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Hotline Blotter & Legal Roundup: July-September 2025

By Farm-to-Consumer | October 3, 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, […]

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Hot Tips for FTCLDF Members

By Farm-to-Consumer | September 17, 2025

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 […]

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Why is a family-owned livestock feed provider being persecuted?

By Farm-to-Consumer | August 15, 2025

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 […]

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FTCLDF’s State-by-State Policy Tracker

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 23, 2025

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund regularly tracks federal, state and local laws and regulations, as it works to change laws to support rather than hinder the ability of smaller, independent producers to grow, produce, and sell food locally in their communities. The current system of food regulation in the United States sorely needs more scale-appropriate regulation. […]

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Hotline Blotter & Legal Roundup: April-June 2025

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 2, 2025

Our Emergency Hotline consistently ranks as the benefit our members value most.    It’s available 24 hours for surprise inspections or short-notice regulatory interruptions of a member’s farm, ranch, or business. Our on-call attorneys can be available by phone during a stressful, unexpected farm inspection or even seizure of product.    We provide a Hotline Blotter […]

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