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Remembering April 17th, Via Campesina’s International Day of Peasant Struggles, Through Defending Local Food and Building Community Self-Reliance in Maine

Posted on April 17, 2011 by admin

By. Bob St. Peter, Food for Maine’s Future and FFD board member Today, April 17, 2011, marks the 15th anniversary of the death of 19 Brazilian landless workers who were killed for using vacant land to grow their food. It’s … Continue reading →

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Family Farmers to Protest Price Fixing Outside CME – Fri. April 15th 12:00 Noon, 141 W. Jackson in Chicago

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

To mark Via Campesina’s International Day of Peasant Struggle, family farmers and their allies will once again be converging on the doorstep of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) – 141 W. Jackson – at Noon on Fri. April 15th to … Continue reading →

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Family Farm Defenders Joins Sixty Others in Filing Suit Against Monsanto’s Patent

Posted on March 29, 2011 by admin

For immediate release:                          3/29/11 Contact: Joel Greeno – FFD vice president  #608-463-7634 John E. Peck, FFD exec. director  #608-260-0900 Dan Ravitcher, PubPat exec. director #212-461-1902 Family Farm Defenders Joins Sixty Others in Filing Suit Against Monsanto’s Patent Preemptive Action Seeks … Continue reading →

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Pull Together – Farmer Labor Tractorcade is a Roaring Success!

Posted on March 10, 2011 by admin

Fifty three tractors turned up in Madison for the Farmer Labor Tractorade on Sat. March 12th and met an enthusiastic crowd some reports say was the largest yet at 100,000+ people.  There were also a couple of manure spreaders with … Continue reading →

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Family Farms and Unions: Wisconsin Farmers on Collective Bargaining as a Farming Issue

Posted on March 1, 2011 by admin

Some farmers are supporting union workers in Madison, WI who oppose a state bill that would cut collective bargaining for government employees. Here is FFD board member and organic dairy farmer, Jim Goodman, speaking at a rally at the WI … Continue reading →

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