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Trump’s Trade Deals Endanger Farmers and Our Food System
Trump’s efforts to undo the previous administration’s policies set up our food system for disruption and crisis, subjecting farmers to the uncertainties of international markets and developments elsewhere. By: Anthony Pahnke, Family Farm Defenders vice president and Associate Professor of … Continue reading
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MAY DAY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN and HOW CAN WE HONOR IT?
By: Rebecca Goodman, FFD board member, retired organic dairy farmer – Wonewoc, WI When I was a child being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic grade school, May 1st signified the beginning of the month of Mary, mother of Jesus. … Continue reading
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Celebrating April 17th, La Via Campesina’s International Day of Peasant Struggle
By Jim Goodman, FFD board member and retired organic dairy farmer, Wonewoc WI “Our lives are dependent on the sacrifice of the Campesinos”- Cesar Chavez On April 17, 1996 1,500 members of Brazil’s MST, the Landless Peasants Movement, having been … Continue reading
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Why Family Farmers and Other Rural Folks Support a Strong Public U.S. Postal Service
By: John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders Since 1775 when Benjamin Franklin became the very first Postmaster General, the USPS has faithfully fulfilled the many lofty goals that are now inscribed outside the entrance of the U.S. Postal … Continue reading
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Opposition to ICE crackdown might be bigger than you think
By: Anthony Pahnke, FFD Vice President and Associate Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University. Originally published by the Captimes (Madison, WI), 3/13/2025 About 100 people, including myself, my mother, faith leaders, some farmers and other community members … Continue reading
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