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Real Milk Stories – Please Spread the Word and Lend Your Support!

Posted on May 28, 2014 by admin

We started Family Farm Defenders to help protect and defend small family farmers. But we are losing too many small family farms. Help share the stories of dairy farmers who are losing their farms. Real Milk Stories Family dairy farms … Continue reading →

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“Farmland” Fables – What the Documentary Gets Wrong

Posted on April 30, 2014 by admin

By:  Jim Goodman, FFD board member Originally posted on Civil Eats, 4/30/14 ‘Farmland’ Fables: What the Documentary Gets Wrong The promotional website for the new film Farmland invites viewers to “step inside the world of farming for a first-hand glimpse into … Continue reading →

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Family Farmers and Allies to Protest Dairy Price Fixing and Global Carbon Trading Outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) – 141 W. Jackson – at 12:00 Noon on April 18th

Posted on April 9, 2014 by admin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/9/14: Contact: John E. Peck, Executive Director, Family Farm Defenders, (608) 260-0900 Chicago, Illinois  – To mark Via Campesina’s International Day of Peasant Struggle, family farmers and their allies will converge at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) … Continue reading →

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Family Farm Defenders Announces Winners of the Third Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize! – Invites Public to Attend Land + Water + Seeds = Food Conference Featuring Raj Patel Held in Conjunction with the Award Ceremony – March 14-15 at UW-Baraboo

Posted on February 5, 2014 by admin

For Immediate Release: March 3rd, 2014 Contact: John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders #608-260-0900 Family Farm Defenders is proud to announce the winners of this year’s John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize – Blain Snipstal with Five … Continue reading →

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John Kinsman, Founder and Longtime President of Family Farm Defenders, Has Passed Away

Posted on January 20, 2014 by admin

Here is the sad news that some were expecting. John Kinsman, age 87, passed away in the afternoon on Mon. Jan. 20th at his family’s farm, less than a mile from his birth place. He was laid to rest in … Continue reading →

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