Farm-Raised Military Recruits
Why do we need more farmers? What is the driving force behind USDA policy? In an infuriating epiphany I have yet to metabolize, I found out Wednesday in a private policy-generation meeting with
Joel Salatin
Save Your Farmer! Save Your Bacon Weekend Giveaway
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) hosts a benefactor’s bash at Polyface Farm every year. This event is exciting, casual and inspiring. The things you’ll see and learn and the people you’ll meet are well worth the trip to
Episode 5: Consumer Access: Boneta Bill, FarmMatch, Schlangen’s Trial
Episode 5 of the Food Rights Hour podcast is all about farm-to-consumer access. During this three-part episode by host Kimberly Hartke, you’ll hear Joel Salatin and other proponents talk about Virginia’s HB 1430, the “Boneta Bill,” which provides that the “commerce of farm-to-business and farm-to-consumer sales” is included in the Virginia Right to Farm Act; an interview with Liz Reitzig about the new foodie and farm matching website, FarmMatch.com; and interviews with Alvin Schlangen’s lawyer and
“Boneta Bill” Introduced in Virginia
On January 9 Delegate Scott Lingamfelter introduced House Bill 1430 in the Virginia General Assembly to amend the State Right to Farm Act. HB 1430 is being called the Boneta Bill after Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund member and Fauquier County farmer Martha Boneta of Paris Barns at Historic Liberty Farm. Last year Fauquier County officials
WAPF & FTCLDF Team Up to Sponsor Real Food Stage at Mother Earth News Fair
Mother Earth News Fair, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, September 21 – 23, 2012! Bring your family to a fun-filled sustainable lifestyle event, packed with hands-on workshops and demonstrations on renewable energy, small-scale farming, green building, organic gardening and more! The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense is stepping up this year to help the Weston A. Price Foundation provide three full days […]