New Rule on Nutritional Labeling for Meat
On March 1, 2012, a federal rule requiring nutrition labeling of meat went into effect. The rule was originally proposed back in 2001. The final rule requires sellers to provide consumers with...
View ArticleHR 3798: Eggs
Several farmers have received an email asking that they endorse HR 3798. This bill was developed by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the United Egg Producers (UEP). HR 3798 requires...
View ArticleFarm Bill 2012 Alerts
The Senate is debating the Farm Bill right now, and there are several amendments that need your calls! Please call your U.S. Senators as soon as possible about the amendments listed below. If you don’t...
View ArticleAction Alert: USDA Proposes Changes to Animal Welfare Act Regulations
Under current law, most small-scale animal breeders are exempt from the Animal Welfare Act because they sell their animals directly to individual purchasers and are therefore classified as “retail pet...
View ArticleInformation on the 2012 Census of Agriculture
Several people have contacted us with concerns about the census they have received from the USDA, specifically the National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) division of the agency. Given the...
View ArticleCoalition Letter to Agriculture Committees on Livestock Competition Issues in...
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition The Honorable Thad Cochran Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition The...
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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 The agency’s latest move is a draft guidance...
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Action Alert (Texas): Vote NO On Prop 6 – Not the Real Answer to Texas Water...
Water is our most precious resource. As the drought of 2011 so painfully reminded us, our farmers and ranchers cannot survive without sufficient water for their crops and animals. In 2011, Texas...
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Action Alert (Texas): New Tax on Farmers? Just Say No!
DOWNLOAD PDF FLYER OF THIS ALERT The Big Beef industry wants to double the tax that cattle owners pay for every sale of their animals. Please help us stop this! You can vote even if you owned only...
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Action Alert (Texas): Did You Vote on the Beef Checkoff? Confirm Your...
Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote on the issue of the state checkoff, the new tax on cattle owners! The voting is over, but the election is not: the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA)...
View ArticlePress Release: Texas Beef Checkoff Vote in Favor of Big Beef Industry
MEDIA CONTACT: Judith McGeary, (512) 484-8821 judith@FarmAndRanchFreedom.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Texas Beef Checkoff Referendum Results in Favor of Big Beef Industry Less Than 3% of Texas Cattle...
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Texas Beef Checkoff Vote Results Mean Higher Taxes on Cattle Farmers
Even though less than 3% of Texas cattle owners voted for the program. Thank you to everyone who voted in the Texas Beef Checkoff referendum at the beginning of June, and to everyone who helped us...
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Action Alert: USDA Doesn’t Need Submachine Guns – Disarm the Bureaucrats
The recent solicitation by USDA for submachine guns raised concern among farmers and local food consumers. Why would an agency tasked with regulating agriculture in our country need such weapons?...
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Alert (Texas): Protect the water supply for rural counties in Central Texas
Tell the San Antonio City Council not to raid the water we need for agriculture! October 7, 2014 update: The San Antonio City Council will vote later this month on the Vista Ridge Project to take...
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Friday Roundup: Latest Food & Activism News
Country of Origin Labeling, Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership, San Antonio Water Supply, Citizen Activism Workshop in Austin, TX As the weather starts to cool down, food and agriculture issues are...
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Say NO to Damaging Trade Agreements
Newly leaked documents show that the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement will dramatically expand the power of corporations to use closed-door international courts to challenge...
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Texas Water Crisis
The Texas Legislature is considering multiple bills that would make it easier to transfer water from one area to another. In practical terms, this means taking water from rural areas to supply urban...
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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 help to stop it! In practical terms, this approach...
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Water Fights
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 help to stop it! In practical terms, this approach...
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Action Alert (Texas): New Tax on Farmers? Just Say No!
DOWNLOAD PDF FLYER OF THIS ALERT The Big Beef industry wants to double the tax that cattle owners pay for every sale of their animals. Please help us stop this! You can vote even if you owned only...
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