As one of our top Farm Bill priorities, we are excited about the Senate’s reintroduction of the LOCAL Foods Act – a common sense bill that would increase affordable access to farm fresh meats.    Civil Eats took notice and included it in their food policy tracker!

Livestock Owned By Communities to Advance Local (LOCAL) Food Act, introduced by Peter Welch (D-Vermont), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont): A simple tweak to the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) that will make it easier for farmers to sell animals slaughtered on their farms directly to consumers. It’s a priority of the National Family Farm Coalition.

Read the full article at Civil Eats.