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Federal News

FSMA: Will “Food Safety” Undermine Food Security?

By Farm-to-Consumer | August 27, 2013

Although purported to address food safety problems in the industrial food system, implementation of the FSMA poses a threat to the ‘local food movement’ and true food security—-the ability of a country region or locality to produce enough food to meet its own needs.
 
The most wonderful aspect of going local with your diet, is the opportunity to meet pioneers of organic, sustainable agriculture. There is

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Real Food Media Bloggers - Village Green Network This article is related to: food safety, food security, FSMA, GMOs, Michael Tabor

Tell FDA to Treat Small Farmers Fairly Action Alert

By admin | August 5, 2013

FDA is aiming to undermine the Tester-Hagan amendment which exempts small-scale, direct-marketing farms from the most burdensome aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This exemption is essential to the continued vitality of the local foods movement.
 
FDA is proposing rules that would make it very easy for the agency to force even small-scale farmers to comply with the extensive, burdensome

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, FSMA, petitions

Raw Milk Nation – New Chart & Map Update

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | July 13, 2013

Raw milk laws are a hodgepodge in this country; due mainly to the federal ban on raw milk for human consumption in interstate commerce, the laws are different state to state. The Raw Milk Nation Chart goes into more detail than the Raw Milk Nation Map© by

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: raw milk, raw milk laws

Farm Family Threatened with $700,000 Fine for Raising Pigs

By admin | July 8, 2013

Farm advocates to gather for a court hearing in support of the Bakers
 
Falls Church, Virginia–(July 8, 2013)–The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), through the Michigan Attorney General, is asking the judge hearing Mark Baker’s case to fine him $700,000. DNR believes Mark has 70 “illegal pigs” being raised in violation of an

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Press Room, State News This article is related to: Mark Baker, Michigan, Michigan DNR, swine ISO

Tell EPA to Lower Glyphosate Tolerance Levels – Protect Our Health and the Environment! Action Alert

By admin | June 27, 2013

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new rule raising the allowed residue levels of Monsanto’s herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) on food crops and more. The regulation went into effect May 1, 2013.
 
Tell the EPA to use the latest independent science rather than depending on industry-funded, outdated studies supplied by Monsanto!

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, EPA, glyphosate, GMOs, Monsanto

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