Family Farm Defenders

Family Farm Defenders Podcast

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This podcast aims uplift the voices of our members and allies who are on the front lines of the struggles for a fair, just, and resilient agriculture system rooted in food sovereignty, agroecology, peace, and international solidarity. These episodes highlight the actions and advocacy in support of diverse family farmers producing healthy local and regional foods while also challenging the agribusiness narrative to realize systemic change. Learn more at familyfarmers.org

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Pesticides Know No Boundaries 28.06.2026 1:11:13

"Pesticide drift, which may appropriately be called chemical trespassing , harms our environment and human health. This conversation between Rob Faux, farmer and Communications Manager for Pesticide Action Network who has experienced drift firsthand, and Bill Freese, Science Director with Center for Food Safety and advocate for pesticide regulation, touches on the types of pesticide drift, their k...

Land Access in Sustainable Agriculture 17.02.2026 1:01:15

What are the current barriers to land access for farmers in the United States? Can models like specific types of land tenure and collective governance offer alternatives? In the next decade 400,000 acres of farmland is estimated to transition from current ownership. With forces like land speculation and gentrification, what will the fate of this farmland be? In this conversation, Annette Hiatt (La...

Winners and Losers in Agricultural Trade 17.02.2026 52:02

"These agreements are explicitly set up for trade – not to promote sustainable development. That’s the starting premise, and that’s why we get these results.” - Karen Hansen-Kuhn Jim Goodman (President of the National Family Farm Coalition) and Karen Hansen-Kuhn (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy) sit down with Raj Patel (UT Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs) to talk about the current...

How Federal Funding Cuts are Undermining the Future of Farming 12.11.2025 1:03:58

Anna Obregón (Alianza Nacional de Campesinas) and Anna Pesek (Over the Moon Farm) sit down with Sarah Lloyd to discuss how federal funding cuts will affect supporting farmworkers and small scale farmers, respectively. This conversation speaks to the broad ways that funding cuts have hurt the hope for progress toward fairer, more just and resilient food systems. Less support for farmworkers and sma...

#1: Voices from Farmer Protests of the 80s & 90s 12.11.2025 51:22

“It all could not have happened had we not been working together.” – Ben Burkett Anthony Pahnke (FFD vice president) sits down with Denise O’Brien and Ben Burkett to discuss their experiences in farm activism and protests nationally and internationally over the decades. They reflect on their life-long experiences being part of these movements, fighting corporate agriculture, offering perspective o...