The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has filed a complaint with the Livingston County Circuit Court asking that the court order the destruction of, among other foods, 18 homemade oatmeal cookies and 17 homemade apple muffins. MDARD seized the cookies
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RNC Keeps Junk Food on the Table
The sham known as the DARK Act was an ugly reminder about who controls food policy in this country. Virginia farmer and activist Bernadette Barber provides details on who the players are and how they operate.
Victory in Indiana
The Indiana State Poultry Association, the nonprofit Indiana Pork, Indiana Beef Cattle Association, Indiana Farm Bureau, Purdue University Extension, the Indiana Board of Animal Health, the Indiana State Department of Health, and
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
Eldon Hooley Convicted over City Food Code Violation in Texas
Falls Church, VA—December 16, 2015—After a two-day trial, a jury in Fort Worth Municipal Court found FTCLDF member and Grandview dairy farmer Eldon Hooley guilty on one count of operating a food
Breaking News: Ontario Raw Milk Farmer Released After Overnight Jail
Durham, Ontario—October 20, 2015—West Grey Police detained raw milk farmer Michael Schmidt on October 19, 2015 and held him overnight when he reported for booking on theft charges. The Canadian government is
Farmageddon: The Unseen War on American Family Farms
Kristin Canty, Producer/Director With the challenges of weather, work, and worn out land, one would think farmers and real food supporters would have enough to be worried about. But for many, they have one, even worse, worry—government agencies and agents rampaging, raging, and raiding their farms and foods. Kristin Canty explores the history of the […]
The Raw Milk Answer Book: What You REALLY Need to Know About Our Most Controversial Food
By David Gumpert, Author and Journalist Finally, a serious and candid conversation about raw milk, unlike any that has ever occurred. The Raw Milk Answer Book raises more than 200 of the most difficult questions surrounding our most controversial food—the risk of getting seriously ill, whether it should be fed to children, the credibility of […]
Turning the Tables in Minnesota
From 2010–2014, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) did everything it could to put Gibbon dairy farmer Mike Hartmann out of business. Whether it was raiding Hartmann’s farm, impounding his truck, confiscating and destroying his products, embargoing his
Swarms of Officers
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.” – Declaration of Independence Farming is difficult enough without being subjected to burdensome regulations, excessive licensing requirements and fees, inconsistent interpretations of the laws, and heavy-handed enforcement tactics by government agencies. This space […]