• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund

Protecting, defending, and broadening the rights and viability of independent farmers, artisanal food producers, and their consumers.

  • Membership
    • Member Login
    • Join
    • Renew
    • Testimonials
  • Giving
  • About
    • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • Team
    • Work With Us
  • News
    • News
    • Events
  • Action Alerts
  • Resources
  • Contact Us

Action Alerts

Tell FDA to Treat Small Farmers Fairly Action Alert

By admin | August 5, 2013

FDA is aiming to undermine the Tester-Hagan amendment which exempts small-scale, direct-marketing farms from the most burdensome aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This exemption is essential to the continued vitality of the local foods movement.
 
FDA is proposing rules that would make it very easy for the agency to force even small-scale farmers to comply with the extensive, burdensome

Read More

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

Tell EPA to Lower Glyphosate Tolerance Levels – Protect Our Health and the Environment! Action Alert

By admin | June 27, 2013

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new rule raising the allowed residue levels of Monsanto’s herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) on food crops and more. The regulation went into effect May 1, 2013.
 
Tell the EPA to use the latest independent science rather than depending on industry-funded, outdated studies supplied by Monsanto!

Read More

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

Keep Aspartame Out of “Milk”! Action Alert

By admin | April 15, 2013

Dairy industry petitions the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve aspartame as a hidden additive in milk, yogurt, eggnog and cream.
 
The integrity of our food supply is poised for another blow with citizens petition submitted to FDA by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF). These industry groups are asking the FDA to alter the definition of “milk” to include

Read More

This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, aspartame, consumer rights, FDA, federal regulations, food freedom

Tell FDA to Halt Approval of GE Salmon Action Alert

By admin | March 8, 2013

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is poised to approve genetically engineered (GE) salmon.
 
Please submit comments to the FDA asking them to stop their mad rush to put the mysterious GE salmon on our plates! The GE salmon has been genetically altered to produce extra growth hormones,

Read More

This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, consumer rights, FDA, GE Salmon, GMOs

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!

Read More

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

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Page 10
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Raw Milk Map

State-by-State Raw Milk Laws

Cottage Food Map

Map of the United States showing cottage food laws in each state

Poultry Nation©

Red Meat Nation©

State-by-State Slaughter Laws

Footer

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Contact Us
  • Login

Defending the rights and broadening the freedoms of family farms and protecting consumer access to raw milk and nutrient dense foods. Copyright © 2007-2025 · For more information: email: [email protected] · Phone: (703) 208-FARM (3276) · Falls Church, VA Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) The content of this website is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended to be nor should it be construed as either a legal opinion or as legal advice. Articles posted here do not necessarily represent the views or the position of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.