TFM is a national federation of farmers and farm workers and individual advocates working for agrarian reform and rural development. It assists farmer organizations through community-based organizing, legal and rights education to farmers and farmworkers, campaigns against agrarian reform violence, campaigns for land tenure and farm productivity improvement, farm technology support, policy advocacy and research, and organizational strengthening. Since its foundation in 2001, TFM works with landless farmers and farmworker to pressure DAR and related agencies to strictly enforce the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and the laws (Republic Act 6657 and 9700) in properties of influential landowners who are usually patrons or relatives of politicians.

The TFM farmers federation believe and practices the ‘fire from below’ strategy where farmers themselves are at the forefront of local and national mobilizations for land rights and rural development, dialogues, media events and alliance work. And farmers themselves claim their rights through the lawful means and push the government to award farmers their rights as mandated by the law that benefits farmers and farm-workers in various demographics (old farmers, young farmers, women farmers, indigenous farmers, middle-aged farmers).

TFM’s primary mission is to help landless farmers and farm workers to secure their legal rights to the land and economic rights through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and other laws that strengthens farmers and indigenous peoples land rights.