http://www.familyfarmdefenders.org/Main/HomePage

This Web site is one to read and watch for further information.  There is so much there that I would be copying and pasting numerous articles, so I decided to post the link and just tell you to go look it over…

Much of the issue/debate going on with farmers has to do with the purported “food safety” bills in Congress right now (HB 875, HB 814, SF 425 and possibly soon, HB 759).   See related blog postings on these.

Topics at Family Farm Defenders:

• NFFC Letter to USDA Sec. Vilsack on Current Dairy Crisis
• Nation’s Food System Nearly Broke - reprinted from The Capital Times
• National Family Farm Coalition Demands That Congress Address the Dairy Crisis as Part of President Obama’s Stimulus Package
• Agriculture Does Not Need Business as Usual
• Next Generation Biofuels”: Bursting The New “Green” Bubble
  Jan. 15, 2009 Open Letter to Pres. Elect Obama Letter Challenges Unrealistic Promises From an Unsustainable IndustryCritics of Livestock Registration Fear Mandatory ID Chips
• Critics of Livestock Registration Fear Mandatory ID Chips
• Irradiation and Vegetables Don’t Mix!
• Dairy Farmers Across the Country Condemn National Milk Producers Federation CEO Jerry Kozak for Failure of Vision and Leadership
  Dairy Farmers Send Letter to NMPF and Congress Decrying Kozak’s Radical Deregulation Agenda that Threatens Farmers’ Livelihoods.
• Using modern laws to keep Amish ways
  Computer chips in cattle violate their beliefs, they say in rare plea
• Congress Takes Another Potshot at Family Farmers –
  Requiring Animal ID Has Nothing to Do With the Food Safety of School Lunches
• Food Shortage Looming if Crop Focus Isn’t Altered
• Farmers and Consumers are Both Getting Milked by the Dairy Giants
• Pet Food, Human Food – Both Easy Prey for Global Food Giants
• Farmers, Cows, Bees Win Legal Victory Against Monsanto’s Introduction of GE Alfalfa
• Food Sovereignty or Food Dependence?
• So, What’s the Big Deal if Wal-Mart Makes a Mistake?
• Don’t Play With Our Food!
• Industrial Agriculture is Leading Us Down the Wrong Road
• Tainted Spinach is Just Another Sign of a Sick Food Farm System
• Know Your Dairy Giants – Dean Foods
• Wal-Mart: the Quintessential Suburban Nightmare!
• Welcome to Whole Foods – The “Walmart” of Organic