National Family Farm Coalition

10/16/2026

Congratulations to the two honorees of the 2026 Food Sovereignty Prize: CATA- The Farmworkers' Support Committee and World Alliance for Mobile Indigenous Peoples & Pastoralists (WAMIP).

NFFC is a proud member of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance which hosts the annual prize.

10/16/2026

Today is the International Day of Action for People's Food Sovereignty & Against Transnational Corporations. We call on the federal government to feed the people, not the debts!

We join our international allies La Via Campesina in drawing attention to the harmful role that global financial institutions - particularly the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - have played in undermining democracy and food sovereignty in our communities. These institutions trap our countries in vicious cycles of debt that lead to austerity measures and the defunding of essential public services by our governments.

The same programs also seek to dismantle protections for small-scale food producers, indigenous peoples, rural communities, workers, and the environment, while imposing sweeping market-oriented reforms on domestic policies and market regulations. These reforms include market-led models of agrarian reform that transfer the commons (including seeds, land, water, and territories) into corporate hands, and place them at the service of profit and free markets.

Countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Pacific, and Europe have been forced to surrender significant policymaking autonomy to international financial institutions, including the IMF, World Bank, and Asian Development Bank (ADB).

TAKE ACTION and learn more here: https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/09/call-to-action-16-october-the-international-day-of-action-for-peoples-food-sovereignty-and-against-transnational-corporations/

La Via Campesina

10/16/2026

Dairy consumption is expected rise globally through 2030 but most dairy farmers won't see their income rise in return. A huge portion of that hard-earned money goes to dairy monopolies - the processors and middlemen who dominate the sector, thanks to deregulation and failed farm policy.

The small- and mid-scale dairy farmers who feed our communities deserve fair prices so that they can feed their families and plan for a more secure financial future.

This year, the Senate introduced the Milk from Family Dairies Act - the boldest dairy policy to be introduced in over a decade. If you support a thriving future for our local food systems and the families who grow our food, tell your elected representatives to pass the Act!

Use the link in the comments to contact your members of Congress!

10/16/2026

Today!! Tune in for this amazing panel on regenerative agriculture that includes NFFC member, Abbie Corse of NOFA-VT.

Tune in tomorrow during the North America section of The People's Food Summit broadcast to hear from WFAN's featured speakers! The broadcast is on World Food Day, October 16, 2026!

More info and watch links at https://regenerationinternational.org/peoples-food-summit-2026

10/09/2026

Every year NFFC brings members to Farm Aid to unplug, enjoy live music, and build power with others who care deeply for our food and farm system. Kellin Gässer from Women, Food and Agriculture Network wrote about her experience as a first-time Farm Aid participant. "It was so amazing to meet so many farmers, legislators, and advocates from all over the country who are so full of love and passion for what they do, specifically in the realm of agriculture and food justice. Their dedication was contagious, and it reinforced my belief that we are part of a larger, powerful movement."

10/07/2026

For too long our food & farm policy has prioritized multinational corporations over the livelihoods and well-being of everyday Americans. Thanks to RAFI for this incisive article about the root causes of food insecurity, and the powerful myth that keeps it persisting.

"These SNAP cuts not only threaten participants, but the entire food system; because SNAP households make up 12% of retail sales, small grocers, producers, and farmers will lose millions of dollars in revenue. For those who are fighting for a better food system that works for everyone, we need a new narrative that shifts the focus from individuals to corporations."

"We use the term 'welfare' when referring to aid provided by the government to individuals or families. Why are we not using this term when describing corporations? The phrase 'corporate welfare' points to a double standard: public assistance for families is often stigmatized, while public benefits to corporations — through tax breaks, subsidies, bailouts, and other supports — are often described in softer terms such as incentives, relief, or economic development. What are those but welfare — aid given out for their benefit?"

Last year's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" introduced massive cuts to SNAP, cutting $186 billion in food assistance over the next 10 years. Tracing the history of SNAP reveals how the narrative about people experiencing hunger changes over time. Justine Post writes that only by understanding these narrative shifts can we begin to create a new narrative — one that shifts the blame and shame around food insecurity away from hungry individuals and instead demands systemic change in our current food system.

Read now in LIVING ROOTS: https://buff.ly/epLe9F6

10/07/2026

According to Pew Research, 67% of planned data centers in the U.S. are in rural areas, with the South and Midwest regions leading the trend. In North Dakota, the proliferation of hyperscale data centers is galvanizing local communities into action. Hear from our members and allies at Dakota Resource Council and Western Organization of Resource Councils about how we can protect the future of our communities by organizing with our neighbors, holding our leaders accountable, and questioning a 'done deal'.

https://worc.org/the-done-deal/

“It was already a done deal.”

That’s what a representative of Applied Digital told residents of Harwood, North Dakota, when more than 100 showed up to learn about the company’s plans for a $3 billion hyperscale data center.

The town has about 800 residents.

Residents worried about water, electricity, noise, air quality, traffic, taxes, and what the project could mean for their community's character. But within weeks, the project went from public announcement to final approval to groundbreaking.

But the story didn’t end with the approval.

Residents organized.

They knocked on doors in subzero weather. They surveyed their neighbors. They demanded answers. They drafted new safeguards for large industrial projects. And when the city council rejected their proposal, they took their case to the ballot.

This is the story of a small community asking a big question:

Who gets a say when billions of dollars come to town?

Read the full story at the link in the comments.

09/30/2026

09/30/2026

Thank you Civil Eats for uplifting our coalition and the words of NFFC Executive Director Tim Gibbons. This OpEd is based on his remarks at the Food Solutions Summit at this year's Climate Week NYC. "Climate resilience requires people who have a long-term stake in place, who know the soil, who know the watershed, who know their neighbors."

Democracy demands a thriving food system that supports not only our land, but our farmers and communities.

09/29/2026

Thanks to The Daily Yonder for printing an OpEd by NFFC board member, Dena Hoff of Northern Plains Resource Council and NFFC Executive Director, Tim Gibbons, about our fight to protect farmland from corporate land grabs.

Protests against data centers have exploded across the US, with communities revolting against a multitude of proven damaging effects on energy prices,