Category Archives: Farm Bill

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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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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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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