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Courts Vindicate Amish Farmer for Fourth Time

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 13, 2016

If at first you don’t succeed at harassing a farmer out of business, try again…and again…and again. That has been the tack the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Hopewell Township have taken since 2012 against Amish farmer

This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: Amish, food clubs, FTCLDF Cases, Pennsylvania

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Episode 9: Farmer Vernon Hershberger’s Upcoming Trial

By Farm-to-Consumer | May 16, 2013

Episode 9 of the Food Rights Hour podcast is about the case of Amish dairy farmer, Vernon Hershberger. During this episode, host Kimberly Hartke talks to several of Vernon’s club members, folks who know firsthand the value of the farm-to-consumer relationship. We also hear from FTCLDF President, Pete Kennedy, about the case and from Co-Founder of Farm Food Freedom Coalition, Liz Reitzig, about the events surrounding the upcoming trial that begins on May 20th.

This article can be found in: Food Rights Hour Podcast, Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: Amish, Esq., food freedom, FRH-Kimberly, FTCLDF Cases, Hershberger, Liz Reitzig, Pete Kennedy, Esq., raw milk, Wisconsin

Farmer Faces Jail for Feeding Community

By admin | May 8, 2013

Customers and Other Supporters to Attend Court with Farmer
Food rights activists from around North America will meet at the Sauk County Courthouse in this tiny town on May 20 to support Wisconsin dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger and food sovereignty. Hershberger, whose trial begins that day, is charged with four criminal misdemeanors that could land this husband and father in

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

Pennsylvania Judge Throws Out Criminal Case Against FTCLDF Member

By admin | March 16, 2013

On March 11 Magistrate Judge Jessica Brewbaker dismissed a criminal action the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania brought against Amish farmer and Fund member Christian Zook after ruling that the Commonwealth had not proven its case at a hearing before the magistrate held in Cumberland County District Court. The Commonwealth had charged Zook

This article can be found in: Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: Amish, food clubs, FTCLDF Cases, Pennsylvania, Right to Farm

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

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

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