FTCLDF Is Leveling the Playing Field for Our Farmers
A Letter from Sally Fallon Morell, President of the Weston A. Price Foundation
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Dear Friend of Real Food,
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) is now in its 6th year and I couldn't be prouder of the organization's many accomplishments--helping protect farmers engaged in direct farm-to-consumer sales and supporting farmers who produce the raw milk and the other nutrient-dense foods that nourish ourselves and our families.
I am excited to tell you about the many successes...more
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WASHINGTON, DC - June 11, 2013 (GlobeNewswire) -
Three quantitative microbial risk assessments (QMRAs) recently published in the Journal of Food Protection have demonstrated that unpasteurized milk is a low-risk food, contrary to previous, inappropriately-evidenced claims suggesting a high-risk profile. These scholarly papers, along with dozens of others, were reviewed on May 16, 2013 at the Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada), during a special scientific Grand Rounds presentation entitled, "Unpasteurized milk"...more
 View Nadine Ijaz's presentation slides from her talk on May 16th to members of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control.
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Lawsuit over Monsanto GMO Seed Patents and Farmland Contamination
Appeals Court Binds Monsanto to Promise Not to Sue Organic Farmers
FALLS CHURCH, VA - June 12, 2013 - A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Monday that a group of organic and otherwise non-GMO farmer and seed company plaintiffs are not entitled to bring a lawsuit to protect themselves from Monsanto's transgenic seed patents "because Monsanto has made binding assurances that it will not 'take legal action against growers whose crops might inadvertently contain traces of Monsanto biotech genes...more
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Action Alert: Submit Comments to EPA on Glyphosate
Deadline Midnight July 1, 2013
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to raise allowable concentrations of glyphosate on food crops, edible oils, animal feed, and waterways!
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto's popular herbicide, Roundup. Please submit your comments to the EPA by midnight on Monday, July 1, 2013.
Please share this alert with friends and family.
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Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, defends the rights and broadens the freedoms of family farms and artisan food producers while protecting consumer access to raw milk and nutrient-dense foods. Learn more About Us or check out the FTCLDF 2012 Summary.
Membership benefits include the possibility of representation in court; the Fund typically pays for all court costs. The Fund is not an insurance company and cannot guarantee representation on all legal matters. Your membership fees and donations help to keep local food sources available and preserve family farms facing unjust enforcement actions.
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