This letter focuses on farmers’ markets because that is where there has been some controversy, with some local governments shutting down markets. We have not heard…
Tell USDA to Reject Zero Tolerance Policy for Salmonella
A personal injury attorney has filed a petition with the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), urging the agency to label 31 different strains of salmonella…
Small-Scale Meat Processors Have Much to Lose if USDA Changes Its Salmonella Policy
FARFA recently helped organize a roundtable in Texas with USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), for small-scale meat processors and the producers who rely on…
Speak up for competitive markets!
The Packers & Stockyards Act was enacted in 1921 to ensure open, competitive livestock markets and protect producers’ interests from exercise of excessive market power by…
Farm & Ranch Freedom Forum Schedule
Farmers, ranchers, and other local food producers are invited to town hall meetings in four major Texas cities this spring. FARFA will facilitate discussions to discover…
We’re keeping up the fight to protect rural aquifers
Last fall, Vista Ridge applied to increase the amount of groundwater it will pump from Milam & Burleson County to ship hundreds of miles away to…
Don’t risk not knowing how FSMA affects your farm! Enforcement has begun.
Do you understand the impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on YOUR farm? If not, you’re not alone – many farmers don’t. But time has…
Tell Congress to Say NO to NAFTA 2.0
Just before the end of 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced and passed USMCA, also known as NAFTA 2.0. The original NAFTA was a major…
FARFA files lawsuit against Texas Department of Agriculture
On Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), challenging the agency’s improper and…
Want more access to local meats? Two ways to help!
Why is it so hard to find locally grown meats? Even as the local and sustainable food movement has grown by leaps and bounds, it is…