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Maine’s Right to Food Constitutional Amendment

By Alexia Kulwiec | November 10, 2021

Maine's Constitutional Amendment

On Tuesday, November 3, 2021, Maine voters approved an historic state constitutional amendment establishing a constitutional Right to Food. The measure added language to the state constitution providing that individuals have a “natural, inherent, and unalienable right to food, including the right to save and exchange seeds and the right…

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

Developments with Maine Food Sovereignty Law

By Katherine Ghantous | November 27, 2017

Maine set precedence this year as the first state in the nation to permit municipalities the authorization to regulate local food systems. LD 725, titled An Act to Recognize Local Control Regarding Food Systems (commonly known as The Food Sovereignty Act), grants municipalities control of their

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: food freedom, Maine, state legislation

2017 Accomplishments

By Katherine Ghantous | November 20, 2017

This has been quite the year for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF). We would like to celebrate 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: custom meat, food freedom, FTCLDF Cases, fundraiser, Maine, member benefits, North Dakota, PRIME Act, Tennessee

Maine Governor Signs Local Food Sovereignty Bill; Vetoes Unregulated Statewide Food Sales

By Farm-to-Consumer | June 29, 2017

It’s been an amazing past couple of weeks in Maine. On June 16, the state broke new ground for the local food movement when Governor Paul LePage signed LD (Legislative Drawer) 725, a bill giving control over food regulation to

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Press Room, State News This article is related to: food freedom, Maine, state legislation

Heather Retberg Wins FTCLDF Activism Award

By Farm-to-Consumer | February 2, 2017

Falls Church, VA—February 2, 2017—The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) is proud to announce that Maine farmer Heather Retberg is the winner of the second annual Gravel Road Gang Activism Award

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Press Room, State News This article is related to: food, food freedom, food sovereignty, legislation, Maine, poultry, raw milk, Retberg, state legislation

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