Category Archives: Food Sovereignty

Celebrating April 17th, La Via Campesina’s International Day of Peasant Struggle

By Jim Goodman, FFD board member and retired organic dairy farmer, Wonewoc WI “Our lives are dependent on the sacrifice of the Campesinos”- Cesar Chavez On April 17, 1996 1,500 members of Brazil’s MST, the Landless Peasants Movement, having been … Continue reading

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New GE Wheat Poses Risks for Farmers and the Environment

By: Anthony Pahnke, Vice President of the Family Farm Defenders and Assistant Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University, and Jim Goodman repurposed dairy farmer from Wonewoc, Wisconsin and board President of the National Family Farm Coalition. Originally … Continue reading

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Ban corporations from farmland purchases, promote food security

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

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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Corporate profits outweigh health, culture and livelihood

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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