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Training Session Prepares Farmers Union Members to Respond to Farm Stress
2020-03-11 21:07:25| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2020 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202-554-1600 hpackman@nfudc.org SAVANNAH As part of the organizations broader initiative to address a growing farm stress crisis, National Farmers Union (NFU) last week hosted a two-day, in-person session to train community mental health advocates across the country. More than 30 Farmers Union members from 19 […]
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Larew to Lead National Farmers Union as its Next President
2020-03-02 22:36:02| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2020 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202-554-1600 hpackman@nfudc.org SAVANNAH Delegates to the National Farmers Union (NFU) 118th Anniversary Convention today elected Rob Larew to succeed Roger Johnson as the organizations president. Patty Edelburg, a Wisconsin dairy farmer, was reelected to serve a second term as vice president. Larew and Edelburgs two-year terms begin […]
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Farmers Union Honors Leah Douglas for Excellence in Agriculture Communications
2020-03-02 15:30:50| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2020 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202-554-1600 hpackman@nfudc.org SAVANNAH For her work investigating the effects of consolidation and monopolization in the food and agriculture sectors, National Farmers Union (NFU) today awarded Leah Douglas with its 2020 Milt Hakel Agriculture Communications Award. Douglas, who is currently an associate editor and staff writer […]
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Farmers Union Kicks Off 118th Anniversary Convention
2020-03-01 18:00:00| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2020 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202-554-1600 hpackman@nfudc.org SAVANNAH National Farmers Union (NFU) officially convened its 118th Anniversary Convention this afternoon in Savannah, Georgia, to celebrate American farm families and to set the organizations policy positions and priorities for the coming year. More than 500 Farmers Union members from across the […]
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Farmers Union Celebrates Black History Month with First Predominantly African American Chapter
2020-02-26 22:21:00| National Farmers Union
By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Director As Black History Month comes to a close, National Farmers Union (NFU) is celebrating its own piece of black history: its first predominantly African American chapter. Its no secret that American agriculture and, by extension, general farm organizations like NFU is disproportionately white. According to the most […]
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