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New GM Wheat Is a Phony Climate Solution That Threatens Farmers and Wildlife
By Anthony Pahnke and Jim Goodman (Family Farm Defenders) Read the full article on Common Dreams. “Unfortunately, with our food system, our government continues to ignore ethics and common sense, recently approving as “safe for breeding and growing” a new genetically modified (GM) variety of wheat—HB4. Copying and combining certain genes from sunflowers to create this new ...
James Beard Recognizes Niaz Dorry and the Fight Against Corporate Takeover of Sea and Land Food Systems
Download the Press Release James Beard Recognizes Niaz Dorry and the Fight Against Corporate Takeover of Sea and Land Food Systems With her James Beard award, she invites chefs to challenge factory farms at sea and on land. CHICAGO, IL — When Niaz Dorry became coordinating director of the North American Marine Alliance (NAMA) in 2008, one of ...
NFFC And NAMA Director Niaz Dorry Recognized With James Beard Foundation Leadership Award
The North American Marine Alliance (NAMA) and National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) are pleased to announce that Niaz Dorry, Director of both organizations, has been recognized as a 2024 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award recipient in the Policy Advocacy category. Niaz has played a pivotal role in grassroots movement-building and steering federal legislation towards recognizing and ...
‘They just need land’: young farmers struggle to find affordable acreage
Across the country, the cost of farmland is the highest it has been since the 1970s. From 2021 to 2022 alone, value per acre increased by 12.4% and it now costs on average $3,800 an acre, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In some states it’s even higher. According to a survey conducted by the National ...
NFFC, Allies Ask Court to Strike Down Dicamba
April 13, 2023 – From a Center for Food Safety press release: In 2016 Monsanto opened the floodgates to massive spraying of dicamba during farming season by genetically engineering soybeans and cotton to withstand “over-the-top” spraying of dicamba. The results have been devastating, as millions of acres of farmers’ crops have been “damaged and sometimes destroyed ...
Congress Wants to Block Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland. Is This a Red Herring?
As this new Ambrook Research article reports, members of Congress have recently introduced legislation that would prevent international investment in farmland, stoking fears about Chinese investments in particular. While internationally-based US land investment is a definite concern, the real risk to US farmland comes from within our own borders. As our National Program Coordinator, Jordan Treakle, ...
New Report Details Three Decades of Dairy Devastation
This Food and Power article highlights a new report by Food & Water Watch, NFFC’s longtime ally fighting corporate consolidation in the food and farm system, particularly the dairy sector. Like Food & Water Watch, Sarah Lloyd – Wisconsin dairy farmer and NFFC/Family Farm Defenders member – scolds the US approach of encouraging and exporting ...
What is the Real Threat to US Farmers Owning Farmland?
Based on research by NFFC and Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS), “the real threat to our food security…. is broader corporate ownership and consolidation of American farmland — including by domestic investors”. NFFC appreciates Lela Nargi’s dive into this question for Ambrook Research which highlights our four reports on land ...
Senators Propose Eliminating Tax Liability for IRA-Assisted Farmers
NFFC joined a number of members and allies endorsing Senators Booker (D-NJ), Stabenow (D-MI), Warnock (D-GA), and Smith (D-MN) Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act, which would remove the tax liability for distressed farmers and ranchers who received assistance from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. This IRA, passed in August and signed ...
Women Must Be At the Table
This article in Ms. Magazine stated: “That’s triggered another old American tradition: land grabs. The National Family Farm Coalition has partnered with Vermont Law School to create four reports on state and federal laws overseeing land access with that history in mind. If you picture your local farmer as a guy with a green John Deere ...
Our perspectives and voices of our members in selected national and local media in the last year.