Expanding opportunities for local food producers During the 2011 and 2013 Texas Legislative Sessions, FARFA worked to pass the Cottage Food Bill, legalizing sale of non-potentially hazardous foods…
Time to Push for Passage of TX Raw Milk Bill!
(Updated 5/4/2017) The Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a hearing on SB 95, the raw milk bill, on Wednesday, May 3. Whether you…
2017 Texas Legislative Session
The Texas Legislature is now in session! We have until May 29 to pass bills to help local farmers and food producers – and to kill bad bills…
Time to Roll Back Regulations!
If you’ve followed FARFA’s work for any length of time, you know that a large part of our mission is to eliminate the burdensome regulations standing…
Texas Raw Milk Trial Delayed
Thank you to everyone who made plans to attend the Harris County raw milk trial on December 14 – but it’s now been delayed until April. The delay…
A Full Agenda for the 2017 Session: The Issues to Watch
As autumn sets in, state legislators turn their attention to the bills they will champion in the coming year. Thanks to our Texas members, FARFA is…
Texas Legislators Hold Water Hearings
Do you have views about Texas’ water resources that you’d like to share with state legislators? Now is your chance. Two committees are each holding interim…
Setting the Record Straight on Raw Milk Illnesses
As published in a recent Austin American-Statesman article, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is now claiming that there were two small outbreaks of…
Texas Update: FARFA’s Current Work on Local Food Issues
It’s been a busy summer for local food issues in Texas, between the ongoing developments in the state’s health department crackdown on raw milk, the state’s…
Tell Texas Legislators to Hold Health Department Accountable
As we alerted you earlier this summer, the Texas Department of State Health Services has undertaken a campaign of aggressive enforcement against raw milk farmers and…