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Food Freedom in America
August 13, 2011 - Saturday Evening
8-10 Eastern, 7-9 Central, 6-8 Mountain, 5-7 Pacific
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LISTEN LIVE at www.republicbroadcasting.org
Attorney Pete Kennedy, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund President and Farm-to-Consumer Foundation Vice President, will be your host.
This week's guest is Baylen Linnekin, Executive Director of Keep Food Legal (KFL). KFL is a membership organization devoted to culinary freedom, the right of every American to grow, raise, produce, buy, sell, cook, and eat the foods of their own choosing. They will discuss the FDA crackdown on raw milk, the food sovereignty movement, and the growth in demand for locally produced food. Topics will include the history of food freedom in American and the current federal, state and local interference with our food choices.
Check out the website for Keep Food Legal.
CALL-IN NUMBER: 800-313-9443
Be sure to call in with your questions.
If you miss the show, listen to the recording!
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Baylen Linnekin is the founder and executive director of Keep Food Legal, a nationwide membership organization devoted to culinary freedom. He has worked as a food and beverage attorney and holds a master of laws degree (LL.M.) in agricultural and food law. He is also the founder and a writer of Crispy on the Outside, an irreverent group blog focusing on food, food politics, and food regulations.
Baylen's food writing has appeared in the Chapman Law Review, the Journal of Wine Economics, and Reason magazine. Baylen has presented his research in the area of food and food law at various conferences and spoken on Capitol Hill. He kept an organic garden plot in Washington, DC's best-known Victory Garden for six years and currently lives with his partner of seventeen years, Roxanne, in Washington, DC. |
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Pete is an attorney in Sarasota, Florida and serves as the president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund and vice president of the Farm-to-Consumer Foundation.
Prior to and since the founding of these organizations, Pete has worked on raw dairy issues in various States as well as other food distribution aspects including extensive reviews of legislation, particularly food safety and raw milk bills. He also provides instruction on the legal aspects for Cow-Share College & Goat-Share University |
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