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Pete Kennedy, Esq.

Vernon Hershberger Trial Verdict: Acquitted on Three of Four Charges

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | May 25, 2013

In what Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund vice president Elizabeth Rich called a victory for the food rights movement, a Sauk County jury acquitted dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger on three of four criminal charges for violations of the Wisconsin food and dairy code after

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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, food freedom, FTCLDF Cases, Hershberger, Wisconsin

The Vernon Hershberger Trial Begins Today

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | May 20, 2013

After months of contentious wrangling between attorneys for the state and the defense, the trial of the Loganville dairy farmer for four criminal misdemeanor violations of the Wisconsin food and dairy code begins today at the Sauk County courthouse in Baraboo with the selection of of the jury. Circuit Court Judge Guy Reynolds has

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

Another Crack at the Ban

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | March 22, 2013

In March 2012 Federal District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) and eight of its members against the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the federal regulations banning raw milk for human consumption in interstate commerce. The judge dismissed the suit for lack […]

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq. This article is related to: FDA lawsuit, FTCLDF Cases, raw milk, raw milk laws

State Raw Milk Bills

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | March 11, 2013

It’s been a busy session for raw milk in the state legislatures. So far, bills have been introduced in 15 states with all but one either expanding or legalizing raw milk sales. In addition to the states listed below, raw milk proponents will be introducing a bill in the Wisconsin legislature as well. Here is […]

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: legislation, raw milk, raw milk bills, raw milk laws, State-by-State

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

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