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Continuing to Prohibit the Sale of Raw Milk is Just Dumb

February 19, 2021 T. Arthur Mason

Efforts to legalize the sale of raw milk for human consumption were stifled in the North Dakota House four years ago. At that time, the Agriculture Committee forced the raw milk portion out of a bill now known as “Food [read more…]

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ND Legislators Attend Conference in Puerto Rico– May Result in Food Freedom Loss

December 3, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Back in September, we shed some light on a $90,000 legislative summit that some of our very own North Dakota legislators and Legislative Council staffers attended in Nashville, Tennessee. If you haven’t already, you can read about it here. For [read more…]

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Rules Committee Needs to Stop ND Health Dept from Undermining Legislative Process & Food Freedom

November 5, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Exactly two months ago, we published an article in relation to current efforts by the North Dakota Department of Health to undermine our state’s Food Freedom Law and its associated cottage food industry. If you’re unfamiliar with the issue, I [read more…]

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ND Health Department Attempting to Undermine Legislature & Food Freedom– Again

September 5, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

There’s a word often thrown around in politics that I think is worth defining as we begin this article— bureaucracy. According to Google, it is: “… a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state [read more…]

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Food Freedom Prevails After Tense Floor Debate in North Dakota House

April 18, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Back in February, I wrote that North Dakota’s Food Freedom Law was under attack again. This time it came in the form of Senate Bill 2269, which was sponsored by former grocer and current State Senator and Assistant Majority Leader [read more…]

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Your Tax Dollars are Subsidizing Drug Use in North Dakota

March 25, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

A year ago, we published an article in which I expressed skepticism and displeasure with North Dakota’s needle exchange program. The program came into being as a result of the 2017 Legislative Session’s Senate Bill 2320. The basic premise behind the [read more…]

Agriculture

Food Freedom Law is Under Attack— Again

February 2, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

In April of 2017, the North Dakota Legislature passed Rep. Luke Simons’ (R – District 36) HB 1433. Initially, the bill was dubbed the “Raw Milk Bill”, because it included verbiage that would have permitted the sale of raw milk. [read more…]

North Dakota

North Dakota Department of Health Backs Down & Food Freedom Stands

March 23, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

Late last month, we reported that our state’s fourth branch of government – otherwise known as the North Dakota Department of Health – was overstepping its bounds and proposing rules that would basically gut the recently passed Food Freedom law. [read more…]

North Dakota

ND’s Needle Exchange Program: Enabling Drug Use or Good Policy?

February 27, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

Last Legislative Session, State Senator Howard Anderson (R – District 8) introduced Senate Bill 2320. This bill proposed what is known as a “Needle Exchange Program” or a “Syringe Exchange Program”. The basic premise behind the bill is to reduce [read more…]

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Health Department Proposes New Rules to Gut Food Freedom Law

February 26, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

Just one year ago, the North Dakota Legislature was considering Rep. Luke Simons’ (R – District 36) House Bill 1433. This bill was originally known to many of its supporters as the “Raw Milk Bill“, but the actual content of [read more…]

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