Family Farm Defenders and the National Family Farm Coalition, along with many allies, hosted a binational media conference call on Tues. May 9th tackling real solutions to the dairy crisis.
Over two dozen journalists participated in the call, and the conversation has already generated several news articles.
Featured panelists on the call included:
- Ralph Dietrich, Canadian dairy farmer, board member of the Dairy Farmers of Ontario
- Patty Lovera, policy director, Food and Water Watch
- Jim Goodman, organic dairy farmer, president of the National Family Farm Coalitiom
- Ed Maltby, executive director, Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Association
- Moderated by Sarah Lloyd, dairy farmer, special projects coordinator with Wisconsin Farmers Union
The conference call was also recorded, so if you would like to listen:
Dial-in for USA: 1-719-457-0820
Dial-in for Canada: 1-647-0148
Replay Passcode: 290862892#
Here are also some links to news stories prompted by the call:
National Press
- Farmers Milking For What It’s Worth (Not Much), Unsure What Comes Next, Harvest Public Media, May 17
- Originally published as: Drowning In Milk: Dairy Farmers Look For Lifelines In Flooded Market, Ohio Valley ReSource, May 11
- Volatile Dairy Market Leaves Farmers in Lurch, Daily Yonder, May 15
- If House Republicans Get Their Way, Rural Americans Are Screwed, Mother Jones, May 16
- Farmers Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet. This Controversial Policy Could Help. Mother Jones, May 12
- Originally published as: Farmers increasingly look to supply management to steady U.S. agriculture, FERN Ag Insider, May 2
Local Press
- Dairy industry leaders brainstorm, The Hornell Evening Tribune (NY), May 16
- Dairy crisis pinches organic farmers, Wisconsin State Farmer, May 15
- Analysts sour on U.S. milk system, The Saratogian (NY), May 10
- Some experts say U.S. should create milk supply management system like Canada’s, Watertown Daily Times (NY), May 10
- Farmers, groups raise concerns about dairy crisis, Greenfield Recorder (MA), May 10
Got Too Much Milk? Dairy Dumping Highlights Production Bottlenecks, Northeast Surplus, Vermont Public Radio, May 9 - Group of experts say U.S. should create milk supply management system like Canada’s, The Journal (NY), May 9
- Vermont Farmers Look North of the Border for Solutions to the Dairy Crisis, Vermont Public Radio, April 3
As well as background materials that were shared with the call participants:
- As dairy crisis crushes farmers, Wisconsin’s rural identity in jeopardy, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
- Farmers Increasingly Look to Supply Management to Steady US Agriculture, Food and Environment Reporting Network
- Supply Management, National Farmers Union (Canada)
- Letter to Dairy Policymakers on 2018 Dairy Crisis, National Family Farm Coalition (US)
- Organic Under Attack, Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Association
- WI Organic Dairy Farmers Getting Squeexed by Mega Farms in Texas, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
- Too Much Steel, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- Make Tariffs Work for Wisconsin Farmers, Madison.com
