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A Seat at the Table: A Right to Food Fundraiser is Sept. 28, 2024 in Portland, Me.

By Suzanne Sisk | August 29, 2024

Join us in the fight to protect the rights of local, sustainable, farmers, food makers, and their consumers! FTCLDF and some of our members are in a critical Right to Food legal battle between Kenduskeag Kitchen, a small, local, food producer, and the State of Maine.  FTCLDF’s “A Seat at the Table” fundraiser, to be held […]

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This article can be found in: Events, Food Rights News, Fundraising, Litigation This article is related to: food freedom, food rights, fundraiser, kenduskeag, kenduskeag kitchen, lawsuit, litigation, local, Maine

Help FTCLDF Fight for Food Freedom in Maine

By Suzanne Sisk | June 12, 2023

Kenduskeag, Me. (June 12, 2023) – As we reported about six weeks ago, Maine state regulators have shuttered a small home food business serving healthy, prepared meals to one of its rural communities.  In support of Kenduskeag Kitchen owner Rhiannon Deschaine and other members, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) maintains action taken by the State […]

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Fundraising, Litigation, Membership, Press Room, State Laws and Regulations, State News, Uncategorized This article is related to: cottage foods, donate, food law, food rights, lawsuit, litigation, Maine, small business, state law, state legislation

Fighting for Food Freedom in Maine: FTCLDF Lawsuit Asserts the State of Maine Has Violated the Food Sovereignty Act

By Suzanne Sisk | April 27, 2023

Kenduskeag, Me. (April 27, 2023) – Maine state regulators have shuttered a small home food business serving healthy, prepared meals to a rural community. Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF), in support of Kenduskeag Kitchen owner Rhiannon Deschaine and other members, maintains the action taken by the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) violates […]

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Litigation, Press Room, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: cottage foods, food freedom, home kitchen, lawsuit, litigation, Maine, small business, state law

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