Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Annual Fundraiser 2013

The Farm-to-Consummer Legal Defense Fund is holding their annual fundraiser and for those who give before Aug 20th, here are the rewards that you could get:



Donate $100

The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care
by Sally Fallon Morell and Thomas S. Cowan, MD


Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Food Rights
The Escalating Battle Over Who Decides What We Eat
by David Gumpert


American Meat Documentary
by Graham Meriwether



Donate $250


Celebration! At Polyface Farm
Farmstead Breakfast, Lunch, and Premium Tour
with Joel Salatin and Family
Polyface Farm | Swoope, Virginia
Saturday, September 7, 2013 | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

To find more, visit the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund website.

Personally I am a little down on the FTCLDF at the moment. They judiciously advised our farm market board that allowing pickup of raw milk shares at our local farmers market was illegal. That ended up pushing out a raw milk farmer from the market completely, and greatly impacting my ability to distribute my raw milk in a high profile market setting. Now we are back to backroom distribution of raw milk, despite raw milk shares being an established legal platform in the state of Colorado.

If they arent going to defend our farm-to-consumer rights, what are they doing?

In the past I have been a big advocate of the FTCLDF, and have financially supported their work. It seems that their willingness and/or ability to maintain strong positions in defence of farmers to distribute their legal products to consumers is not what it once was. This is too bad, as they were instrumental in the establishment of the Colorado Raw Milk Statute in the first place. You could say I am disappointed. And my farm, and my local customer base is too.