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Farmer Hershberger Seeks Full Vindication

By admin | July 3, 2013

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Files Appeal in Wisconsin Raw Milk Case
 
Falls Church, VA—July 3, 2013 (GlobeNewswire)—The absolute right to private, unregulated, direct trade with a local raw milk producer is being fully tested in the heart of “America’s Dairyland.” The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund decided to appeal the

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Press Room, State News This article is related to: Amish, food freedom, FTCLDF Cases, Hershberger, raw milk, Wisconsin

Lawsuit Opens Up New Legal Front Against Swine ISO

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | June 30, 2013

Chippewa farmer sues DNR in federal court
For over a year now, four different lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Invasive Species Order on swine have been making their way through Michigan county courts. Recently a fifth lawsuit was filed in the Federal District Court for

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: Brenda Turunen, Michigan, swine ISO

North Dakota – Herdshare Bill Signed into Law

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | June 7, 2013

On April 29 herdshares become officially legal in North Dakota when Governor Jack Dalrymple signed Senate Bill 2072 into law. SB2072 provides that “it is not a violation [of law] to transfer or . . .

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State News, Uncategorized This article is related to: herdshares, legislation, North Dakota, raw milk, raw milk laws

Wisconsin Aims to Jail Amish Farmer

By admin | June 3, 2013

Farmer Acquitted by Jury Now Threatened with Jail by DOJ
 
Baraboo, Wisconsin—June 3, 2013—Less than a week after the jury acquitted him of three criminal charges, Eric Defort and Phillip Ferris, attorneys for the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), move to have the judge revoke the

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights News, Press Room, State News This article is related to: Amish, farm raids, FTCLDF Cases, Hershberger, raw milk, Wisconsin

Michigan Adopts Policy on Herdshares

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | May 27, 2013

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has adopted a policy officially recognizing herdshares in Michigan and letting them operate unregulated. MDARD issued the document (Policy # 1.40) on March 12, 2013 – a key point in the department’s new policy states that

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: herdshares, Michigan, raw milk, raw milk laws

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