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Milkman Delivery Service Under Seige in Minnesota

By Liz Reitzig | August 13, 2013

Swarms Post: Two farmers, Mike Hartmann and Alvin Schlangen, head to court this week. Just last Thursday, Hartman was stopped and his truck impounded.
 
The plight of two Minnesota raw milk providers and those families who depend on them seems to get worse by the minute. As the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) continues to

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights News, State News This article is related to: farm raids, food freedom, FTCLDF Cases, Michael Hartmann, Minnesota, raw milk, Schlangen, swarms

Colorado Authorities Arrest Nursing Mother for “Grazing Animals in the Municipal Right of Way”

By admin | April 15, 2013

On Sunday, April 7, Colorado farmers Ethan and Renee Abbott were sitting down to dinner with their two children, ages 7 and 4 months. Their family dinner was interrupted when some 15 law enforcement officers from Weld County showed up to handcuff and

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This article can be found in: Farm Raids, Food Rights News, State News, Uncategorized This article is related to: Colorado, swarms

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

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