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Pete Kennedy, Esq.

Morningland Cheese to Be Destroyed

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | January 22, 2013

A two-and-a-half year battle between Morningland and the Missouri State Milk Board over cheese embargoed at the Morningland facility will be ending on January 25 when Milk Board officials will be carting some 32,000 to 35,000 pounds of cheese off to a local landfill for disposal. Morningland owners, Joe and Denise Dixon, have invited members of the public to be present for

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: cheesemakers, FTCLDF Cases, Missouri, Morningland

“Boneta Bill” Introduced in Virginia

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | January 14, 2013

On January 9 Delegate Scott Lingamfelter introduced House Bill 1430 in the Virginia General Assembly to amend the State Right to Farm Act. HB 1430 is being called the Boneta Bill after Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund member and Fauquier County farmer Martha Boneta of Paris Barns at Historic Liberty Farm. Last year Fauquier County officials

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: Boneta Bill, HB 1430, Joel Salatin, Lingamfelter, Martha Boneta, Right to Farm, Virginia

New Trial Date for Hershberger Case

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | January 8, 2013

The criminal trial for Amish dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger of Loganville, Wisconsin has been rescheduled for May 20 at the Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo. The trial is slated to run five days; it had been scheduled to start on January 7. A pre-trial hearing in the case has been set for May 7. The reason for the postponement was

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: Amish, FTCLDF Cases, Hershberger, raw milk, Wisconsin

Episode 4: Revisiting the Farm-to-Fork Fiasco

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | December 18, 2012

Episode 4 of the Food Rights Hour podcast is an interview with Laura Bledsoe, whose farm-to-fork dinner was halted mid-preparation on October 21, 2011 by the Southern Nevada Health District.
 
The health inspector would not allow the food, prepared by a certified chef, to be served to the guests

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights Hour Podcast, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: farm raids, farm-to-fork dinner, food safety, FRH-Pete, health district, Laura Bledsoe, Nevada, politics, Quail Hollow, Southern Nevada Health District, swarms

Crowdfunding and Farmer Access to Capital

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | December 12, 2012

Lack of available funding for their business operations remains a major obstacle for farmers. Banks have generally refused to make loans to small farms direct marketing their products to consumers; grants from government agencies such as USDA often have strings attached which frequently make the cost of compliance with the grant’s terms too high to […]

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq.

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