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Minnesota Jury Convicts Peaceful Farmer on Five Charges

By admin | August 19, 2013

Alvin Schlangen sentenced to fines, 1-year probation and 90 days in jail suspended
 
Stearns County, MN—(August 19, 2013)—Long-time farmer, Alvin Schlangen, was convicted by a jury of 6 on five charges related to feeding his community. The conviction came on August 15 after a

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

Rancher Threatened with Second Jail Sentence

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | August 14, 2013

Archuleta County, Colorado rancher Stephen (Steve) Keno, who has already served one week in jail and been fined $1,000 on a contempt of court charge related to allegedly grazing his sheep illegally, is now facing a

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News, Pete Kennedy, Esq., State News This article is related to: Colorado, FTCLDF Cases, sheep, Steve Keno

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

Dairy Farmer Hershberger to Hold Press Conference on Upcoming Appeal

By admin | August 12, 2013

Jurors Who Acquitted Dairyman in Criminal Trial to Join in Ice Cream Social
Farmer Vernon Hershberger of Wisconsin, recently acquitted on 3 of 4 criminal charges for food distribution, will host a press conference on his farm regarding his appeal of the 4th charge. Members of the press are invited to attend. Jurors from his trial and members of

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

Minnesota Aims—Again—to Jail Peaceful Farmer

By admin | August 6, 2013

Schlangen Found Innocent by Jury in Hennepin County Now Threatened with Jail in Stearns County
 
Stearns County, Minnesota—(August 5, 2013)—Peaceful farmer, Alvin Schlangen, faces five criminal charges with a possible penalty of up to 15 months imprisonment and $5,000 in fines at his trial slated to run August 13-15, 2013, in St. Cloud. Schlangen is no

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

Tell FDA to Treat Small Farmers Fairly Action Alert

By admin | August 5, 2013

FDA is aiming to undermine the Tester-Hagan amendment which exempts small-scale, direct-marketing farms from the most burdensome aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This exemption is essential to the continued vitality of the local foods movement.
 
FDA is proposing rules that would make it very easy for the agency to force even small-scale farmers to comply with the extensive, burdensome

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, FSMA, petitions

Nevada Farm-to-Fork Bill Now Law

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | July 31, 2013

On July 1, 2013, Nevada’s Farm-to-Fork law (Assembly Bill 200, AB200) went into effect. The driving force behind the new law were FTCLDF farmer members, Laura and Monte Bledsoe of Quail Hollow Farms in Overton.
 
In a widely publicized raid, an inspector from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) interrupted a farm-to-fork dinner at the Bledsoes’ farm on October 21, 2011, and ordered the destruction of

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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: farm raids, farm-to-fork dinner, food clubs, food safety, Laura Bledsoe, Nevada, Quail Hollow

Save Your Farmer! Save Your Bacon Weekend Giveaway

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 17, 2013

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) hosts a benefactor’s bash at Polyface Farm every year. This event is exciting, casual and inspiring. The things you’ll see and learn and the people you’ll meet are well worth the trip to

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This article can be found in: Annual Appeal, Events, Food Rights News, Press Room, Real Food Media Bloggers - Village Green Network This article is related to: fundraiser, Joel Salatin, Kristin Canty

Raw Milk Nation – New Chart & Map Update

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | July 13, 2013

Raw milk laws are a hodgepodge in this country; due mainly to the federal ban on raw milk for human consumption in interstate commerce, the laws are different state to state. The Raw Milk Nation Chart goes into more detail than the Raw Milk Nation Map© by

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

Soy Milk: Why It’s Not a Healthy Udder Alternative

By Kaayla Daniel | July 9, 2013

For several decades now, soy milk has been aggressively marketed as a health food with everything short of a soy mustache campaign. Even so, soy milk was long rejected by consumers as nothing more than a poor tasting imitation drink. That all began to change when

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: soy, Weston Price

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