A Populist Victory in Vermont on GMO Labeling
We’re thrilled to have a guest blog by Will Allen and Kate Duesterberg of Cedar Circle Farm in Vermont. Will and Kate were instrumental in the recent win for GMO labeling in Vermont. We asked Will and...
View ArticleTell Congress: Don’t Leave Us in the DARK!
Whatever your opinions about the oh-so-many issues related to the food on our plates, we can all agree that we, as eaters, have a right to the information needed to guide our decisions to feed...
View ArticleProtect our Right to Know: Stop the “DARK Act”!
Our right to know what’s in our food is on the Congressional table this week. Its time to take immediate action and tell Congress to oppose the DARK Act and support mandatory GMO labeling! Here are the...
View ArticleGMOs — What eaters need to know
Twenty years ago, the first genetically modified seeds hit the market. Since then, ethical, political, legal, environmental, economic and social concerns for the technology have emerged. With public...
View ArticleGMOs — Top five concerns for family farmers
Twenty years ago, the first GMO seeds hit the market. In the decades that followed – as more GMO varieties were adopted and the seed sector rapidly consolidated – ethical, political, legal,...
View ArticlePlanting the Seeds for Change
Elise Higley didn’t plan on becoming an activist. She started farming full-time several years ago with her husband Jeff, who had been a farmer for more than 15 years. Their farm, Oshala Farm, covers...
View ArticleGMOs — Where does Farm Aid stand?
Why does Farm Aid work on GMOs? As with all issues, we begin with the farmer. Long before most people became concerned about GMOs in their food, farmers were facing urgent questions about this new...
View ArticleFarmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Bayer Monsanto Merger
Farm Aid is part a large coalition of 45 farm groups that have come together to oppose the proposed merger of Bayer and Monsanto. If the U.S. Department of Justice approves the Bayer-Monsanto merger,...
View ArticleTrump DOJ greenlights the Bayer-Monsanto merger in another blow to family...
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice reportedly approved a merger between Bayer and Monsanto. The new Bayer-Monsanto behemoth would be the world’s largest vegetable seed company, the largest...
View ArticleFarm Aid: Nearly 40 Years of Action for Family Farmers and the Good Food...
In the 1980s, family farmers faced a crisis the likes of which hadn’t been seen since the Great Depression. Plummeting farm product prices and land values, rising interest rates, troubled credit...
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