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Fair Trade Holiday Gift Boxes are Back for 2024!

Posted on December 11, 2024 by admin

Family Farm Defenders is proud to once again offer many giftboxes you can send to your family and friends over the holiday season. We are excited to offer award-winning Cedar Grove Cheeses along with other delicious products – artisanal Potters … Continue reading →

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Spanish Farmers, Javier Fatas and Luis Portillo, Visit Midwest on Solidarity Tour! Join Family Farm Defenders for 2024 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Award Ceremony– this Year’s Prize Winners: Shae and Anna Pesek of Over the Moon Farm (Coggon, IA)!

Posted on November 27, 2024 by admin

Contact:Patti Naylor, FFD president, 515-370-3919Anthony Pahnke, FFD vice president, 612-916-9148John E. Peck, FFD executive director, 608-345-3918 Fri. Dec. 6th 3:00 – 4:30 pm UW-Madison, Rm. 206 Ingraham Hall (1155 Observatory Dr.) Global Solidarity, Farmer Protests, and Food Sovereignty discussion – cohosted … Continue reading →

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You Are Cordially Invited! John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Ceremony and FFD Annual Meeting – Sat. Dec. 7th thru Sun. Dec. 8th in Sauk City, WI

Posted on November 11, 2024 by admin

Harvest Banquet and Award Ceremony! Sat. Dec. 7, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Park Hall – 307 Polk St. – Sauk City, WI 53583 Congratulations to the 2024 John Kinsman Prize Winners! Shae and Anna Pesek of Over the Moon … Continue reading →

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New GE Wheat Poses Risks for Farmers and the Environment

Posted on October 12, 2024 by admin

By: Anthony Pahnke, Vice President of the Family Farm Defenders and Assistant Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University, and Jim Goodman repurposed dairy farmer from Wonewoc, Wisconsin and board President of the National Family Farm Coalition. Originally … Continue reading →

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Nominations Open for the 2024 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize! Deadline is Sept. 30th!

Posted on September 6, 2024 by admin

Each year Family Farm Defenders (FFD) is proud to host the John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize – named in honor of John Kinsman, one of the founders and longtime president of Family Farm Defenders who passed away at … Continue reading →

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