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The Climate Crisis and the Future of the Beef Industry – Rebuilding the U.S. cattle herd is imperative for labor standards, climate stability and a just transition for meat worker

Posted on July 30, 2022 by admin

Guest Editorial by Dennis Olson, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) (published online May 16, 2022) At its peak, Cargill’s beef plant in Plainview, Texas employed 2000 workers with good paying union jobs and generous benefits, collectively bargained with the … Continue reading →

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WTO Meeting Presents Opportunity to Challenge Corporate Control Over Food Supply

Posted on June 12, 2022 by admin

By Anthony Pahnke, Vice President of Family Farm Defenders, and Assistant Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University in CA. Originally published by TruthOut, June. 12, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that our concentrated … Continue reading →

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Family Farmers Stand in Solidarity with Striking Workers

Posted on May 17, 2022 by admin

For Immediate Release – May, 2022 Contact: Zena McFadden (608) 475 1534 and/or Joel Greeno (608) 462 3560 From the successful strikes at Starbucks shops, to the work stoppage at the farm implement dealer, CNH Industrial, the labor movement is … Continue reading →

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The US Forces Its Flawed Food System on the World

Posted on April 25, 2022 by admin

We ignore the fact that efforts, like AGRA, have failed and we refuse to support and fund Agroecological solutions that will work. By Jim Goodman, FFD board member and retired WI dairy farmer Originally published by Common Dreams, April 22, … Continue reading →

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Don’t be Fooled Wisconsin by TIAA’s Greenwashing!

Posted on March 31, 2022 by admin

Farmers, Students, Teachers, and Unions Deliver a “Thank You” Cake to UW-Madison Chancellor, Rebecca Blank, Asking Her as a Board Member of TIAA to No Longer Allow the Global Pension Fund’s Investment in Land Grabbing, Fossil Fuels, and Climate Injustice! … Continue reading →