John E. Peck grew up on a 260 acre farm in central MN and is currently executive director of Family Farm Defenders. He has a B.A. in Economics from Reed College, as well as a PhD in Land Resources from UW- Madison, whre his reserach focused on community-based management of common property resources in Zimbabwe He attended the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 as a U.S. student delegate, worked for the United Nation Development Program in Zimbabwe, participated in citizen global justice events surrounding the WTO meeting Seattle in 1999, as well as FTAA meetings in Quebec in 2001 and Miami in 2003; and participated in a Madison - Ainaro sister city delegation to East Timor in Aug. 2005.

Family Farmer Defenders is a national nonprofit grassroots organization based in Madison, WI that promotes sustainable agriculture, rural justice, workers rights, animal welfare, consumer safety, fair trade, and food sovereignty. Since its founding ten years ago, Family Farm Defenders has been dedicated to empowering farmers and consumers towards reclaiming their local food/farm systems. Family Farm Defenders has several thousand members nationwide and state chapters in NY, PA, and OH. As part of Via Campesina, Family Farm Defenders also works closely with farmer/peasant/indigenous organizations in other parts of the world.

Family Farm Defenders, 1019 Williamson St. #B, Madison, WI 53703 #608-260-0900 www.familyfarmdefenders.org