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Your Farm Does Not Look Like a Farm

By Farm-to-Consumer | December 21, 2018

Eagle Ridge Ranch with boy, horse and mini horse

A few years ago, Jacob and his wife Danielle bought a twenty-acre parcel that had been previously vacant. They immediately set to work. This was backbreaking labor, but it was worth it. Now they had a farm. A real farm. Unfortunately, the county assessor disagreed…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: FCTLDF cases, food freedom, FTCLDF Members, Kansas

The Case of Embargoed Goat Milk Gelato

By Farm-to-Consumer | December 10, 2018

Who screams for ice cream? We all scream for ice cream—especially artisan goat milk gelato, made in small batches by Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) member Lisa Black. Lisa’s Agriculture Department inspector was screaming, too, but not in a good way. He was under…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: FDA, food freedom, food rights, FTCLDF Cases, gelato, member benefits, member stories

2018 Accomplishments

By Katherine Ghantous | November 19, 2018

Accomplishments and confetti

This has been quite the year for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF). We would like to celebrate with you the many achievements we have made in the food freedom movement. It gives us great joy to continue to be involved in this movement and to fight for farmers, artisanal producers, homesteaders and consumers across the country.

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Fundraising, State News This article is related to: custom meat, food freedom, FTCLDF Cases, fundraiser, member benefits, PRIME Act

Insanitary Condition

By Michael Fisher | October 31, 2018

Dr. Michael Fisher

My definition of insanitary condition is not always my wife’s definition of insanitary condition. Not a problem. In our house, my wife’s opinion rules the day. The same should not be true in an official establishment…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, meat processing, Michael Fisher, poultry, USDA

FTCLDF Panel Answers Common Legal Questions

By Amelia Martin | October 11, 2018

FTCLDF Panel at MENF

Join Joel Salatin, Elizabeth Rich, and Patricia Foreman on an exciting panel as they discuss answers to common legal questions from farmers and homesteaders. The panel was video recorded live at the Mother Earth News Fair in Maryland this summer and was also edited as a podcast…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations This article is related to: custom meat, food freedom, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, FTCLDF Members, Joel Salatin, member benefits, PRIME Act

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