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FTCLDF Cases

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Updates and press releases on the various cases handled or funded by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF or the "Fund") are posted below. Click on the titles below to view the full post.

If you have questions about any of the cases, you may contact us online, email us at [email protected] or call 703-208-FARM (3276).

Victory for Sheriff the Dog and Right-to-Farm

By Amelia Martin | December 11, 2019

Sheriff the Livestock Guardian Dog

The Farrises have a livestock guardian dog named Sheriff to protect their fruit and livestock on their 23-acre farm in California. All is well until a new neighbor moves in…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: California, food freedom, food rights, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, FTCLDF Members, Right to Farm, state legislation

2019 Accomplishments

By Katherine Ghantous | November 25, 2019

2019 Accomplishments

This has been quite the year! We would like to share with you the many achievements we have made in the food freedom movement. It gives us great joy to continue to be involved in this movement and to fight for farmers, artisanal producers, homesteaders and consumers across the country.

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Fundraising, State News This article is related to: food freedom, FTCLDF Cases, fundraiser, member benefits

FTCLDF and Member File Raw Butter Lawsuit

By Alexia Kulwiec | October 25, 2019

Raw Butter Lawsuit

This week, the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) and one of its members, Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy, filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Our lawsuit seeks to force…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: FDA, FDA lawsuit, federal legislation, federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, raw butter

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

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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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.