Passage of the PRIME Act [H.R. 3187] would give states the power to legalize the sale of custom processed meat in intrastate commerce (i.e., meat from an animal slaughtered and processed at a facility where an inspector is not required to be present to observe the slaughtering and conduct an
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Massie and Pingree Introduce Landmark Bill on Custom Meat Processing
Falls Church, Virginia—July 23,2015—Today, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) introduced House Bill H.R. 3187, a bill that would significantly increase access to locally produced meat for consumers around the country. H.R. 3187, also known as the PRIME Act (the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act), would
Year-End Fundraiser: Our Food. Our Freedom. Our Future.
For decades, the policies that determine how our food is grown, raised, produced, distributed, and sold have benefited industrial operations over independent farmers, ranchers, and artisan food producers. We don’t believe the government has the right to choose what we eat, or how we grow or raise food. FTCLDF team spent 2025 fighting for scale-appropriate […]
FTCLDF in the News
FTCLDF in the News Whether we’re fighting for the Right to Farm, defending family ranches from aggressive regulators, or expanding sales avenues for cottage food producers, we’ve been making headlines since 2007! Here’s a selection of news stories featuring FTCLDF. Want to interview or quote FTCLDF? Free to reach out to our team. For time-sensitive […]
Legislative Update: Progress on Food Freedom Bills
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund monitors, advises, and works to influence hundreds of food freedom bills and policies across the country that align with our mission. We’ve been tracking their progress and engaging with legislators and our members to lend our support to those efforts that seek to expand food freedom. Join us for important policy […]
Member Survey Says…
Thank you to all the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) members who participated in the recent survey. Your response helps us to better serve you. Our members are made up of farmers, homesteaders, cottage food and beverage producers, food buying clubs, and concerned consumers. 2024 Member Survey Replies Our members’ top three favorite member benefits are: Possible […]
2023 Accomplishments Prove There’s Strength in Numbers
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) is so grateful to our supporters, allies and members, who work hard every day to make improvements to the U.S. food system. In 2023 we had some important successes along with some continuing challenges and frustrations with government policies that impede the viability of independent operations engaged in providing locally […]
2020 Accomplishments
This has been quite the year, to say the least! We would like to share 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.
Working to Better Serve FTCLDF Members
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) recently conducted a survey of its members to learn how COVID-19 has affected their farm businesses and to learn what more the organization can do to serve its members. Here is what we learned and what we are planning at the FTCLDF…
Farm Bill Update
The 2018 Farm Bill has been passed by Congress and signed by the President. This massive piece of legislation covers a diverse mix of government programs, everything from environmental protection, farm subsidies, food safety, international trade, and food stamps.