Dear Friend,

On Saturday, October 28, 2023, we are hosting an exciting event that celebrates and supports Oregon's independent family farms! We would really appreciate you sharing this information with your network! Funds raised at this event will support important upcoming legal work both in Oregon and across the country. To read about FTCLDF litigation in Maine, please visit here.

At Empowering and Sustaining Oregon Family Farms, we'll come together in person at the beautiful Stillwater event venue in McMinnville, Ore. for a locally sourced farm-to-table dinner fundraiser. This event is being held in conjunction with The Ground, an ecosystem of businesses connecting farms, food and people through loving hospitality,

• Local Food

• Willamette Valley Wines

• Live Music

• Beautiful Venue

• Important Information

An optional regenerative farm tour at Tabula Rasa Farms can be added on Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning to complete your experience in the beautiful Willamette Valley.

Alexia Kulwiec of FTCLDF will discuss regulatory challenges and burdens placed on small farms and food producers nationally. Alice Morrisson of Friends of Family Farms (FoFF) will discuss specific challenges faced by Oregon's independent farms. Christine Anderson, local small dairy operator, will tell her story of how her farm is impacted by new pending regulations by the Oregon Department of Agriculture.

If you love farming and farmers, it's important to understand how these new regulations will affect little ag in Oregon, and how we can work together to fight for the rights of independent farmers, artisan food makers, and the consumers who love these products.

Take this opportunity to obtain tickets to the dinner and the optional farm tour and tell others you know about this event! (Please share this email!)

Would you like to give to help protect independent farms from unfair regulations? FTCLDF urges you to attend this event and help us spread the word. If you cannot attend, please consider contributing to the work of FTCLDF. Any amount helps, and you can specify "Oregon Fundraiser" in the comments. to specify that your donation will support this cause.