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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

Reclaiming Our Traditional Foodways

By Farm-to-Consumer | January 27, 2017

For the majority of this country’s history, unregulated farmer-to-consumer direct commerce was the norm in most of the United States. Consumers could even purchase meat, a food heavily regulated today, from farmers that were not

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: federal legislation, food freedom, food safety, FSMA, legislation, North Dakota, state legislation, Virginia, Wyoming

Preserving Aquaculture Heritage in Virginia – HB 1897 & SB 1529

By Farm-to-Consumer | January 25, 2017

Virginia House Bill 1897 (HB 1897) and Senate Bill 1529 (SB 1529) are companion bills introduced, respectively, by Delegate Nick Freitas and Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel to make it crystal clear that aquaculture is

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Petitions This article is related to: Action Alerts, oysters, Right to Farm, Virginia

HB 2030 – Support Virginia Food Choice, Family Farms & Local Artisans

By Farm-to-Consumer | January 23, 2017

Virginia House Bill 2030 would allow the face-to-face sale of food products at farmers markets or through farm-based and home-based sales directly to consumers as long as the producer

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Petitions This article is related to: Action Alerts, food freedom, raw milk bills, Virginia

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