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A Win for Local Food: Maine Expands Food Sovereignty Rights

By Alexia Kulwiec | September 24, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  9/24/2025  Contact: Alexia Kulwiec, Executive Director  [email protected]  773.490.4063  A Win for Local Food: Maine Expands Food Sovereignty Rights Court case leads to stronger protections for local food sales Augusta, ME – Effective today, Maine LD 124 significantly strengthens the Maine Food Sovereignty Act. Prompted in part by a lawsuit filed by Farm-to-Consumer […]

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Florida’s Department of Health Is Destroying a Family Farm without Due Process

By Alexia Kulwiec | August 27, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8/27/2025 Contact: Alexia Kulwiec, Executive Director [email protected] 773.490.4063 A statement from Alexia Kulwiec Executive Director of Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Our mission is to defend the rights and viability of independent farmers and their consumers. Today, that mission compels us to speak out about Keely Farms Dairy, a licensed Florida family farm, […]

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Why is a family-owned livestock feed provider being persecuted?

By Farm-to-Consumer | August 15, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  8/15/2025  Contact: Alexia Kulwiec, Executive Director  [email protected]  773.490.4063  What Happened Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is troubled by actions involving Keely Farms Dairy in Florida. Keely Farms Dairy is licensed as a livestock feed provider by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS).   Yet the Florida Department of Health, not the […]

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The Unconstitutional Chicken Ordinance

By D Laninga | June 4, 2025

In October of 2024, one of our members reached out for help with a zoning notice she’d received from her Michigan city. The notice claimed she’d been raising chickens without a permit, violating the city’s chicken ordinance. The notice called for Kathy to remove her chickens from her property.   The thing is, Kathy had a […]

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U.S. Companies No Longer Required to File BOI Reports with FinCEN

By Beth Esposito, JD | March 24, 2025

*This is not legal advice. This is general information to educate about the upcoming CTA requirements. As of March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has released an interim final rule stating that U.S. companies and U.S. persons are no longer required to file a beneficial ownership information (BOI) report under the Corporate […]

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