Last weekend was the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense
Fund‘s first annual Food Freedom Fest. The two-day
Food Freedom Fest, held in Staunton, Virginia, brought together an
estimated 200 supporters of food freedom from as far away as
California.
FTCLDF, which advocates on behalf of small farmers and their
customers on many issues, including the rights of farmers to sell
raw milk, billed Food Freedom Fest as “a fun, educational gathering
for anyone who celebrates and appreciates freedom of choice in
agriculture.”
Journalist and author David Gumpert, writing
up the event at his blog, described Food Freedom Fest as
centered “on overcoming the sense of an expanding, and
ever-more-controlling, food regulatory structure.”
The optimism was palpable, according to Baylen Linnekin.
But optimism, while important, only goes so far, writes
Linnekin. There’s also the need for vigilance.
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