Ask Your Representatives to Support The Food Freedom Act
Attend the Hearing or Contact Your Representatives!
Monday Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. Eastern
General Assembly Building
West Conference Room, 7th Floor
1000 Bank St
Richmond, VA 23218 [directions]
(804) 698-1619
The Virginia House Agriculture Subcommittee will hear House Bill 135, The Food Freedom Act, on Monday, January 20th at 4 p.m.
Show your support for food freedom and attend the hearing.
Please share this alert with friends and family.
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The Virginia Food Freedom Act
The Virginia Food Freedom Act, HB 135, allows the sale of food products that are processed in the home or on a farm employing 10 or fewer people and sold directly to the end consumer as long as the product is labeled with the producer's name and address, product ingredients, and a disclosure statement indicating that the product is not inspected by Virginia's food safety laws or regulations. HB 135 was introduced by Delegate Robert Bell.
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What You Can Do
Ask your representatives to vote YES on HB 135, The Virginia Food Freedom Act.
1. Attend the public hearing scheduled for Monday, January 20, 2014 at 4 p.m. in the West Conference Room, General Assembly Building 7th Floor 1000 Bank Street, Richmond, VA 23218.
2. Comment on the Richmond Sunlight webpage about HB 135 at http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2014/hb135
3. Send an email to AND call the House Agriculture Subcommittee members: Chairman Danny Marshall: R District 14 (804) 698-1014
[email protected]
Del. Matthew James, District 80 (804) 698-1080
Del Barry Knight, District 81 (804) 698-1081
Del Jackson Miller (R) Distict 50 (804) 698-1050
Del James "Will" Morefield (R) District 3 (804) 698-1003
Del Bobby Orrock (R) District 54 (804)698-1054
Del Charles Poindexter (R) District 9 (804) 698-1009
Del Mark Sickles (D) District 43
[email protected] (804) 698-1043
If you send an email, please be sure to personalize your message! To make a much bigger impact, add a couple of sentences at the beginning about who you are and why HB 135 matters to you.
SAMPLE MESSAGE for emails or calls:
My name is ___ and I am a Virginia resident. I am calling to urge Delegate ____ to vote YES on HB 135, "The Food Freedom Act of 2014," which removes restrictions on direct farm-to-consumer sales.
Specifically, HB 135 would remove restrictions on the sale of foods that are processed in the home or on a farm of 10 or fewer people and sold directly to the end consumer as long as the product is labeled with the producer's name and address, product ingredients, and a disclosure statement indicating that the product is not inspected by Virginia's food safety laws or regulations.
Virginia is experiencing economic difficulties while many Virginians are seeking locally produced foods by people and farms they know. With HB 135, Virginians could create their own jobs and determine the healthfulness and safety of the foods of their choosing without interference.
I urge Delegate ____ to vote YES on HB 135, The Food Freedom Act of 2014, in order to improve the local economy.
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Email Address List
Copy and paste the following list to address your email to the VA House Agriculture Committee:
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Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit [EIN 20-8605130], defends the rights and broadens the freedoms of family farms and artisan food producers while protecting consumer access to raw milk and nutrient-dense foods. Learn more About Us or FTCLDF 2012 Summary.
Membership benefits include the possibility of representation in court; the Fund typically pays for all court costs. The Fund is not an insurance company and cannot guarantee representation on all legal matters. Your membership fees and donations help to keep local food sources available and preserve family farms facing unjust enforcement actions.
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Please forward this alert to others who are concerned about protecting locally-sourced nutrient-dense foods and preserving sustainable small family farms and artisan food producers as well as defending the rights to sell and to access the foods of one's choice from the source of one's choice.
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