On February 10 several radical environmental groups filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Federal District Court against the National Park Service (NPS), seeking a court order to set aside authorizations granted over
West Virginia Raw Milk Bill Now Law
Falls Church, VA—March 4, 2016—Raw milk is now legal in West Virginia, the state that previously had the most anti-raw milk laws in the United States. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed Senate Bill 387 yesterday
FDA “Pauses” Testing Requirement for Raw Cheese
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has temporarily suspended its requirement that raw cheese producers test for non-toxigenic E. coli. In 2010 FDA lowered the limit from 10,000 MPN down to 10 MPN, a move that had little to do with food safety and everything to do with
Bavuso’s Fight for Local Aquaculture in Virginia Continues
Anthony Bavuso began oyster farming on his property in York County, Virginia because he wanted to be a producer and saw oysters as a way to help improve
Who’s Afraid of Hawkins Family Farm?
Legislation prohibiting or restricting market access for local food producers is not about food safety but rather about eliminating competition for the industrial food system, often before local producers can get any traction