| Full list of articles (by author) 1995-2003
The Problem is Corporate Agribusiness, Not the Estate Tax
(or the "death tax" as its opponents call it)
Roger Allison
Howard County, Missouri
The right to food self sufficiency
Roger Allison
Washington, D.C.
Representing Farmers in Hard Financial Times
We must change federal farms and food policy
Roger Allison
Columbia, Missouri
The corporate-controlled factory system is inherently flawed
There is a better way -- independent family farmers.
Roger Allison
Des Moines, Iowa
A rural economy built on family farmers sustains itself
The most important issue in agriculture today is the industrialization of agriculture
Roger Allison,
Columbia, Missouri
The Vice President's Clean Water Initiatives:
"We must regulate these industrial-sized livestock factories that create industrial-sized waste."
Roger Allison,
Columbia, Missouri
"You Don't Miss the Water 'till the Well Runs Dry"
- Sustaining Our Communities, Building Our Future Together
Roger Allison,
Chillicothe, Missouri
When The Well Runs Dry
Analysis of the water resource depletion caused by the corporate swine industry in Missouri and other parts of the central U.S.A.
Roger Allison,
Howard County, Missouri
What's the Stink? - Unprecedented Coalition Will Take on the Hog Industry
- by Roger Allison
Interview with Joshua Sena Alouka
“They should contribute their local knowledge.”
Youth representative from Togo discusses how to make sustainable development effective.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Pork Checkoff is Unconstitutional!
"A huge victory for independent family farmers"
Campaign for Family Farms
Columbia, Missouri
Campaign for Family Farms tells Senate Agriculture Committee:
“We need a ban on packer ownership of livestock now!”
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington, D.C.
Factory Farms and Corporate Agribusiness Only Winners from Conference Committee “Deal”
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington, D.C.
Congressman Gephardt Calls for Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock
Campaign for Family Farms
Columbia, Missouri
Campaign for Family Farms blasts Bush Administration’s appointee to USDA’s antitrust division
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senate Votes Again to Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington, D.C.
Mushroom Checkoff Declared Unconstitutional by Nation’s Highest Court
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington, D.C.
Campaign for Family Farms Hails Senate Action to Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock
Senators Wellstone and Johnson lead passage of amendment
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington, D.C.
Hog Farmers Launch Lawsuit Against USDA
Blairstown, Iowa
Campaign for Family Farms
Veneman admits ignorance on pork tax decision
Des Moines, Iowa
Campaign for Family Farms
Farmers Protest Pork Tax
“Honor our vote, honor democracy, end the pork tax now!”
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington, DC
USDA Rejects Hog Farmers’ Democratic Vote
Cut Back Room Deal with NPPC to Keep Pork Checkoff in Place
Campaign for Family Farms
Columbia, Missouri
Hog Farmers End Mandatory Pork Checkoff:
Independent producers vote down pork tax
Campaign for Family Farms prepares for next corporate target
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington, D.C.
Farmer to Farmer Campaign calls on state Attorney's General to learn from Starlink debacle
Farmers call for long-term solutions to protect farmers
Campaign for Family Farms
Columbia, Missouri
Missouri Rural Crisis Center and Campaign for Family Farms vow to fight Smithfield buyout of IBP
Groups label Smithfield's hiring of former antitrust chief "corrupt"
Campaign for Family Farms
Columbia, Missouri
Hog Farmers Win the Right to Vote to Terminate Mandatory Pork Checkoff
USDA Secretary Glickman Accepts Petitions:
Makes Decision to Hold Vote
Campaign for Family Farms
Columbia, Missouri
USDA publishes final rules for mandatory pork checkoff referendum
Campaign for Family Farms
Washington D.C.
Hog farmers criticize NPPC president for lawsuit threat on checkoff vote
Campaign for Family Farms
Columbia, Missouri
Hog farmers blast USDA:
Vow to get pork checkoff recall vote
Campaign for Family Farms
Columbia, Missouri
Groups start national petition drive to end mandatory pork checkoff
Hog farmers question benefit of current system
Campaign for Family Farms
Des Moines, Iowa
EPA Bows Down to Corporate Agribusiness Pressure
Releases Watered-Down CAFO Rules that Endanger the Rural Environment
Campaign for Family Farms and the Environments
Columbia, Missouri
Food and Trade Policy: Are we trading away the future?
Bill Christison,
Madison, Wisconsin
On the tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone
Bill Christison,
Washington, D.C.
Family farmers express strong opposition to 2002 Farm Bill
On completion of House-Senate Farm Bill
negotiations on 2002 Farm Bill
Bill Christison
Washington, D.C.
UN World Summit on Sustainable Development
Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to define their own agriculture and food policies
Bill Christison
United Nations
New York, New York
Treaty on Genetic Commons
Food and Agriculture Organization presentation at the U.N.
Bill Christison
United Nations
New York, New York
Facing the world today
GMO's: farm policy, patent laws, contamination, trade
Interview with Bill Christison
Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Opposing Genetic Engineering in New Zealand (and around the world)
by Bill Christison
Auckland, New Zealand / Aotearoa
The Trial of Jose Bove
Bill Christison
Millau, France
The Impact of Globalization on Family Farm Agriculture
The increasing role of the multi-national corporations in controlling both the inputs and the marketing of our commodities jeopardizes our very existence.
Bill Christison
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Calling for Farm Bureau investigation
Bill Christison
Washington, D.C.
U.S. family farm leader Bill Christison
details negative impacts of GMOs
Interview by Nic Paget-Clarke
Chillicothe, Missouri
"Farmers have a tremendous amount to gain by working with environmental groups"
Bill Christison,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Food Safety: Biodiversity / Fair Prices / Fair Trade
Bill Christison,
Chicago, Illinois
Family Farmers Warn of Dangers of Genetically Engineered Crops
National farm leader addresses 1st international grassroots gatheringon genetic engineering, patenting of seeds
Bill Christison,
St. Louis, Missouri
Family Farms and U.S. Trade Policy
U.S. family farm leader speaks to European farmers
Part 1: The Impacts on Family Farms of 20 Years of Corporate Trade Agreements
Part 2: Citizen Opposition to Corporate Domination of U.S. Trade Policy
Bill Christison
Brussels, Belgium / Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S.A
Our Stolen Future - A Book Review
Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?
A Scientific Detective Story
Pat Cody
Berkeley, California
"A Cowboy in the Meat Business"
Colorado ranch produces meat free of growth-promoting hormones, anti-biotics
Interview with Mel Coleman, Sr.
Photo series by Nic Paget-Clarke.
Denver and Saguache, Colorado
The future is GE Free
Genetically modified organisms are unpredictable, irreversible, unnecessary
Interview with Annette Cotter
Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Genetic engineering and Maori health
Different ways of managing and understanding knowledge
Interview with Fiona Cram and Glenis Philip-Barbara
Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Global Grassroots: Gaining Ground
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Exposing Biotech's Big Lies
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Market Pressure: Busting BGH and Biotech
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Frankencorn Fight: Cautionary Tales
by Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Biotech Bullies: The Debate Intensifies
by Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Frankenfoods, Antibiotics, & Mad Cow: America's Food Safety Crisis Intensifies
by Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
StarLink: More Bad News for Biotech
News & Analysis on Genetic Engineering, Factory Farming, & Organics
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Biotech Bytes: Who's Winning the Frankenfoods Fight?
June, 2000
by Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Blows Against the Empire:
From Oakland to Montreal
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Global Firestorm
"Genetically engineered" -- Is Frankenstein Dead?
(A World Round-up)
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops:
Why We Need A Global Moratorium
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Derailing the Biotech Express: U.S. & Global Activists at the Crossroads
Monarch butterflies, bees & tainted pollen, EU moratorium,
the "Senator from Monsanto", and much more ...
Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston
Little Marais, Minnesota
Global Action Intensifies Against Monsanto & the Gene Giants
Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston
Little Marais, Minnesota
Genetic Engineering, Factory Farming, & Organics
News from Europe, India, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.
Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston
Little Marais, Minnesota
Food Safety Crisis in the U.S.A.
Organics Under Fire: The U.S. Debate Continues
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Monsanto Under Attack: Part 2
Global Pressure Builds Against Monsanto
India, New Zealand, Hungary, Australia, Thailand, South Korea,
Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Mexica, Brazil, Argentina, Austria,
United Kingdom, United States,Canada, Germany, Ireland, E.U.
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Monsanto Under Attack:
Setbacks from Brazil, to Canada, to the U.K.
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Slouching Toward Biodevastation: A Biotech Century?
Genetically-Engineered "Frankenfoods" & Crops:
Measuring the Global Resistance
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Nuking America's Dirty Food:
Another Assault on Public Health & Consumer Choice
- An Opinion on Food Irradiation -
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
Monsanto and Fox TV Unite to Suppress Journalists' Free Speech on Hazards of Genetically Engineered Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH or rBST)
Ronnie Cummins
Little Marais, Minnesota
More Biotech Blunders:
Mutant Cotton, Supercharged Cigarettes, and Cows
Ronnie Cummins,
Little Marais, Minnesota
Monsanto and Friends' Biotech Blunders and Disasters Continue
Ronnie Cummins,
Little Marais, Minnesota
Monsanto's "Roundup Ready" Cotton Bombs in the USA
Ronnie Cummins,
Little Marais, Minnesota
Let Them Eat Feces: Agribusiness & Government Move to Weaken
U.S. Food Labeling Laws and Irradiate Beef
Ronnie Cummins,
Little Marais, Minnesota
Whose Organic Standards?
USDA Prepares for an "Unfriendly Takeover"
of the Natural Foods Industry
Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston,
Minneapolis and Chicago
U.S. Consumers & Farmers Battle Genetically-Engineered Soybean
Two genetically engineered tomatoes, the "Flavr Savr" and the "Endless Summer," have been taken off the market.
Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Economic, health & environmental impacts of Roundup-type chemicals and Roundup Ready soybeans
Ronnie Cummins,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genetically-altered soybean harvest causes controversy
Farmers, consumers, or environment not ready for for Round-up Ready Soybeans
Darren Dean,
Columbia, Missouri
Selling the Farm Down Contract Creek
Why should corporations buy land when on paper
they can own everything it produces?
Brian DeVore
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
The Thing That Ate Agriculture
Mega-mergers are creating a seamless food system that leaves no openings for competition,
accountability or independent family farmers.
by Brian DeVore
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Report: Packers are killing competition with contracts, other ‘captive supply’ arrangements
by Brian DeVore
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Minnesota Lawmakers Support Alternatives to Factory Farms
Brian DeVore,
St. Paul, Minnesota
Farmers Police Missouri Waterways
Stream Teams test water, do good
by Scott Dye
Interview with Peter Dowling of Canada's National Farmers Union
The farm income crisis, supply management, sustainability and more
Part 1 - The Farm Income Crisis
Part 2 - Sustainable farming
Howe Island, Ontario, Canada
From Nuclear Free to Genetic Engineering Free
Soil ecology: the most serious and the least understood
ecological risk from genetically engineered crops
Interview with Jeanette Fitzsimons
Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand
"Plains Truth" Conference Projects the Big Picture
Defending independent agriculture for the future
Suzette Hatfield,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
GE is another way of being unsustainable in the biological sense
The market wants an un-modified product
Interview with farmer Ian Henderson
Amberly, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Facts about Hogs - Humane Farming Association
Dispelling the Hog Factory Myths
Joe Fagan
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Des Moines, Iowa.
Interview with Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network
“First and foremost is our right to exist and to make our own decisions ...”
Johannesburg, South Africa
Family Farmers Rally for America
Take 6,000 lbs of pork from the Heartland to Harlem
Lindsay Howerton and Bryce Oates
Columbia, Missouri -- New Castle, Indiana -- New York, New York
Patchwork Family Farms finds new markets
"... fair prices, sustainable growing practices and a sales volume that has more than tripled ..."
Lindsay Howerton
Columbia, Missouri
"Undisturbed and exclusive possession of the land, estates and forests"
The strength in it
Interview with Maori community leader Sydney Jackson
Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Fighting hog factories in eastern Colorado
Interview with Sue Jarrett
near Wray, Colorado
The Health Wagon in the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachians take care of their own
An interview with Sister Bernie Kenny
Dickinson County, Virginia
WTO: The New Threats to Developing Countries and Sustainability
by Martin Khor
Penang, Malaysia
Fact Sheet on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
Farmers' Declaration on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
Ariane Kissam
Washington, D.C.
Checking off the check-off
From beef to pork to potatoes - to a cash-cow
Margot Ford McMillen
Fulton, Missouri
Family Farmers Tally Successes
1996 Successes against Mega-Hog Corporate Farms
Margot McMillen,
Callaway, Missouri
Family Farmers Denounce House BillThat Will Limit Local Control
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Jefferson City, Missouri
Exploring Sustainable Hog Production Methods for Missouri Farmers
by Bryce Oates, Rhonda Perry and Kevin Webb
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri
PDF Version (244k)
Rural Justice Tour Challenges Corporate Globalization
Local and International Farm Groups Vow to Continue
Challenging Corporate Trade Policies
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri
Hog Farmers Hail Judge’s Beef Checkoff Ruling
Believe mandatory pork checkoff program could face similar ruling
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri
Farm Groups to U. S. Senate: Just Say No To Fast Track!
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Washington, D.C.
Mid-Missouri family farmers attend Farm Aid events, donate pork productsto New York relief efforts
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri
Fast Track suffers set-back in the House
Farm groups put forward fair trade principles
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Washington, D.C.
New Report Details NAFTA’s Failures for Family Farmers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Columbia, Missouri
Missouri farmers travel to Quebec City
for fair farm and trade polircies
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Quebec City, Canada
Hogging the Market
Dramatic shifts in agricultural policies are needed
to rescue the independent farmer.
David Morris
Minneappolis, Minnesota
Justus Lavi Mwololo speaks about Kenya’s agriculture
“Farmers, we have to put forward our agenda.”
"Johannesburg, South Africa
The Pork Checkoff:
On the history of the pork checkoff debate and court ruling
George Naylor,
Greene County, Iowa
Mexican farmers organization ANEC views "Freedom to Farm" as "dumping"
Huge livestock factories are being built by companies
like Tyson Foods and Smithfields
by George Naylor,
Mexico City, Mexico
Review of Federal Farm Policy
In support of a new farm bill: "The Food from Family Farms Act"
George Naylor,
Churdan, Iowa
Bringing Sanity to the Rural Economy
Take international leadership in our global economy
by constructing an international family farm system
George Naylor
Bondurant, Iowa
Why farmers rally in Washington D.C.
5-point plan for family farm policy
Interview with Bryce Oates
Columbia, Missouri
How the government responds to the current StarLink fiasco
An important indicator of how the public perceives the role of government in food policy
by Katherine Ozer
Washington, D.C.
Survey Shows Family Farmers Want New Direction for Federal Farm Policy
Farmers and Ranchers differ from Capital Hill on farm prices, food security
Rhonda Perry
Columbia, Missouri
Three hog farmers explain why they are voting "NO" to end the mandatory pork checkoff tax
by Rhonda Perry -- Harold Beach -- Gary Malone
Armstrong, Missouri -- Leonard, Missouri -- Palisade, Nebraska
Family Farmers Warn:
If Your Next Crop is GMO, It May Be Your Last
Rhonda Perry & Bryce Oates
Columbia, Missouri
"Pork Checkoff Headed for a Vote"
by Rhonda Perry
Des Moines, Iowa
Anti-check off signatures are flooding in
Hog farmers want an end to the mandatory pork checkoff
by Rhonda Perry
Columbia, Missouri
Outline of a Call to Action ...
Family Farms, not Factory Farms
Rhonda Perry
Chicago, Illinois
The Best Available Technology ...
... is more family farmers producing hogs in an economically, environmentally, and socially viable manner.
Rhonda Perry
St. Joseph, Missouri
National Environmental groups pull out of NPPC-Sponsored "Dialogue"
on Factory Farm Pork Production
Rhonda Perry,
Columbia, Missouri
The federal Farm Bill - MRCC analysis
Farm bill dupes farmers to fatten corporate profits
Bill drops program payments without ensuring fair prices
Rhonda Perry,
Columbia, Missouri
Corporate Hog Factories - The Real Results - by Rhonda Perry
"GANGA" is not for sale
Suez - Degrémont and the Privatization of Ganga Water
by Vandana Shiva, Afsar H. Jafri, Kunwar Jalees
New Delhi, India
Interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva -
"The deeper you can manipulate living structures the more you can control food and medicine."
St. Louis, Missouri
An interview with representatives of Japanese farmers' and consumers' groups
- "It's the ethics of the quantity."
St. Louis, Missouri
A guarantee of safe food
Organizing organic dairy farmers
Interview with Russell Simmons
Waikato, Aotearoa / New Zealand
The Wai 262 Claim by Six Maori Tribes
Flora and fauna and cultural and intellectual heritage rights
Interview with Maui Solomon
Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Assessing the Risks of Genetic Engineering
Super weeds, non-target impacts, horizontal gene transfer
Interview with plant geneticist Doreen Stabinsky
Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Wisconsin's Richland County rallies to protect itself from multinational hog firm
John Stauber,
Madison, Wisconsin
Straight Talk by Martha Stevens
Hatfield, Missouri
A Series of Essays
Extension Service Loses Credibility
Followup to: Missouri Hog Factories Allowed to Spread Too Much Waste.
Data leads to water pollution; objectivity questioned
Paul Sturtz,
Columbia, Missouri
Patchwork Spruces Up Image for Grocery Stores
The importance of a sustainable local food network
Paul Sturtz,
Columbia, Missouri
Missouri Hog Factories Allowed to Spread Too Much Waste
State issues permits based on faulty data from University Extension
Paul Sturtz,
Columbia, Missouri
Why Boycott Premium Standard Farms
Paul Sturtz & Scott Dye,
Columbia, Missouri
Campaign Challenges Pork Industry and Politicians Mounts actions in Louisville, Des Moines, St. Louis
Paul Sturtz,
Columbia, Missouri
Food Co-ops Take Control - New Moberly chapter is a quick success
Paul Sturtz,
Columbia, Missouri
Patchwork Links Hog Farmers with Consumers
Paul Sturtz,
Columbia, Missouri
Sustainable Communities -- A pastoral message on Appalachia
Catholic Committee of Appalachia
Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Factory Farms - by Bill Wenzel
Efficiency: Family Farms and Factory Farms
12 points Proposed for Governing Hog Factory type operations
As part of their National Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment, the Missouri Rural Crisis Center in conjunction with the Ozark Chapter of the Sierra Club drew up this proposal.
A Timeline - Lincoln Township vs. Premium Standards Farms
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