Federation of Free Farmers


	Federation of Free Farmers

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10-26-2009 10:15 PM

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An Organization "of farmers, by farmers and for farmers," the federation of Free Farmers also called FFF was founded on the feast day of Christ the King, October 25, 1953 by a group of catholic leaders led by the late Dean Jeremias U. Montemayor.

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