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Food Rights News

Heather Retberg Wins FTCLDF Activism Award

By Farm-to-Consumer | February 2, 2017

Falls Church, VA—February 2, 2017—The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) is proud to announce that Maine farmer Heather Retberg is the winner of the second annual Gravel Road Gang Activism Award

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Press Room, State News This article is related to: food, food freedom, food sovereignty, legislation, Maine, poultry, raw milk, Retberg, state legislation

Reclaiming Our Traditional Foodways

By Farm-to-Consumer | January 27, 2017

For the majority of this country’s history, unregulated farmer-to-consumer direct commerce was the norm in most of the United States. Consumers could even purchase meat, a food heavily regulated today, from farmers that were not

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: federal legislation, food freedom, food safety, FSMA, legislation, North Dakota, state legislation, Virginia, Wyoming

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

Michigan MDARD Seeks Destruction Order for 18 Oatmeal Cookies and 17 Apple Muffins

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | January 4, 2017

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has filed a complaint with the Livingston County Circuit Court asking that the court order the destruction of, among other foods, 18 homemade oatmeal cookies and 17 homemade apple muffins. MDARD seized the cookies

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: food freedom, food safety, herdshares, Michigan, raw milk, raw milk safety, state legislation

Introduction to the FTCLDF On-Farm Poultry Processing Map

By Farm-to-Consumer | December 30, 2016

In 1968, Congress passed Public Law 90-492, amending the Poultry Products Inspection Act. The amendments created exemptions allowing for the sale of uninspected poultry that is slaughtered and processed on a farm, meaning an inspector does not have to be

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Press Room, State Laws and Regulations, State News

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