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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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Don’t Fall for the Hype of Free Trade Agreements

Posted on April 25, 2019 by admin

By: Jim Goodman, board member of Family Farm Defenders from Wonewoc, WI Published by Common Dreams, Wed. April 17, 2019 NAFTA 2.0 is not about feeding people or doing right by American farmers or Canadian farmers or Mexican farmers—it is … Continue reading →

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Got Anti-Trust? Protest outside the CME on Thurs. April 18th against Food Monopoly and for Food Sovereignty!

Posted on April 8, 2019 by admin

Join family farmers, food justice activists, and other allies to mark La Via Campesina’s International Day of Peasant Struggle with a protest to demand anti-trust action against the food giants outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)! 11:30 am – 12:30 … Continue reading →

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FFD Annual Meeting and 8th Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Dinner! Sun. March 24th, Round Barn Lodge, Spring Green WI

Posted on February 16, 2019 by admin

Join us for the 2019 Family Farm Defenders’ Annual Meeting (all members and allies are welcome!) from 9:00 am – 12:00 Noon, followed at 1:00 pm by the 8th Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Dinner & … Continue reading →

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Why We All Should Join the Grand Alliance for a Stronger Better U.S. Postal Service!

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

By: John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders Published in the Winter 2019 Issue Defenders Newsletter Having grown up in rural area the U.S. Post Office was almost a magical institution in my childhood memory. I would wait in … Continue reading →

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