Economic Liberty | Food Freedom | Private Property | Zoning Justice Project

Maine Family Sues to Keep Chickens After City Ban

A family is using Maine's first-in-the-nation Right to Food amendment to challenge a small town ordinance effectively bans backyard chickens.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

Institute for Justice Partners with Wildtype and UPSIDE Foods to Sue Texas to End Ban on Sale of Cultivated Meat

Wildtype and UPSIDE Foods challenge Texas's ban on cultivated meat. Texas’ ban is about one thing: protecting in-state agricultural interest from innovative, out-of-state competition.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

Institute for Justice Files Lawsuit Challenging Florida’s Ban on Cultivated Meat

Florida banned cultivated meat to protect its cattle industry from competition, but the Constitution prohibits states from closing their borders to innovative out-of-state products.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

Wisconsin Cottage Foods II

Wisconsin bans the sale of many homemade foods, including common and shelf-stable foods like candies, chocolates, granola and roasted coffee beans. Seven Wisconsinites have joined with IJ to challenge the state’s arbitrary law.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

Lincoln Home Baker Challenges City’s Unnecessary Regulations

Lincoln, Nebraska imposed restrictions on home bakers that the state itself decided to get rid of. One home baker named Cindy Baker teamed up with IJ to successfully challenge Lincoln’s foolish restriction.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom | Private Solutions to Public Problems

Neighbors Challenge County’s Burdensome Regulations on Little Free Pantries

Thanks to a lawsuit she filed with IJ, Kathy Hay can now share food with her neighbors in Asotin County, Washington, using a “little free pantry” in her backyard. Before the lawsuit, Kathy wasn’t allowed to use the little blue cupboard in her backyard to help feed members of her impoverished community without obtaining government approval and following a list of unnecessary demands from the county health department.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

North Dakota Food Freedom

Five North Dakotans teamed up with IJ to sue the Department of Health for illegally passing regulations on selling homemade baked goods. Now, North Dakota is again one of the best states in the country for food freedom.

Commercial Speech | Economic Liberty | First Amendment | Food Freedom | Food Freedom

Maryland Dairy Farmers Sue for Right to Tell the Truth

The FDA prevented Randy Sowers from labelling his skim milk as “skim milk” even though that’s exactly what it is. The First Amendment protects Randy’s right to tell the truth about his product, and after IJ stepped in to help, the FDA decided to end this enforcement.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

New Jersey Bakers Challenge State Ban on Selling Home-Baked Goods

Up until 2021, New Jersey was the only state in the country that prevented home bakers from selling homemade baked goods. After years of litigation from IJ and several home bakers, New Jersey finally ended this absurd ban.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom | Wine

Minnesota Farm Wineries Fight for Free Trade

A little-known but onerous state law prevented Minnesota vineyards from making a majority of their wine from grapes grown outside Minnesota. IJ partnered with two vineyards to fight this law, and eventually a federal district court ruled that cap violated the Constitution, and vineyards were freed from this prohibition.

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

Wisconsin Farmers Challenge State Ban on Selling Home-Baked Goods

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom

Baked Fresh, Baked Free: Challenging Minnesota’s Restrictions on Selling Home-Baked Goods

Minnesota has slammed the oven door on bakers trying to make a home-based business out of satisfying Minnesotans’ sweet tooth.

Commercial Speech | Economic Liberty | First Amendment | Food Freedom | Sign Codes

Vindicating Free Speech: City of Redmond Sign Ordinance Punches Hole in Bagel Entrepreneur’s First Amendment Rights

Economic Liberty | Food Freedom | Wine

Uncorking Freedom: Challenging Protectionist Restraints on Direct Interstate Wine Shipments to Consumers

The Case Juanita Swedenburg, Virginia vintner and member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, successfully waged the nation’s leading legal battle to reestablish the American ideals of unfettered interstate commerce,…