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Happy Birthday Legal Defense Fund!



 

May 15, 2008 - Legal Defense Fund Moves to Stop Animal ID Program; Files Intent to Sue USDA and Michigan Dept. of Agriculture

Welcome!

Are you concerned with:

  • A consumer's right to consume non-toxic products directly from the farm (e.g. raw milk)?
  • Protecting small & medium-size farmers and ranchers from the threats of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) or other misguided governmental actions?
  • The increasing consolidation of our food supply into the hands of a few large, multinational corporations who squander resources to ship foods from as far away as China?
  • The infiltration of genetically modified plants and animals in our food supplies?

Those involved in developing the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) are concerned as well. We have many different backgrounds, many different areas of expertise. Some of us have been members of the farming community for our entire lives; others have taken an interest in our local farms because of the many health benefits we have seen from consuming these foods. We are diverse but unified in purpose.

The FTCLDF provides affordable legal counsel to farmers and consumers in need, it will make the needs of the small farmer and the concerned consumer known to our government, and it will promote our shared vision: Sustainable farming and direct farm-to-consumer transactions.

Won't you help?

 

GREAT writings about our cases by David Gumpert

 

 

GREAT writings about our cases by David Gumpert


Raw Milk Testimonials Needed



NEWS

July 2 - NC - Victory - Pet Milk Dye Rule Reversed!

July 1 - Update on NAIS and School Lunches

June 30 - Dairyman wants super-quality raw milk in retail stores

June 30 - Raw Milk Soiree | Lancaster Farming

June 26 - FTCLDF and 61 other organizations ask Congress not to link the School Lunch Program to the National Animal ID System

June 25 - The Real Deal About Real Milk Seminar

June 24 - ACTION ALERT: Mandatory Requirement for NAIS in School Lunch Program Put in House Agriculture Appropriations Bill.  CALL NOW!

June 21 - Crema, California Real Milk Association

June 20 - School Lunches and NAIS

June 18 - Federal Judge rules in opposition to NAIS and USDA

June 16 - Court issues temporary restraining order suspending application of Privacy Act to NAIS

June 12 - Health officials crack down on unpasteurized milk

June 10 - Society soiree to benefit embattled dairy farmer

June 10 - Organic Raw Milk & Live Foods

June 09 - Missouri Governor Signs Farmer Relief Bill That Prohibits Mandatory NAIS

June 05 - Farm Bill Recap

June 05 - The Washington Times Black market milking

June 05 - Forced sheep tagging not viable, says UK meat industry

May 30 - Got Milk? Get Investigated

May 29 - FTCLDF files comments opposing CO proposed NAIS rule

May 23 - The truth about milk | Rodale Institute

May 22 - Update on Anti-NAIS Bill in Illinois

May 21 - C'mon get happy: Study finds dirt could be the new Prozac | Rodale Institute

May 15 - Legal Defense Fund Moves to Stop Animal ID Program; Files Intent to Sue USDA and Michigan Dept. of Agriculture

May 15 - Those who eat meat, but are concerned about how the animals are raised, now have ways to be "compassionate carnivores."

May 13 - Raw Deal for Raw Milk

May 5 - Farmer fined $4,000 for dealing raw milk

May 3 - Raw Milk Situation in Pennsylvania - Update and Action Alert

May 2 - Regulators rue raw milk vogue -- baltimoresun.com

May 1 - Rally in Defense of Mark Nolt

May 1 - Raw milk lovers upset over Amish arrest

May 1 - Mark Nolt Farm Raided – Fox 43 Newscast

May 1 - Farmer, state government square off about 'raw' milk

April 28 - PA - PDA Raids Nature’s Sunlight Farm; Mark Nolt Arrested

April 27 - Rodale: Farming is the cure for global warming

April 26 - A Mennonite Farmer is Hauled Away

April 25 - Important Raw Milk Update

April 19 - Farm Fresh Milk — Assuring Safety and Consumer Choice — Report of the April 15th Senate Hearing

April 18 - USDA Implements Key Strategy From National Animal Identification System Business Plan

April 18 - UNESCO Ag Report Encourages Paradigm Shift to Local and Sustainable Farming

April 17 - Joel Salatin to Speak to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Regarding Meat Industry

April 14 - 24 Hour Count Down to Raw Milk Destiny

April 11 - Raw Milk Needs YOUR Help - April 15, 2008

April 10 - You Can't Vaccinate Your Way to Health

April 9 - Review of State Raw Milk Legislation 2008

April 8 - Top health issues of 2008 | Health & Fitness | Reuters

April 3 - Breaking News on Raw Milk Grand Jury Probe!

April 2 - Dairy Says FDA Harassed Workers | Lancaster Farming

Mar 31 - Fresh Farm Milk: Assuring Safety and Consumer Choice

Mar 31 - Victory against New York's Department of Agriculture and Markets

Mar 24 - Got Raw Milk? by David Gumpert

Mar 20 - Huge Victory in California

Mar 17 - VDACS to Vote on "NAIS" Scrapie Regs

Mar 17 - Call your Senator today to fight NAIS in Kentucky!

Mar 17 - A friend of yours highly recommends you read this health article

Mar 7 - VICTORY at Florida Farmers Market - Stop Sale of Pet Food Lifted

Mar 6 - USDA Bets the Farm on Animal ID Program

Mar 6 - Milk Wars

Mar 6 - More dairies going raw, citing benefits of unpasteurized milk - The Boston Globe

Mar 4 - National Small Farm Lobby Day and Legislative Reception

Feb 27 - Urgent Update - NY Change of location for the contempt hearing for Meadowsweet Dairy, Thursday, February 28th at 3:30 p.m.

Feb 26 - Farm Food Voices DC 2008 – March 5, 2008. Invite your legislator to eat real farm fresh food.

Feb 25 - Meadowsweet Dairy Update

Feb 14 - Martha Stewart promotes raw milk from local dairy.

Feb 05 - Action Alert – VA - NAIS AND HOME KITCHEN BILL

Feb 4 - USDA Census

Jan 31--Missouri - HB 1901

Jan 29--AB1735 & AB1604 Update

Jan 28--AB1735 & AB1604 Update

Jan 10--Action Alert: Missouri Raw Milk Bill

Dec 27--AB1735 Update

 

FTCLDF and FTCF Board of Directors

FTCLDF and FTCF Board of Directors

Jake Zook's farm

A small but important victory - AB 1735 Temporary Restraining Order. Gary Cox, General Counsel FTCLDF, Ron Garthwaite, owner of Claravale Dairy, and Collette Cassidy, Claravale Dairy, Rusty Areias ( ex-assemblyman ), Mark McAfee founder OPDC, and Ken Gorman with Lombardi and Gilles.

Calf on pasture at Jake Zook's farm

His hard work paid off…. Gary Cox, General Counsel for the LDF after the judge granted the Temporary Restraining Order for AB1735 in California.