Category Archives: Fair Trade

Farmers are in Trouble—Restructuring the USMCA Could Turn Things Around

Posted on September 24, 2025 by admin

New labeling requirements to ensure the integrity of domestic markets, as well as price guarantees tied to anti-dumping measures, could improve the economic prospects of producers amid our ongoing trade war. By: Anthony Pahnke, FFD Vice President and Associate Professor … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Trade Deals Endanger Farmers and Our Food System

Posted on May 20, 2025 by admin

Trump’s efforts to undo the previous administration’s policies set up our food system for disruption and crisis, subjecting farmers to the uncertainties of international markets and developments elsewhere. By: Anthony Pahnke, Family Farm Defenders vice president and Associate Professor of … 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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Don’t Fall for the Hype of Free Trade Agreements

Posted on April 25, 2019 by admin

By: Jim Goodman, board member of Family Farm Defenders from Wonewoc, WI Published by Common Dreams, Wed. April 17, 2019 NAFTA 2.0 is not about feeding people or doing right by American farmers or Canadian farmers or Mexican farmers—it is … Continue reading →

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Free Trade should benefit the people, not corporations

Posted on January 15, 2018 by admin

By:  Jim Goodman, organic dairy/beef farmer (Wonewoc, WI) and FFD Board Member Capital Times (Madison, WI) Jan. 10, 2018 There is a lot of angst in the US corporate world. They are quite concerned that the renegotiation talks between the … Continue reading →

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