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FSMA: Comment on FDA’s Proposed Food Safety Regulations by November 15 Deadline Action Alert

By admin | October 22, 2013

Food safety regulations proposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pose significant problems for sustainable farmers, food producers, and food hubs across the country.
 
Under the proposed regulations, many farmers will be forced to comply with high-cost, industrial-scale regulations, and they will be unable to use traditional, sustainable growing practices. Food hubs and local food businesses will be forced to deal with costly and

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, FSMA, petitions

South Dakota Raw Milk Supporters Push Against Proposed Rules

By admin | October 17, 2013

Third Raw Milk Rules Hearing Report
 
On October 9, 2013, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture held its third raw milk rules hearing since June, for the same set of rules proposed at the July 26, 2013 hearing. Over 600

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: raw milk, raw milk laws, South Dakota

Bio-Tech Food Opponents to Debate Mandatory GMO Labeling

By admin | October 15, 2013

Dr. Mercola and Joel Salatin Square Off at FTCLDF FundRAISER in Atlanta, Georgia
 
Falls Church, VA—(October 15, 2013)—The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF), a 501(c)(4) nonprofit dedicated to protecting the constitutional right of consumers to obtain

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This article can be found in: Events, Food Rights News, Press Room This article is related to: fundraiser, GMOs, Joel Salatin

Paleo-Inspired Polyface Wrap Up

By admin | October 11, 2013

Good day to everyone out there in Paleoland. We are still knocking the cow poop off our boots from one amazing weekend in Virginia. There are so many things to talk about and emotions around our food, our health and our nation it’s quite hard to summarize it with one blog post. It has taken me several days to process everything. There may be some

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This article can be found in: Annual Appeal, Events, Food Rights News This article is related to: food freedom, Joel Salatin, Julie & Charles Mayfiel, paleo lifestyle, Polyface Farms, Right to Farm

Free Farm Consultant Services for Members

By Amelia Martin | October 2, 2013

Are you in need of a (free) farm consultant?
 
Well, if you’re a member of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF), you’re in luck. As one of the many member benefits, you receive access to Tim Wightman, an experienced farm, dairy and soil-to-table consultant, complimentary with

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: Chore Time, member benefits, raw milk, Tim Wightman

Speak Up for Pastured Egg Farms Action Alert

By admin | September 23, 2013

Comments Due Today (Sep. 23, 2013)
The FDA is yet again putting burdens on farmers who use healthy, sustainable practices, and justifying them with fear-based assumptions rather than data. The agency’s latest move is a draft guidance document that will make it all but impossible for farmers with 3,000 or more laying hens to keep the birds on pasture.

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, eggs, FDA regulations, poultry

Polyface Farm: My Visit to Local Food Paradise

By Sarah Pope | September 23, 2013

A few weekends ago, I had the opportunity to visit ground zero of the local food movement in the United States: Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. Polyface Inc. has been featured in Smithsonian, National Geographic, Gourmet and numerous other radio, television and print media. The farm achieved iconic status as the grass-based farm featured in

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This article can be found in: Events, Food Rights News, Real Food Media Bloggers - Village Green Network This article is related to: farm-to-fork dinner, fundraiser, Joel Salatin

Ag Secretary Addresses Why We Need More Farmers: Cannon Fodder?

By Joel Salatin | September 11, 2013

Farm-Raised Military Recruits
Why do we need more farmers? What is the driving force behind USDA policy? In an infuriating epiphany I have yet to metabolize, I found out Wednesday in a private policy-generation meeting with

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: Joel Salatin, Vilsack, Virginia

Secret Planting?

By Charles Sutherland | September 10, 2013

GMO wheat used in field tests years ago was discovered earlier this year in an Oregon farmer’s field, raising questions over the source of the seed contamination as well as renewing concerns about . . .
 
Between 1856 and 1863 an Austrian monk, Gregor Mendel, cultivated and tested tens of thousands of plants, mostly peas, and

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: GMOs, Monsanto

FSMA: Will “Food Safety” Undermine Food Security?

By Farm-to-Consumer | August 27, 2013

Although purported to address food safety problems in the industrial food system, implementation of the FSMA poses a threat to the ‘local food movement’ and true food security—-the ability of a country region or locality to produce enough food to meet its own needs.
 
The most wonderful aspect of going local with your diet, is the opportunity to meet pioneers of organic, sustainable agriculture. There is

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Real Food Media Bloggers - Village Green Network This article is related to: food safety, food security, FSMA, GMOs, Michael Tabor

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