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Chicken Back on the Menu: Victory for FTCLDF Members in Indiana

By Farm-to-Consumer | December 8, 2015

In a victory for farm-to-table commerce, Hawkins Family Farm has begun selling its on-farm processed poultry again to Joseph Decuis Restaurant after the Indiana Attorney General’s office issued an advisory opinion finding

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

Sixteenth Maine Town Passes Food Sovereignty Ordinance

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 10, 2015

Bingham, MAINE—July 10, 2015—On July 1, Bingham, Maine became the 16th town in that state to pass the Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance (LFCSGO) when its citizens voted to adopt the LFCSGO at a special town meeting by a ballot vote of 59-8. Under the ordinance, farmers

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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

Food Rights Updates: CT Raw Milk, ME Food Sovereignty & FDA Oversight in TX

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | July 1, 2015

Connecticut Herdshare Bill Now Law: Connecticut became the sixth state to pass legislation increasing access to raw milk in 2015 when Governor Dannel Malloy signed Senate Bill 360 (SB 360) into law on June 23rd. The bill legalizes the “transfer or exchange of raw milk between persons…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: Connecticut, food freedom, FSMA, Maine, raw milk, raw milk bills, state legislation, Texas

Food Police Blotter: Backyard Chickens in New Milford, NJ

By Jeff DelVecchio | June 24, 2015

The Food Police Blotter tracks the actions of government agencies in denying the right to produce, sell, obtain and consume the foods of our choice. This open letter from Jeff DelVecchio describes how it was not his local zoning department but rather the town Board of Health that prohibited him from

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: food freedom, food safety, New Jersey, state legislation

The People Speak: Fourteenth Maine Town Passes Food Self-Governance Ordinance

By Heather Retberg | June 19, 2015

MOSCOW, MAINE—June 17, 2015—On Tuesday, June 9th the residents of the town of Moscow, Maine in Somerset County voted by ballot to adopt The Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance (LFCSGO). Moscow becomes the third town in Maine this year to pass

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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

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