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Family Farm Defenders Responds to Midwest Drought by Raising Funds to Help Wisconsin Farmers – Teams Up With the First Annual Wisconsin Reggae Festival for a Drought Relief Benefit Show

Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin

For Immediate Release Aug. 2, 2012 Contact: 608-260-0900 – John Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders Sat. Aug. 18th 3:00 pm – 1:30 am High Saloon 701 E. Washington Ave, Madison, WI Family farmers across America’s Heartland are in the … Continue reading →

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Family Farm Defenders Seeks Nominations for the 2nd Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin

Family Farm Defenders, a national farmer and consumer advocacy group based in Wisconsin, and well known worldwide for espousing the principles of food sovereignty, is proud to announce it is seeking nominations for its 2nd Annual Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty … Continue reading →

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Farmers, Consumers, Taxpayers Protest at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Shareholder Meeting to Expose Runaway Corruption, Greed, and Speculation by the 1%

Posted on May 22, 2012 by admin

For Immediate Release                                       5/22/12 Wed. May 23rd 4:30 pm Thompson Center (Randolph & Clarke) in Chicago On Wed. May 23rd Family Farm Defenders will be joining Stand Up Chicago and other allies for a … Continue reading →

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America’s Mad Cow Crisis

Posted on April 26, 2012 by admin

By:  John Stauber, founder of the Center for Media and Democracy, co-author of Mad Cow USA Published on Thursday, April 26, 2012 by Common Dreams Americans might remember that when the first mad cow was confirmed in the United States … Continue reading →

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ALL OUT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEASANT STRUGGLE – April 17th & 18th in Chicago!

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin

Following the massacre, on April 17, 1996, of 19 landless workers during a march in Brazil for agrarian reform, Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) in conjunction La Via Campesina declared April 17th the International Day of Peasant Struggle. Family Farm … Continue reading →

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