This June the trial of Ontario dairy farmer Michael Schmidt and three other farmers for obstructing a police officer will resume. The charge stems from a 2015 raid of Schmidt’s Glencolton Farms where members of a food cooperative
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Reclaiming Our Traditional Foodways
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
Poultry Map and Chart
“Exemption” means exempt from the requirement that an inspector be present when slaughtering and processing is taking place; it does not mean being exempt from any regulation. * Specific requirements for on-farm poultry processing may vary by state. Copyright © 2023 Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, farmtoconsumer.org. The map is the property of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal […]
Decline in U.S. Slaughterhouse Numbers Continues
On April 20, 2016, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) published its 2015 Livestock Slaughter Summary; the data indicates further deterioration of U.S. slaughterhouse infrastructure. The total number of
How Low Can the Government Agenda Against Local Food Go?
I didn’t expect to write about raw milk twice in a row. While the West Virginia raw milk mangling was despicable, driven no less by an anonymous tip, it wasn’t unexpected. You don’t play ball with the big kids and not take some dirty elbows
Slaughterhouse Shortage in the U.S.
In 1967, at the time of the passage of the Wholesome Meat Act, there were nearly 10,000 slaughterhouses in the country. The table below from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) on the number of livestock slaughter plants (poultry plants are not included) shows how the local
Who Makes Law in Virginia? FDA
On February 1, the Virginia House Agriculture Sub-Committee quietly killed an amended version of the Virginia Food Freedom Act (HB 619) by tabling the bill during a subcommittee hearing. The amended version of HB 619 would have
Symbria and Sara Patterson Win FTCLDF Activism Award
Falls Church, VA—January 6, 2016—The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce that Utah farmers Symbria and Sara Patterson are the winners of the first annual Gravel Road Gang Activism Scholarship, an award recognizing
Donors Make the Difference in FTCLDF Efforts
Dear Supporters of Food Freedom,
I’m writing to thank you again for your support of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund and to highlight some of FTCLDF’s activities over the past year. It’s been a productive time for the
Raw Milk Nation – Chart & Map Updates
The 2015 legislative session was a productive one with six different states enacting laws increasing raw milk access: Connecticut, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming. This latest update accounts for the changes the state legislatures