Our perspectives and voices of our members in selected national and local media in 2018.
NFFC Op-Eds
Dairy farming is dying. After 40 years, I’m done.
by Jim Goodman, NFFC Board President
Washington Post, December 21, 2018
Letter to the editor: Heavy hand of high tech in the food we eat
by Jim Goodman & Siena Chrisman, Communications Advisor
Boston Globe, November 24, 2018
Monsanto-Bayer merger hurts farmers and consumers
by Jim Goodman & Tiffany Finck-Haynes, Senior Food Futures Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
Des Moines Register, September 1, 2018
Opinion: Trump’s $12 Billion PR Stunt
by Jim Goodman
Daily Yonder, August 1, 2018
National Publications
- Workers In The US And Brazil Are Standing United Against Jair Bolsonaro
Buzzfeed, January 3, 2019 - Farm Bill Receives Mixed Response from Rural Advocates
Daily Yonder, December 12, 2018 - Senate Ag Committee hearing planned for stalled USDA nominees
Feedstuffs, November 14, 2018 - US dairy experts cast doubts that Canada trade deal will end a deep slump
USA Today, October 3, 2018 - Murky NAFTA talks leave farmers from all 3 nations in the dark
The Hill, August 31, 2018 - EPA Should Revoke Monsanto Weed Killer Approval, Groups Tell U.S. Court
US News & World Report, August 29, 2018 - Trump’s privatization plan would destroy the Postal Service (op-ed by Katrina vanden Heuvel)
Washington Post, August 7, 2018 - Farm Bill Drafts Include Mental Health Program That Was Zeroed Out in 2014
Daily Yonder, June 20, 2018 - Ag suicide on rise; bill could save lives
Feedstuffs, May 21, 2018 - Farmers Milking For What It’s Worth (Not Much), Unsure What Comes Next
Harvest Public Media, May 17, 2018 - Volatile Dairy Market Leaves Farmers in Lurch
Daily Yonder, May 15, 2018 - If House Republicans Get Their Way, Rural Americans Are Screwed
Mother Jones, May 16, 2018 - Farmers Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet. This Controversial Policy Could Help.
Mother Jones, May 12, 2018 - Farm groups ask dramatic changes to dairy policy
The Hagstrom Report/The Fence Post, April 25, 2018 - Can Organics Help Rural America Rebound?
Civil Eats, April 17, 2018 - Federal Bill Attempts to Block State, Local Regulation of Ag
Daily Yonder, April 4, 2018
Local & Regional Publications
- Wisconsin dairy farmers barely hanging on as crisis deepens with no end in sight
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, November 26, 2018 - National Family Farm Coalition: New trade deal is more of the same
Wisconsin State Farmer, October 2, 2018 - Go(v)t Milk?
WKMS Murray State (OH), August 15, 2018 - Farms seek answers to curb dairy crisis
The Saratogian (NY), August 13, 2018 - Floating the idea of a ‘community-supported fishery’
The Country Today, July 30, 2018 - Farm bill defeat produces strong reactions
The Spectator/Wellsville Daily Reporter (NY), May 20, 2018 - Farm bill defeated in House
Wisconsin State Farmer, May 18, 2018 - Supply Management or Status Quo?
Lancaster Farming (PA/NY), May 18, 2018 - Dairy industry leaders brainstorm
The Hornell Evening Tribune (NY), May 16, 2018 - Dairy crisis pinches organic farmers
Wisconsin State Farmer, May 15, 2018 - Van Hollen to introduce small farm bill
The Star-Democrat (MD), May 15, 2018 - Analysts sour on U.S. milk system
The Saratogian, May 10, 2018 - Some experts say U.S. should create milk supply management system like Canada’s
Watertown Daily Times (NY), May 10, 2018 - Farmers, groups raise concerns about dairy crisis
Greenfield Recorder (MA), May 10, 2018 - Group of experts say U.S. should create milk supply management system like Canada’s
The Journal (NY), May 9, 2018 - Depressed farm economy has dairy farmers on edge
Wisconsin State Farmer, May 8, 2018 - With their way of life in jeopardy, dairy farmers search for ways to stabilize markets
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 27, 2018 - There Is A Family Dairy Farm Crisis
Blog for Iowa, April 25, 2018 - Dicamba Under Scrutiny
DTN/The Progressive Farmer, February 14, 2018
Radio & TV
- Resistance: The Ballot and the Bullhorn (Interview with Niaz Dorry starts 17:40)
The Laura Flanders Show, November 7, 2018 - Interview with Niaz Dorry
Food Sleuth Radio, PRX: Public Radio International, November 1, 2018 - America the Bountiful: Fisherpeople, Family Farmers, and Food
“A Public Affair,” WORT Madison, WI, July 16, 2018 - The Destruction of America’s Farms
Sputnik International, July 29, 2018 - ‘Environmental Destruction’: US Farming Policy Favors Business Over Heartland
Sputnik International, May 5, 2018 - Farming and Civil Rights with Ben Burkett
“A Public Affair,” WORT Madison, WI, April 16, 2018