It can feel like the Texas Legislature is moving through molasses for the first couple of months of session, but now things are really heating up-and…
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Bee & Pollinator Bills
The Texas Legislature is considering a record number of bills that impact beekeepers and those concerned about bees & pollinators in our state. Contact your State…
Texas Friends: Visit legislators’ home offices, Feb. 18-22
We need your help to pass bills to help local farmers and artisan food producers across Texas-from lowering permit fees to expanding home kitchen options and…
2017 Texas Legislative Session Overview
The 2017 Texas legislative session is in full swing, and FARFA is busy trying to pass good bills and kill bad ones! Check out the summaries…
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…
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…
Press Release: Annual Farm & Food Leadership Conference: September 25-26, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Judith McGeary, (254) 697-2661 or (512) 484-8821 (cell) judith@farmandranchfreedom.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9th Annual Farm & Food Leadership Conference: September 25-26, Bryan, TX…
Texas Legislative Report
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…
Press Release: State Bureaucrats Plan to Tighten Up the Law that Caused Girls’ Lemonade Stand to Be Shut Dow
For Immediate Release, June 15, 2015 Contact: Judith McGeary, 512-484-8821, Judith@FarmAndRanchFreedom.org For a pdf version of this release, click here State Bureaucrats Plan to Tighten Up…
Speak out against burdensome new state regulations
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is proposing new regulations for all businesses that sell or serve food directly to consumers, termed “food…