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Pete Kennedy, Esq.

About Pete Kennedy, Esq.

Attorney in Sarasota, Florida, served as President of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund from 2008-2016. He has represented or assisted in the representation of dairy farmers facing possible state enforcement action in Florida, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. He has helped farmers get started in the business of distributing raw milk and raw milk products in many other states.

Remedy for Slaughterhouse Logjam?

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | November 20, 2020

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Access to slaughterhouses has been poor for small livestock producers in most of the country for many years now but has become considerably worse since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. USDA-inspected slaughterhouses have since last spring been booking customers as far out as 2022. Many custom slaughterhouses are now booking well into 2021. One possible answer for the slaughterhouse…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: custom meat, federal legislation, federal regulations, food freedom, food rights, food safety, legislation, meat processing, PRIME Act, slaughterhouses, USDA

Berglund Appealing Case to Minnesota Supreme Court

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | March 30, 2017

Dairy farmer Dave Berglund of Lakeview Natural Dairy in Grand Marais has filed a petition with the Minnesota Supreme Court to hear his case after an appellate court ruled that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq. This article is related to: Berglund, farmers, food freedom, Hartmann, Minnesota, raw milk, state legislation

Breakthrough on Custom Slaughter in Tennessee

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | March 2, 2017

In a breakthrough for the local food movement in Tennessee, the state Office of the Attorney General has issued an opinion holding that “there is no limit on the number of owners for whom a custom slaughterer may

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: custom meat, food freedom, food safety, legislation, meat processing, slaughterhouses, state legislation, Tennessee

State Raw Milk Bills – 2017 Update

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | February 24, 2017

Forty-two states currently allow access to raw milk through statute, regulation, or policy. In the 2017 session, legislators have introduced raw milk bills in several states where any raw milk sales or distribution is illegal; in addition, a number of other states have introduced legislation that would

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: legislation, raw milk, raw milk bills, state legislation, State-by-State

Casualties of the Raw Milk Ban

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | January 17, 2017

Humpback Dairy, the largest camel milk producer in the U.S., has stopped shipping raw milk for human consumption across state lines. In a January 6 letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Sam Hostetler, owner of

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: FDA, FDA regulations, federal regulations, raw milk, raw milk laws

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