Category Archives: Food Sovereignty

Land O Lakes Campaign Gains Steam!

Posted on August 26, 2012 by admin

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

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin

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%

Posted on May 22, 2012 by admin

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!

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin

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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Free Trade is NOT Free – Why We All Need to Oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Posted on March 19, 2012 by admin

By: John Kinsman, president, Family Farm Defenders Published on Monday, March 12, 2012 by www.commondreams.org Reposted by the CapTimes on March 17, 2012  www.madison.com There are always winners and losers in free trade.  The winners are the 1% – the … Continue reading →

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