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New Webinar!

Setting the Record Straight on the European Farmer Protests:

Real Policy Solutions


June 27, 8:00AM PDT/11:00AM EDT

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Join NFFC for a webinar on June 27 at 11:00AM EDT to set the record straight on the European farmer protests! Farmers have been taking to the streets all over the world in recent months. Hear first-hand from farmers in Europe about the protests they're leading in their countries. While they have often been painted by media as “anti-regulation”, we aim to set the record straight by hearing the true causes of these protests straight from French and Spanish farmers, who demand farm policy reforms that support their livelihoods and communities.


We are also hosting this webinar in celebration of World Localization Day (on June 21), to honor these farmers' dedication to better economic and ecological systems that lift up their local communities. 



Interpretation for this webinar will be provided in English, Spanish, and French.


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Featured Speakers:

Florent Sebban

Florent Sebban is an organic farmer near Paris, France. He and his partner, Sylvie, founded their farm La ferme Sapousse 12 years ago on town-owned land. They produce vegetables, fruits, herbs and honey. Everything they produce is sold through a French-style CSA, known as AMAP (Association for the Maintenance of Peasant Agriculture). Florent is the spokesperson of the French CSA movement, Miramap (Inter-Regional Movement of AMAP).

Mathieu Courgeau

Mathieu Courgeau is a dairy farmer in the west of France. He has been involved in the French farmers union, Conféderation paysanne, for 10 years, particularly on the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. He is also co-president of Collectif Nourrir, a French collective of civil society and farmers organizations aimed at implementing fair, democratic and ecological agricultural and food policies.


Javier Sánchez

Javier Sánchez is an organic dry land farmer growing wheat, barley, peas, and vetches in Spain, along with a small orchard. He is an active participant of Union of Farmers and Ranchers in the region of Aragón (UAGA) which is part of the Coordination of Farmers’ and Ranchers’ Organizations (COAG). Javier is also active within European Coordination Via Campesina and is part of the International Coordinating Committee of La Via Campesina (LVC). Currently, he is a member of the LVC working group on public policies related to the decade of family farming.


Moderated By: Raj Patel

Raj Patel is a Research Professor in the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. He has testified about the causes of the global food crisis to the US, UK and EU governments and is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems. He is the author, among others, of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and  The Value of Nothing.

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