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): 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…
Action Alert (Texas): Local Food Bills Move Forward to Vote by Full Senate
Updated May 20, 2013 at 11:45 am: Good news on our local foods bills in the Texas Legislature! Two of the bills — the Texas Cottage…
Action Alert (Texas) – Two Local Food Bills to be Voted On
Two of our local foods bills will be voted on in the next few days! Cottage foods is on Saturday, and DSHS Better Communications is…
Cottage Foods Bill HB 970 Fact Sheet
Support HB 970, the “Cottage Foods Bill,” by Eddie Rodriguez DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION OF THE FACT SHEET. HB 970 would expand the current…
Action Alert (Texas): Cottage foods bill goes to a vote, but other bills still need help
The cottage foods bill is scheduled for a vote! We need calls to support it – and emails to get the other bills moving. Your…
Update (Texas): Raw Milk and Cottage Food Bills in Calendars Committee
Both the raw milk bill and the cottage foods bills have been approved by the TexasHouse Public Health Committee. Now on to Calendars! We’ll have an…
Action Alert (Texas): Several Local Foods Bills Get a Hearing This Week
April is crunch time at the Texas Legislature. Over the next few weeks, bills with either get Committee hearings and move forward or effectively die. We…
Action Alert (Montana): Senate Hearing for Raw Milk Bill HB 574
The raw milk bill made it through the House almost unanimously, but we’re not done yet! We still have to get it through the Senate. Most of…
Action Alert (Texas): Raw Milk Bill Stalled in Committee – We Need Your Help!
The raw milk bill has gotten stalled in Committee. The Texas Medical Association is lobbying hard to kill it, and they have convinced several Committee members…