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Victory in Michigan! Shady Grove Farm Protected by Right to Farm Act

By admin | December 19, 2012

Fund members Randy and Libby Buchler of Shady Grove Farm learned today that their farming operation in Forsyth Township, Michigan can continue. Judge Thomas L. Solka of the Marquette County Circuit Court ruled that “because defendants’ farm . . . is protected from nuisance suits under the

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: Buchler, food freedom, FTCLDF Cases, Michigan, Right to Farm

Episode 4: Revisiting the Farm-to-Fork Fiasco

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | December 18, 2012

Episode 4 of the Food Rights Hour podcast is an interview with Laura Bledsoe, whose farm-to-fork dinner was halted mid-preparation on October 21, 2011 by the Southern Nevada Health District.
 
The health inspector would not allow the food, prepared by a certified chef, to be served to the guests

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights Hour Podcast, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: farm raids, farm-to-fork dinner, food safety, FRH-Pete, health district, Laura Bledsoe, Nevada, politics, Quail Hollow, Southern Nevada Health District, swarms

Crowdfunding and Farmer Access to Capital

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | December 12, 2012

Lack of available funding for their business operations remains a major obstacle for farmers. Banks have generally refused to make loans to small farms direct marketing their products to consumers; grants from government agencies such as USDA often have strings attached which frequently make the cost of compliance with the grant’s terms too high to […]

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq.

Make Your Own Cheese & Kefir

By admin | December 6, 2012

Learn how you can make your own cheese at home
Fundraiser – all proceeds toward defense of Hershberger
December 8, 2012 – Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Grazin’ Acres Farm Pantry – Loganville, WI 53943
 
Learn More about the Class and the Hershberger case

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This article can be found in: Events, Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: cheesemakers, fundraiser, Hershberger, Wisconsin

Tell Congress to Dump the Monsanto Rider Action Alert

By admin | December 4, 2012

Congress is back in session, and it has to address how to fund the government in the coming year. The dangerous “Monsanto” rider is still on the table for the 2013 Appropriations bill, and we need to stop it!

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

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