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Crookies and Cream: Raw Milk Ice Cream in New Hampshire

By Katherine Ghantous | October 10, 2019

Farm Stand

In early August, Jill received a letter from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, threatening to fine her unless she stopped selling ice cream. In the message from the Department’s supervisor…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: food freedom, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, FTCLDF Members, raw milk, raw milk bills, raw milk laws, state legislation

Dressing Rooms, Lavatories, and Toilets

By Michael Fisher | August 21, 2019

Dressing Rooms, Lavatories, and Toilets Michael Fisher post

This is the last article in a series about facilities. Dressing rooms, lavatories, and toilets are a life necessity. We do not talk about them much, but we cannot avoid them. If you prepare food for human consumption, they are essential because this is where you maintain your personal…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, meat processing, Michael Fisher, poultry, USDA

Water Supply

By Michael Fisher | July 24, 2019

I took precautions yet I still contracted Shigella dysenteriae. Most likely this was from consuming fresh fruit from a vendor who washed it with water contaminated with human feces. You cannot take the safety of the water for granted. 9 CFR 416.2(g) shares…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, meat processing, Michael Fisher, poultry, USDA

Plumbing and Sewage

By Michael Fisher | June 19, 2019

Plumbing and Sewage Graphic

In 21st century America, it is easy to take the pipes that carry potable water in and non-potable water out for granted. Out of sight should not be out of mind. My father was a plumber and routinely put me up close and personal….

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, meat processing, Michael Fisher, poultry, USDA

Revisiting the Nevada Farm-to-Fork Raid

By Farm-to-Consumer | June 12, 2019

Quail Hollow Dinner Table

When an over-zealous regulator shows up at your farm dinner demanding that food be destroyed as hungry guests await, who do you call? FTCLDF! Here’s Laura Bledsoe’s account written as a letter to CSA members and dinner…

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights News, Swarms This article is related to: farm raids, food freedom, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, FTCLDF Members, health department, legislation, member benefits, Nevada, state legislation

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