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County Tax Commissioner Wastes $26,000 Fighting Small Farmer Over Serving Size Definition

By Amelia Martin | June 26, 2020

Farm-To-Salad Deliver Van

Chris Couch owns and manages Dreaming Tree Farms, a small farm outside of Richmond, Virginia that sells prepackaged salad kits for a weekly-delivered subscription service under the name Farm-To-Salad. He started out as a hobby farmer in 2009 and in 2017 decided to leave his job as a management consultant to pursue a more fulfilling career growing healthy food for his community…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations This article is related to: FDA, food freedom, food rights, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, FTCLDF Members, member benefits, state legislation, USDA, Virginia

Local Government Tries to Shut Down Virginia Farm

By Logan Peck | May 14, 2020

Jess and Logan Peck

Our whole fiasco with the government trying to shut our farm down came on a Monday in mid-March and began with a call from one of our chefs we sell to. He notified us that the local Loudon County health inspector came into his restaurant, impound stickers in hand, and…

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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 Cases, FTCLDF Members, health department, member benefits, state legislation, Virginia

VIRGINIA: Call Secretary of Ag to Keep Farmers Markets Open!

By Alexia Kulwiec | March 20, 2020

Virginia Farmers Markets

As you may know, the State of Virginia has declared a state of emergency in response to COVID 19. We have heard reports of uncertainty regarding how this affects the operations of farmers markets. The Virginia Farmers’…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: Action Alerts, food freedom, food rights, food safety, legislation, state legislation, Virginia

Virginia: Oppose These Herd Share Bills Now

By Katherine Ghantous | January 24, 2018

While the sale of raw milk is illegal in Virginia, raw milk advocates have used the concept of herd sharing to obtain the revered, nutrient-dense food for decades. In a herd share agreement, consumers pay a farmer a fee for boarding their animal (or share of the animal), caring for…

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations This article is related to: Action Alerts, food freedom, legislation, raw milk, raw milk bills, raw milk laws, state legislation, Virginia

Herd Shares in Virginia: The Stumbling Beginnings

By Christine Solem | March 15, 2017

In 1975 when I first started milking goats on my small ten-acre farm near Charlottesville, I was besieged by persons allergic to pasteurized cow milk and/or just wanting to consume raw milk. Not knowing the law but having heard

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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, raw milk, raw milk bills, raw milk laws, state legislation, Virginia

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