Food Freedom for Missouri

03/18/2016

Another state adopts some common sense, but the media's sour journalism tries to mislead. Here's the other side of the story:

http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/blog/2016/03/17/media-mangles-raw-milk-west-virginia/

On March 3, 2016, small farm and food freedom advocates rejoiced when West Virginia, one of the most anti-raw milk states in the nation, passed herd-share legislation after overriding

03/05/2016

Case update: the judge has agreed with the Health Dept's attorney that there are no material facts in dispute in the case, and has dismissed the case! We have appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court because our case was about a Constitutional issue -- the Right to Farm Act.

09/05/2015

Thank you for the supporters who came to our hearing yesterday. The judge claimed she could be impartial, denied our motion to recuse, and then set out to prove it. We went through all 10 of the interrogatories (questions) that we felt the other side had not answered satisfactorily. She did throw some out due to the fact that they required a legal opinion, but overruled several of their objections which means they have to answer them. She will allow us to re-phrase and re-submit. Overall, we were pleased with the outcome.

Next, we'll tighten this up and resubmit, hoping to get better information in the discovery phase of this case.

Thanks again! We'll let you know when the next hearing is. We appreciate your help, and you know that you are fighting the good fight to keep our freedoms and access to good food. Thanks to all who couldn't make it but prayed for and thought about us, too.

09/03/2015

Hello everyone,

Our case in Christian County against the Health Department goes on. This Friday, there will be a hearing at the Justice Center on the Square in Ozark at 9 a.m. We would like to ask for your support once again through prayer and attending this hearing. This time, the judge has before her our Motion to Recuse (we want her to step down), and also a Motion to Compel the other side to answer our questions. Their first answers were evasive and unsatisfactory, and they have refused to answer our appeal, so we scheduled this hearing to see if the judge will compel them to provide real information.

Thank you all for your continuing support while we continue the fight to be able to deliver our milk to a pre-arranged pickup point rather than to individual customers' homes, as the Christian County Health Department is pressuring us to do. They are disregarding the intent of the Missouri legislature. This would effectively end our delivery to Christian County.

I think the judge is always impressed, when our hearing is over, that a good part of the spectators get up and leave. That tells her that we have support and interest in this case, and that people are watching what she does.

Thank you!

03/13/2015

Action notice! This is from a friend of ours:

Please pass this on to your Missouri friends. Even if you do not GROW food you do consume it and this does indeed involve YOU and YOUR rights to buy as well as the farmers right to sell.

For those that do FACEBOOK please post this notice . Let's make a good showing both in face and with written comment March 17.


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This is a very important piece of legislation In a nutshell:

Specifies that residents have the right to sell directly to a buyer or purchase directly from a seller any farm-direct goods produced within the state without being subject to any state or local regulation

If you can not attend the hearing please be sure to go here http://www.house.mo.gov/member.aspx?district=157&year=2015
and leave comments to be read in your behalf.

Some of you know about this bill already. It is the one I asked Mike Moon to sponsor. Mike has stepped up to the plate and is fighting for YOUR rights and MINE. He needs our support in this.

With all the rights being taken away from us here is YOUR chance to be a part of doing something that will provide for buyers and sellers to do business without govt regulations and interference.



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> Missouri Rep. Mike Moon has put in the direct from farm food freedom bill again. It is scheduled for a hearing, one of the early steps in this process, on March 17th in Hearing Room 4 at 12:30pm.
> You can get the text of the bill at this link:
http://www.house.mo.gov/billsummary.aspx?bill=HB866&year=2015&code=R
> As many as possibly can, should make it to Jefferson City to testify for this bill. We are at this unfortunate time in our lives where the most basic of human rights are deemed to be outside of a person's own purview. Anyone who testifies against this bill can only think we are too dumb to know what we actually want to eat.
> I will at least be writing up a testimony and sending it to Rep Moon. You can get to his Missouri House email address by clicking on the link and then clicking on his name.
> Please spread this information far and wide. If people like freedom, they will like this bill!

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07/25/2014

(Photo: Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company)

07/22/2014

David Gumpert is reporting that agents from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development pulled over the My Family Co-op's refrigerated truck

03/30/2014

http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/news_wp/?p=15174

Another Crack at the Ban WASHINGTON, DC---(March 27, 2014)---Congressman Massie (R–KY), Chellie Pingree (D–ME) and a bipartisan coalition of 17 other lawmakers introduced legislation on March 26 to improve consumer food choices and to protect local farmers from federal interference. The two bills-...

02/14/2014

Another example of someone who got fed up and sued in Federal Court.

Christine Anderson, owner of Cast Iron Farm in McMinnville, won a deal with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, which will ask the Legislature to repeal a ban on farm-direct raw milk sales. Unpasteurized milk will still be banned from stores.

02/07/2014

We are seeing an increase of commercially grown and SPRAYED crops in our area. We oppose the use, and now apparently the increased use, of chemical sprays on crops, especially as we and our neighbors strive to raise clean, wholesome, uncontaminated food. Please take the time to read and make your comments to the USDA in opposition of hormone-disrupting chemicals into the air and into our bodies and food.

Submit Comments on 2,4-D Herbicide Resistant Crops Remember Agent Orange, the chemical from the Vietnam War that caused so many health problems and birth defects? If Dow AgroSiences has its way, one of the main ingredients of Agent Orange will be sprayed in massive amounts all over the U.S.

02/04/2014

Durham area dairy farmer Michael Schmidt makes his case before the Ontario Court of Appeal on Wednesday.

12/17/2013

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