What we do

1. Asserting Land Reform

Turning laws into land, and land into life.
• We defend farmers’ right to the land already promised under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
• Lead direct actions, legal campaigns, and on-the-ground installations in contested estates.
• Secure land tenure for rightful beneficiaries, especially where state neglect or elite resistance persists.

Land reform is not just about ownership. It is about ensuring that farmland remains healthy, productive, and rich in life — halting the loss of species, protecting water sources, and restoring degraded areas so that communities can thrive for generations.

2. Policy Advocacy & Strategic Engagement

From grassroots resistance to national reform.

• We confront and rewrite the policies that uphold land monopoly and silence rural voices.
• Expose laws, programs, and schemes that erode land rights and marginalize farmers.
• Push for people-centered reforms grounded in lived rural realities.
• Build sharp, evidence-based campaigns to influence public discourse and political agendas.
• Engage media, lawmakers, and civil society to demand justice, transparency, and democratic participation.

We work to tackle the root causes of ecological and social breakdown — including unsustainable production systems, unaccountable corporate power, and policies that place profit above people and the planet.

3. Food, Health, and Farmer Empowerment

Nourishing people. Defending the planet. Honoring the hands that feed us.

• We fight for food systems that value farmers, promote equity, and sustain life.
• Advance food sovereignty through agroecology and community-led food production.
• Resist ultra-processed, corporate-driven food systems that worsen hunger and disease.
• Push for public policies that ensure nutrition equity, sustainable agriculture, and climate resilience.
• Empower farmers—especially elders and youth—as frontline leaders in food, health, and rural transformation.

Transforming food systems is essential to ending hunger, protecting biodiversity, and reducing climate risks. Our work ensures that those who care for the land also share fairly in its benefits.

Our Team

At the heart of TFM are dedicated organizers, lawyers, policy experts, peasant leaders, and advocates.

Our staff and board bring deep experience in agrarian reform, rural development, and grassroots mobilization across the Philippines.