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The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is a 501 (c) (4) non-profit organization made up of farmers and consumers joining together and pooling resources to:
• Protect the constitutional right of the nation’s family farms to provide processed and unprocessed farm foods directly to consumers through any legal means.
• Protect the constitutional right of consumers to obtain unprocessed and processed farm foods directly from family farms.
• Protect the nation’s family farms from harassment by federal, state, and local government interference with food production and on-farm food processing.
PROTECTING     FIGHTING
• Access to Raw Milk
• Consumer Choice 
• Sustainable Family Farms		 • On-farm Processing
• Direct-to-Consumer Distribution		 • National Animal ID System (NAIS)
• Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
• Restrictions on direct sales
 

Feb 01- Obama's pick for food safety chief surprises consumer advocates
Feb 01- Tagging laws are costing farmers dear
Feb 01- Organic Farming Pioneer Found Dead
Feb 01- Food author pushes for national food policy in Guelph speech
Feb 01- Hope on the farm
Feb 01- In uncertain times, growing your food is fashionable again
Feb 01- Interview: Joel Salatin
Feb 01- Robert F. Kennedy Jr Backs Vertical Farming
Feb 01- TN green crusader puts ecovillage message to work worldwide
Feb 01- UPDATE 3-Obama wants to end wealthy farmers' crop subsidies
Feb 01- S.2758: Growing Safe Food Act of 2009
Feb 01- Plant a Row Project enlists local gardeners to aid food pantries
Jan 29 - How Much Grass Must Be in Organic Milk?
Jan 29 - State of WI Shuts Down One Of The Oldest Biodynamic Farms For "Distributing" Raw Milk!
Jan 29 - Australia: Organic farming boosts farmers markets
Jan 29 - USDA Provides Funds for 2010 Exports
Jan 29 - Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development center to be created at Winrock
Jan 29 - Staunton shifts eyes toward culinary tourism
Jan 29 - Tasty Travel: Seven Tips To Explore New Farmers’ Markets When On The Road
Jan 29 - Colorado Farm Show: Dairy industry gets a peek at future
Jan 29 - The Local Approach
Jan 29 - Cow sharers see ruling as raw milk precedent
Jan 29 - SC senators approve healthier meals in schools
Jan 29 - Doyle announces ‘buy local’ grants
Jan 29 - State of the Union's School Lunch: Nutrition as National Defense and Fiscal Health
Jan 29 - Karen Selick: Got milk justice?
Jan 29 - Ontario dairy farmers urge appeal over raw milk
Jan 29 - Target says eliminating farmed salmon
Jan 29 - Raw milk fight becomes a symbol of food freedom
Jan 29 - Growing China's local food movement
Jan 29 - Ag Leaders React to State of the Union Address
Jan 29 - Looking Back at Farming Over the Past 10 Years
Jan 29 - Raw milk: let’s have regulation, not litigation
Jan 29 - Food Safety - Can FDA Be Trusted?
Jan 27 - Do consumers need protection from raw milk?
Jan 27 - Got Milk? A Disturbing Look at the Dairy Industry
more...

Oppose HR 2749, a bill that fails to address the real issues of food safety yet gives FDA increased power with less accountability. Its one-size-fits-all regulatory scheme will impact small farms and artisanal producers for the worse. 

Support HR 778 Now, a bill that would effectively end the current federal ban on raw milk and raw milk products for human consumption in interstate commerce.

 

 

 
 
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