The Texas Legislature is in session for the next 132 days, giving us a narrow window of time to pass meaningful bills to help small farmers…
Join the #ReplaceNAFTA Movement
NAFTA helped corporations outsource one million middle-class American jobs and grab $390 million in taxpayer funds by attacking domestic laws before tribunals of corporate lawyers –…
It’s here: The big, ugly water bill
(Updated 5/3/2017: SB 1392 continues to be pending in committee.) We’re been warning you about it, and now it’s here … SB 1392. SB 1392 has so…
FARFA’s Local Foods Awareness Day 2017
Make an impact on local food laws by joining us at the State Capitol for our second Local Foods Awareness Day this Session: Monday, May 1….
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…
Action Alert (Texas) – Local foods bills on the move!
Three of our local foods bills are moving forward in the Texas House of Representatives! The cottage foods bill, HB 970, passed it first vote on…
Action Alert (Texas): Call Your Texas Legislators to Oppose New Animal ID Bill
The Texas Legislature is considering a bill that would authorize the Texas Animal Health Commission to adopt federal regulations and require every chicken to have a…
2013 Texas Legislature: Local Farm and Food Bills
The Texas Legislature is considering several bills to support local farmers and remove some of the barriers for local food systems. Below is a brief description…
Action Alert (Texas): Expand Local Food Access!
Current Texas law allows for the direct sale of raw milk and home-produced foods, but both laws have stringent limitations that have limited consumer access to…