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Family Farmers to Protest Price Fixing Outside CME – Fri. April 15th 12:00 Noon, 141 W. Jackson in Chicago
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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Pull Together – Farmer Labor Tractorcade is a Roaring Success!
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
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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Action Alert – Contact Congress to Oppose Korea U.S. Free Trade Agreement!
Korea U.S. Free Trade Agreement – A Bad Deal for Family Farmers! The Obama Admin. is now pushing hard to pass a rehashed version of the Korea U.S. Free Trade Agreement (Korea FTA), first proposed by the Bush Administration back … Continue reading
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