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Family Farm Defenders Annual Meeting & John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Dinner! Sat. April 7th, 2018 – Baraboo, WI

Posted on March 6, 2018 by admin

Best Western Baraboo Inn – 725 W. Pine St. 9:00 am – 12:00 Noon  FFD Annual Meeting – open to the public 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm  local food lunch (suggested $10 donation) 1:00 – 4:00 pm  Community Food Sovereignty … Continue reading →

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Retailers Want to Own Farmers – CAFOs Fill the Bill

Posted on March 3, 2018 by admin

By: Jim Goodman, organic dairy/beef farmer near Wonewoc, WI, board member of Family Farm Defenders and new president of the National Family Farm Coalition As dairy farmers have seen many times in the past, a glut of milk has flooded … Continue reading →

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Free Trade should benefit the people, not corporations

Posted on January 15, 2018 by admin

By:  Jim Goodman, organic dairy/beef farmer (Wonewoc, WI) and FFD Board Member Capital Times (Madison, WI) Jan. 10, 2018 There is a lot of angst in the US corporate world. They are quite concerned that the renegotiation talks between the … Continue reading →

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Stop pretending the estate tax has anything to do with us family farmers

Posted on November 15, 2017 by admin

Rolling back the estate tax is the least of our concerns By:  Jim Goodman, FFD board member and organic dairy farmer, Wonewoc, WI Washington Post, 11/15/17 Politicians love to invoke the “family farmer” when it’s politically useful. (Astrid Riecken for The … Continue reading →

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Why Family Farmers Must Stand in Solidarity With Our Immigrant Sisters and Brothers and Oppose AB 190

Posted on September 26, 2017 by admin

Statement by:  John E. Peck, Executive Director, Family Farm Defenders People’s Hearing Against Anti-Immigrant Bill AB 190 – Wisconsin State Capitol Wed.  9/27/2017 Imagine being dragged from your home by armed men, beaten, and then thrown behind bars to await … Continue reading →

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