Episode 5 of the Food Rights Hour podcast is all about farm-to-consumer access. During this three-part episode by host Kimberly Hartke, you’ll hear Joel Salatin and other proponents talk about Virginia’s HB 1430, the “Boneta Bill,” which provides that the “commerce of farm-to-business and farm-to-consumer sales” is included in the Virginia Right to Farm Act; an interview with Liz Reitzig about the new foodie and farm matching website, FarmMatch.com; and interviews with Alvin Schlangen’s lawyer and
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New Trial Date for Hershberger Case
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
Raw Milk Right of Passage
Story as told by the Bechards’ daughter Katie—trauma turned to triumph.
Got milk? The rhetorical positive answer to this question is in jeopardy. If you could have told me when I was 14 and bought my first dairy cow, that milk would become a controversial issue and
Glenn Reynolds to be Co-Counsel in Hershberger Case
Falls Church, Virginia (October 30, 2012) — Veteran trial attorney Glenn Reynolds has agreed to join Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Vice-President Elizabeth Rich in representing Vernon Hershberger at the farmer’s upcoming criminal trial in
Boo! Three Foods Too Scary for the FDA and Three Foods Too Scary for ME
Raw Milk – The FDA claims that raw milk is dangerous, and they often go after those who sell it as if they’re criminals. Did you read about the arrest of Victoria Bloch, a sweet Weston A. Price chapter leader and farm market volunteer from California? Why their ignorance is what’s really frightening: Raw milk is one of