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Category Archives: Food Sovereignty
Family Farm Defenders Endorses National Boycott of Palermo’s Pizza – Demands Justice for ALL Workers Through Out the Food System
For Immediate Release 8/27/2012 Contact: John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders #608-260-0900 Family Farm Defenders, a national grassroots family farmer organization based in Madison, WI, has formally endorsed the national boycott of Palermo’s Pizza in solidarity with workers … Continue reading
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Land O Lakes Campaign Gains Steam!
Over a year ago Family Farm Defenders contacted Land O Lakes, one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the U.S, to urge them to pay family farmers a fair price for their milk and to stop engaging in other questionable … Continue reading
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Family Farm Defenders Seeks Nominations for the 2nd Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize
Family Farm Defenders, a national farmer and consumer advocacy group based in Wisconsin, and well known worldwide for espousing the principles of food sovereignty, is proud to announce it is seeking nominations for its 2nd Annual Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty … Continue reading
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Farmers, Consumers, Taxpayers Protest at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Shareholder Meeting to Expose Runaway Corruption, Greed, and Speculation by the 1%
For Immediate Release 5/22/12 Wed. May 23rd 4:30 pm Thompson Center (Randolph & Clarke) in Chicago On Wed. May 23rd Family Farm Defenders will be joining Stand Up Chicago and other allies for a … Continue reading
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ALL OUT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEASANT STRUGGLE – April 17th & 18th in Chicago!
Following the massacre, on April 17, 1996, of 19 landless workers during a march in Brazil for agrarian reform, Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) in conjunction La Via Campesina declared April 17th the International Day of Peasant Struggle. Family Farm … Continue reading
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