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Members-Only Webinar: Protecting Your Livestock Guardian Dogs

By Amelia Martin | February 20, 2023

Livestock Guardian Dog

Many of our members use Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs) to protect their livestock, like poultry flocks and sheep herds. This one’s for you! In this live webinar, hear from our own Senior Litigation Counsel, Suzy Israel. Suzy will discuss the ongoing assault on the use of Livestock Guardian Dogs. She has handled a number of cases for us at FTCLDF involving alleged ordinance…

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This article can be found in: Events This article is related to: Action Alerts, federal legislation, federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, legislation, member benefits, poultry, state legislation, USDA, webinar

We Need Your Help: Push to Clarify On-Farm Slaughter Rules

By Alexia Kulwiec | November 10, 2022

Sheep in field

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund has joined an effort to clarify federal law as it relates to on-farm animal slaughter rules and we need your help! This issue arose early in 2022 when we became aware that the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service…

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Federal News This article is related to: Action Alerts, custom meat, federal legislation, federal regulations, food freedom, food laws, legal, legislation, meat processing, small farm, small grower

PRIME Act Would Address Meat Access Woes

By Alexia Kulwiec | July 8, 2020

PRIME Act Square

A recent survey among Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) members indicates that members’ top concerns include the unavailability of meat processors and regulations that interfere with the ability of farmers and ranchers to deliver farm products directly to the consumer. The Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act would repeal the ban on the intrastate sale of…

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, custom meat, federal legislation, food freedom, legislation, PRIME Act

Act Now for the PRIME Act and Increase Access to Local Meat

By Farm-to-Consumer | May 5, 2020

PRIME Act Action Alert with Cows

The country is beginning to experience the drastic impact of the ongoing consolidation of the meat processing industry causing instability in our food supply, and specifically in our meat supply. There is a very simple solution, and that is to enable increased direct-to-consumer sales of meat via the PRIME Act…

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, custom meat, federal legislation, food freedom, legislation, PRIME Act

VIRGINIA: Call Secretary of Ag to Keep Farmers Markets Open!

By Alexia Kulwiec | March 20, 2020

Virginia Farmers Markets

As you may know, the State of Virginia has declared a state of emergency in response to COVID 19. We have heard reports of uncertainty regarding how this affects the operations of farmers markets. The Virginia Farmers’…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: Action Alerts, food freedom, food rights, food safety, legislation, state legislation, Virginia

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