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Ban corporations from farmland purchases, promote food security

Posted on August 9, 2023 by admin

By: Anthony Pahnke, FFD vice president and an associate professor of international relations at San Francisco State University. Originally published in the Hill, 8/6/23 Food security is national security. That has been one justification used by some legislators, from North … Continue reading →

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Solutions to Replace the Destructive International Neoliberal Agricultural System

Posted on July 11, 2023 by admin

By: George Naylor, FFD board member and IA organic farmer (with his wife Patti) Originally published by Counterpunch, May 5th, 2023 I dream up new utopias every day. After all, life, harmonious with Mother Nature and our fellow human beings, … Continue reading →

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Immigration Reform is Possible— the Farm Bill Shows How

Posted on May 22, 2023 by admin

Why not give lawmakers a space to hash out their differences, not as a one-shot game, but something they can come back to every now and again? By: Anthony Pahnke, FFD Vice President Originally Published by Common Dreams 5/19/2023 It … Continue reading →

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Corporate profits outweigh health, culture and livelihood

Posted on March 15, 2023 by admin

Forcing GMO corn on Mexico is part of destructive, pro-corporate U.S. policy By: Jim Goodman, retired organic dairy farmer, board member of Family Farm Defenders, and board president of National Family Farm Coalition. Published by the Wisconsin Examiner, 3/13/2023 As … Continue reading →

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Competition policy in the 2023 Farm Bill offers next chance for bipartisan progress

Posted on March 12, 2023 by admin

By: Anthony Pahnke, Vice President of Family Farm Defenders and Associate Professor of International Relations, San Francisco State University. Published by The Hill, 3/7/2023 First it was infrastructure and then semiconductors. Now, it’s agriculture’s turn to showcase what real bipartisanship … Continue reading →

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