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 […]
FTCLDF’s State-by-State Policy Tracker
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. […]
Hotline Blotter & Legal Roundup: April-June 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 […]
Podcast: Nutritional Therapy and Wellness
“Why is it so hard for me to get real food for my family?” If you’ve asked this question or also find yourself doing “egg deals in parking lots,” check out this episode of the Nutritional Therapy and Wellness podcast for our own Alexia Kulwiec’s food sourcing strategies. In our highly consolidated and regulated food […]
Podcast: Homestead Education
We all know that our food system is tailored for industrial ag corporations, not family farmers, ranchers, and homesteaders. In May of 2025, our own Alexia Kulwiec was invited to the Homestead Education podcast. Tune in to hear her chat with host Kody Hanner about legal challenges faced by small-scale food producers — and how […]