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5th Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Ceremony and FFD Annual Meeting – Sat. March 12th at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison WI!

Posted on February 15, 2016 by admin

Please Spread the Word! The Fifth Annual  John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Ceremony will be taking place on Sat. March 12th at 12:00 Noon at Bethel Lutheran Church (312 Wisconsin Ave.) in Madison, WI with a 12:00 … Continue reading →

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Congress Must Kill The Trans Pacific Partnership

Posted on February 8, 2016 by admin

By: Jim Goodman, dairy farmer from Wonewoc, WI and a member of Family Farm Defenders Trade is good, but “free trade” doesn’t work for farmers or workers or most everyone else. Free trade does, however, work spectacularly well for corporations … Continue reading →

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Seeking Farmer Nominations for the 2016 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize!

Posted on December 15, 2015 by admin

Please Spread the Word – Deadline for Nominations is Jan. 15th! Family Farm Defenders is urgently seeking nominations and sponsors for the 2016 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize! The criteria to be nominated include: Engaged in own farm … Continue reading →

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‘‍Stink In’ protest brings visibility to CAFO concerns

Posted on November 16, 2015 by admin

By Jim Massey, Country Today, 11/16/2015 MADISON — Peo­ple op­posed to the ex­pan­sion of con­cen­trated an­i­mal feed­ing op­er­a­tions in Wis­con­sin brought their mes­sage to the state Capi­tol steps Nov. 7 with what they called a “Stink In” protest. About 100 … Continue reading →

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Black Farmers Lives Matter – Defending African American Land and Agriculture in the Deep South

Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin

By Beverly Bell, Other Worlds, Oct. 5th, 2015 The 2015 US Food Sovereignty Prize goes to two organizations that are demonstrating just how much Black lives matter, as they defend their ancestral lands for community-controlled food production. The Federation of … Continue reading →

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