New Organization Formed to Help Small Farms and Consumers

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Hopefully something like this will help cut through all the red tape and make it easier for folks that want raw dairy to procure it w/o having to act like they're hunting for street drugs, and it's certain to fan the flames burning under the USDA re: their meat grading and inspection service. And that's only a score or two years past due.
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New Organization Formed to Help Small Farms and Consumers

David G. Cox

A new organization is being formed to help small farmers and growers throughout the country make their products directly available to the private consumer. Called the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF), the organization will be launched on July 4th in order to “protect the constitutional right of the nation’s family farms to provide through any legal means unprocessed and processed farm foods directly to consumers; to protect the constitutional right of consumers to obtain unprocessed and processed farm foods directly from family farms; and to protect the nation’s family farms from harassment by federal, state and local government interference with food production and/or on-farm food processing.” There is a growing need for this type of organization.
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