In 2019, the state legislature declined to repeal its 2017 Food Freedom bill which expanded direct-to-consumer sales of home-baked goods and canned items. Despite this clear intention, a North Dakota legislative Administrative Rule Committee recently approved regulations proposed by the…
Unconstitutional New Rule to Affect Small Produce Farmers
The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance led a coalition that we were a part of in 2010, which convinced Congress to exempt small, direct-marketing farmers from the new rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). But now that the rules are being implemented by the states, the Texas…