For decades, the policies that determine how our food is grown, raised, produced, distributed, and sold have benefited industrial operations over independent farmers, ranchers, and artisan food producers. We don’t believe the government has the right to choose what we eat, or how we grow or raise food. FTCLDF team spent 2025 fighting for scale-appropriate […]
Food of Choice Launches to Fight for Food Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/14/2025 Contact: Alexia Kulwiec Executive Director, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Board President, Food of Choice [email protected] [email protected] 773.490.4063 Food of Choice Launches to Fight for Food Freedom New nonprofit organization complements the direct legal representation work of Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Falls Church, VA – Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) is […]
Hotline Blotter & Legal Roundup: July-September 2025
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund exists first and foremost to serve our members. Farmers, ranchers, homesteaders, and artisan food producers count on us for legal guidance, and our team is always here when they need support. Below is a snapshot of the assistance we provided from July through September 2025. Hotline Blotter When things get stressful, […]
Hot Tips for FTCLDF Members
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is here to protect, defend, and broaden the rights of farmers, ranchers, artisanal food producers, and consumers. Below are a few tips about the best ways for members to communicate with our team so that we have greater capacity to meet more people’s legal needs. Use the Contact form Contact us […]
Why is a family-owned livestock feed provider being persecuted?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8/15/2025 Contact: Alexia Kulwiec, Executive Director [email protected] 773.490.4063 What Happened Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is troubled by actions involving Keely Farms Dairy in Florida. Keely Farms Dairy is licensed as a livestock feed provider by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS). Yet the Florida Department of Health, not the […]