS IN NEXT STIMULUS BILL

Posted on April 1, 2020 by admin

Call for funds to directly invest in communities to build out critical infrastructure between local and regional food producers and families in need of healthy food FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2020 Communication Contact: Jennifer Fahy (Farm Aid), jennifer@farmaid.org, (617) … Continue reading →

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Save Our Great Lakes – New T-Shirt Available!

Posted on January 26, 2020 by admin

Thanks to artist, Susan Simensky Bietila, and in solidarity with our many native allies fighting corporate resource extraction across the Great Lakes including the proposed Back Forty Mine on the Menominee River between Northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Family … Continue reading →

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Twenty Years Later the “Spirit of Seattle” Lives On! – How the Food Sovereignty Movement Helped Bring Down the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Posted on November 20, 2019 by admin

By: John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders “This is what democracy looks like!” – that was but one of the many chants heard on the streets of numerous cities during the recent Global Climate Change Strike – a … Continue reading →

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Family Farm Defenders 2019 Fair Trade Holiday Giftboxes Now Available!

Posted on November 14, 2019 by admin

Just “Say Cheese” Holiday Gift Boxes! Family Farm Defenders is proud to once again offer many giftboxes you can send to your family and friends over the holiday season. We are excited to offer award-winning Cedar Grove Cheeses along with … Continue reading →

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USFSA Announces Winners of the 2019 Food Sovereignty Prize

Posted on August 31, 2019 by admin

The U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance is very excited to announce the winners of the 2019 Food Sovereignty Prize. Urban Tilth (Richmond, CA) is the domestic honoree, and Plan Pueblo a Pueblo (Plan People to People; Venezuela) is the international honoree. … Continue reading →

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