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This Save Your Bacon Giveaway includes 2 BaconPalooza Party packages ($100 value, 4 tickets each) and a plethora of Paleo books!
Click here for more details - entries close midnight Monday
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Minnesota Aims-Again-to Jail Peaceful Farmer
Stearns County, Minnesota-(August 5, 2013)-Peaceful farmer, Alvin Schlangen, faces five criminal charges with a possible penalty of up to 15 months imprisonment and $5,000 in fines at his trial slated to run August 13-15, 2013, in St. Cloud. Schlangen is no stranger to the inside of a courtroom having already been prosecuted-and found not guilty by a jury-in September 2012 in Hennepin County on three charges related to delivering food to members of a private buying club. Attorney Nathan Hansen, in St. Paul retained by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF), is representing Schlangen ...more
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Action Alert
Tell FDA to Treat Small Farmers Fairly
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aiming to undermine the Tester-Hagan amendment which exempts small-scale, direct-marketing farms from the most burdensome aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This exemption is essential to the continued vitality of the local foods movement...more
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Deadline for Comments to FDA: September 16, 2013
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On July 1, 2013, Nevada's Farm-to-Fork law (Assembly Bill 200, AB200) went into effect. The driving force behind the new law were FTCLDF farmer members, Laura and Monte Bledsoe of Quail Hollow Farms in Overton.
In a widely publicized raid, an inspector from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) interrupted a farm-to-fork dinner at the Bledsoes' farm on October 21, 2011, and ordered the destruction of hundreds of pounds of food. Shortly after the event, Laura Bledsoe wrote to those attending the dinner, "We have...more
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FTCLDF Annual FundRAISERDonate $100 or more by August 20 and Choose from 3 Great Gifts Support the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund and protect your access to farm-fresh foods like raw dairy products, humanely raised meats and artisan products. When you donate $100 or more, you can can choose to receive the DVD American Meat for FREE! American Meat takes a pro-farmer look at chicken, hog and cattle production in America. Beginning with a history of our current industrial system, the feedlots and confinement operations are unveiled, not through hidden cameras, but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there.
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Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, 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 check out the 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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