The first amendments in six years to Wyoming’s much-cited Food Freedom Act are now pending with the Legislature in Cheyenne.
Senate File (SF) No. 102 is sponsored by Senators Salazar, Barlow, Biteman, Boner, Driskill, Hutchings, and Steinmetz and Representatives Neiman, Ottman, Penn, and Somers. As the prime sponsor, Sen. Tim
Continue Reading Wyoming bill would add ‘designated agent’ role to Food Freedom Act
Freemont Foods LLC in Riverton, WY, has already won, but the raw milk loophole it has opened up is likely to become a permanent fix to Wyoming’s Food Freedom Act when the Cowboy Legislature meets in Cheyenne next month.
The Wyoming Food Freedom Act of 2015 has only seen amendments
Continue Reading A milk pail near the cooler can collect ‘direct’ payments from raw milk consumers in the Cowboy StateThe 2-year old Wyoming Food Freedom Act came in for a make-over this legislative session.
Rep. Tyler Lindholm, R-Sundance, sponsored the major legislation to “extend and clarify” the Food Freedom law. Gov. Matt Mead signed it into law. Session ended March 3.
The 2015 law has been changed “to
Continue Reading Two-year old Wyoming Food Freedom Act gets expanded
Editorial writers for Wyoming’s largest and capital city newspapers want the state Senate to reject the “Food Freedom Act” that just unanimously passed the state House of Representatives. “The measure, which lawmakers recently described as ‘an old friend,’ has come calling previously in many forms,” the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle editorialized this
Continue Reading WY Editorials Warn Against Dangers of ‘Food Freedom’ Bill
