DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE et al

Filing 3

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Attachments: #1 Declaration STEVEN BANKS, #2 Declaration EDWARD BOLEN, #3 Declaration TIKKI BROWN, #4 Declaration CATHERINE BUHRIG, #5 Declaration ALEXIS CARMEN FERNANDEZ, #6 Declaration STEVE H. FISHER, #7 Declaration HOLLY FREISHTAT, #8 Declaration JEFFREY GASKELL, #9 Declaration DEIDRE S. GIFFORD, #10 Declaration HEATHER HARTLINE-GRAFTON, #11 Declaration DANIEL R. HAUN, #12 Declaration KATHLEEN KONOPKA, #13 Declaration ED LAZERE, #14 Declaration BRITTANY MANGINI, #15 Declaration VICTORIA NEGUS, #16 Declaration ELISA NEIRA, #17 Declaration S. DUKE STOREN, #18 Declaration DAWN M. SWEENEY, #19 Declaration LAURA ZEILINGER, #20 Text of Proposed Order)(Konopka, Kathleen). Added MOTION to Stay on 1/24/2020 (znmw).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, STATE OF
NEW YORK, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, STATE OF
MARYLAND, COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS, ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF
MICHIGAN, STATE OF MINNESOTA,
STATE OF NEVADA, STATE OF NEW
JERSEY, STATE OF OREGON,
COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, STATE OF RHODE
ISLAND, STATE OF VERMONT,
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and
CITY OF NEW YORK,

Case No. 1:20-cv-00119

Plaintiffs,
v.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE; GEORGE ERVIN
PERDUE III, in his official capacity as
Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, and UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA,
Defendants.
DECLARATION OF HOLLY FREISHTAT IN SUPPORT OF
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, Holly Lynn Freishtat, declare and state as follows:
1.
I am over the age of eighteen (18) years, competent to testify to the matters
contained herein, and make this declaration based on my personal knowledge and information.
2.
I am Food Policy Director for the City of Baltimore and have served in this role
for over nine years. I have spent over twenty years working on food issues in a variety of
contexts; experiences that have provided me with an understanding of the food system from the
perspective of a food policy strategist, nutritionist, educator and a grower. I have a Masters of
Science from Tufts University in Applied Nutrition: Agriculture, Food and The Environment; a
Bachelor of Science from University of Vermont in Nutrition; and served as a Food and Society
Policy Fellow.
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