Category Archives: Food Sovereignty

WTO Meeting Presents Opportunity to Challenge Corporate Control Over Food Supply

By Anthony Pahnke, Vice President of Family Farm Defenders, and Assistant Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University in CA. Originally published by TruthOut, June. 12, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that our concentrated … Continue reading

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Helping Small Processors Won’t Work Unless We Break Up Big Meat

By Anthony Pahnke, Vice President, Family Farm Defenders Originally Published by Civil Eats, Jan. 13th, 2022 As an organizer working with farm groups in Wisconsin, I have asked many poultry farmers about the conditions they’re working under. Sadly, no one … Continue reading

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For the Rights of Humans and Nature, Line 3 Fight Must Continue!

By: Anthony Pahnke, vice president of Family Farm Defenders, and assistant professor of international relations at San Francisco State University in San Francisco. Originally published by the Cap Times (Madison, WI) on Aug. 28th, 2021 People who grow and harvest … Continue reading

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Family Farm Defenders Stands in Solidarity with Striking Indian Farmers to Oppose Modi’s Neoliberal Corporate Agribusiness Agenda

On this Jan. 18th 2021 as India celebrates National Women Farmers Day and the U.S. celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Family Farm Defenders wishes to express solidarity with our sisters and brothers in India as they continue their struggle … Continue reading

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FFD Annual Meeting and 8th Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Dinner! Sun. March 24th, Round Barn Lodge, Spring Green WI

Join us for the 2019 Family Farm Defenders’ Annual Meeting (all members and allies are welcome!) from 9:00 am – 12:00 Noon, followed at 1:00 pm by the 8th Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Dinner & … Continue reading

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