Over 6,000 bills were filed in the 84th Texas Legislative Session, creating a massive challenge even to monitor which ones could impact family farmers and local…
Good news for raw milk and small farmers from the Texas legislature!
May 11, 2015: Four good local food bills have passed the House of Representatives! We have just a few weeks to get them through the…
Good news for local foods from the Texas Legislature!
Two important bills for local food producers and consumers are making progress in the Texas Legislature: The fair property taxes for small farmers bill, HB 1900,…
Save our water – Save our future
A bill to study how to create a “statewide marketing and conveyance grid” for water is moving through the Texas Legislature quickly, and we need your…
Texas legislative update
April 11, 2015: The Texas legislative session is heating up, and the next eight weeks are going to be extremely busy. You won’t be able to…
Fair property tax bill gets a hearing on Wednesday, April 8th!
We have been working hard on a wide range of bills to help local farmers and local food producers. Next week, the first of our bills…
What Does the Right to Farm Mean to You?
The Texas Legislature will soon consider a bill addressing local regulation of farming operations. The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance wants to hear from you in…
Texas Legislative Agenda 2015
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…