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2025 Membership Drive Is Feb. 1 – Mar. 15: It’s a Great Time to Join!

By Suzanne Sisk | March 12, 2025

Have you been thinking about joining our community? It’s a great time to join! If you or someone you love is an independent farmer, rancher, cottage food maker, chef, or concerned consumer, take advantage of all the great discounts, offers, and prizes during our 2025 Membership Drive!  TIP: Look for our advertisement in the Stockman […]

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This article can be found in: Events, Membership, Press Room This article is related to: consumer member, farmer member, food freedom, FTCLDF member, FTCLDF Members, homestead member, hotline, join, member benefits, membership

Injunction Issued Stopping Corporate Transparency Act Reporting!

By Beth Esposito, JD | December 9, 2024

  *This is not legal advice. This is general information to educate about the upcoming CTA requirements. The beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirement is on hold after a federal Texas judge issued a preliminary injunction applicable to all reporting companies nationwide. The suit was brought by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and […]

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This article can be found in: Articles, Federal News, Food Rights News, Press Room, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: beneficial ownership, bio, boi, business, corporation, legal, LLC, s corp, small business

Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule: What Is It and Does It Apply to Me?

By Beth Esposito, JD | December 7, 2024

  *This is not legal advice. This is general information to educate about the upcoming CTA requirements. Introduction In 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), ostensibly to help deter financial misconduct. This law passed over the objections of many key organizations, including those of the National Small Business Association. Through this Act, there […]

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This article can be found in: Articles, Federal News, Food Rights News, Press Room, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: beneficial ownership, bio, boi, business, corporation, legal, LLC, s corp, small business

Farm-to-Consumer Signs onto the LOCAL Foods Act to Benefit On-Farm Slaughter

By Suzanne Sisk | October 7, 2024

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is one of dozens of organizations, and more than 600 signatories from across the country to support a petition by Rural Vermont to improve the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA). Currently, FMIA only allows farmers to raise, slaughter, and butcher their animals without inspection for their personal use, not sold to […]

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This article can be found in: Articles, Food Rights News, Litigation, Press Room, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: commercial kitchen, cottage food, food freedom, food law, food laws, food rights, food safety, foodborne illness, litigation, Maine

New Developments in the Fight for Food Sovereignty in Maine

By Suzanne Sisk | September 11, 2024

For almost two years Maine state regulators have kept a small home food business from serving healthy, prepared meals to a rural community. Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF), in support of Kenduskeag Kitchen owner Rhiannon Deschaine and other members, maintains the action taken by the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) […]

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This article can be found in: Articles, Food Rights News, Litigation, Press Room, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: commercial kitchen, cottage food, food freedom, food law, food laws, food rights, food safety, foodborne illness, litigation, Maine

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