The Texas legislative session is approaching fast! Although the Legislature won’t convene until January 2015, bills will start being filed in mid-November after the elections. The…
Action Alert (Texas): Tell State Health Department to Give Farmers Straight Answers
In 2013, we won a major victory in Texas with the passage of the DSHS Better Communications Act, HB 1392. This important bill, sponsored by Representative…
Action Alert: Speak Up for Pastured Egg Farms
The FDA is yet again putting burdens on farmers who use healthy, sustainable practices, and justifying them with fear-based assumptions rather than data. The agency’s…
Texas DSHS Better Communications Bill 2013 FAQ
In the 2013 Texas legislative session, the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance worked to pass several bills to help small farmers and local food producers….
Texas Farmers’ Market Bill 2013 FAQ
In the 2013 Texas legislative session, the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance worked to pass several bills to help small farmers and local food producers. The…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the Texas Legislative Session
We have a lot of information to share in this alert – to make it easier, below is a table of contents of all the…
Texas Local Foods: Letter to City of Dumas
FARFA continues to fight for the rights of local food producers under the cottage foods laws that we got passed in 2011 and 2013. Check…
Press Release (Texas): Governor Perry Signs Local Food Bills
MEDIA CONTACT: Judith McGeary, 254-697-2661 (office) judith@farmandranchfreedom.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Governor Perry Signs Texas Local Food Bills Local Farmers Gain Bipartisan Support from…
Action Alert (Texas): Call Governor Perry to Sign Local Food Bills
Updated June 5, 2013: The Texas Legislature passed three important local foods bills: the cottage foods bill (HB 970), the farmers’ market bill (HB 1382),…
Press Release (Texas): Texas Senate Approves Cottage Foods, Farmers Market, and DSHS Better Communications Bills
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Texas Senate Approves Cottage Foods, Farmers Market, and DSHS Better Communications Bills Significant Growth in Support for Local Food Movement at Capitol…