FTCLDF’s litigation inspired Maine Senator Craig Hickman to introduce LD 124, an amendment strengthening Maine’s Food Sovereignty Act. Senator Hickman indicated to FTCLDF that clarification was necessary because of the State’s resistance to interpret the original language correctly and recognize that Kenduskeag Kitchen’s activity is lawful.  

Hickman’s amendments use stronger language to protect the right to food sovereignty, defined as “the right of persons to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods and the right of persons to define their own food and agriculture systems.”  

Now that FTCLDF and Kenduskeag Kitchen made the change we wanted to see in the Maine law, we have resolved our litigation. “Communities can now protect their citizens’ rights to buy and sell food anywhere on its journey from farm to table,” said FTCLDF Executive Director Alexia Kulwiec.