Raw Milk Freedom Fighters
Minneapolis, MN—Several Minnesota mothers who organize community access to local fresh farm foods plan to risk criminal charges by openly and publicly defying warnings from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). The MDA has threatened several mothers, conducted investigations against them and sent them warning letters that if they continue helping […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Back in the summer of 2011 we covered the story of how local towns in Maine were passing “Food Sovereignty” laws to allow sale of locally produced food without interference of regulators. Read the story here.
Then on November 9, Dan Brown, a family farmer in Blue Hill, Maine, was served […]
Rally in Baraboo Wisconsin for Raw Milk Farmer Vernon Hershberger
Photo by David Gumpert
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Back in 2010 a bill supporting the sale of raw milk in the state of Wisconsin enjoyed bi-partisan support, passing both the State House and State Senate. Jim Doyle, the governor at the time, vetoed it, in what […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
To hear the media tell it, our lives are in jeopardy if we drink unpasteurized milk. But the facts tell the opposite story.
A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declares that raw milk “cannot be considered safe under any circumstances,” and […]
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
Wisconsin’s Attorney General has signaled his willingness to go ahead with the possibly provocative step of throwing dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger into jail.
In a package of documents sent to Hershberger, the Wisconsin Department of Justice included a letter to Judge Guy D. Reynolds, in which Assistant […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
And what’s standing in the way of your getting it?
A report from Harvard suggests that milk from factory farms may be associated with hormone-related cancers because of the industrial agricultural practice of milking a cow throughout her pregnancy. The later in pregnancy a cow is, the […]
Sheriff Brad Rogers of Elkhart County, Indiana, holds his award for “Meritorious Valor”.
Photo by David Gumpert
by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
One of the best ways to get elected county sheriff these days is to campaign against the encroachments by the federal government on basic rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. And then, to […]
Why is Big Ag so afraid of freedom of food choice? Kentuckians battle for basic right to choose food.
By John Moody
Food Clubs & Coops
Kentucky finds itself at the center of the emerging battle over who decides what the average person can choose to eat – the governmentt/regulatory apparatus, little more than a front man […]
by Todd Welch
State Coordinator
Wisconsin Campaign for Liberty
Despite objections inside and outside the courtroom, a farmer was fingerprinted, photographed and booked in the basement of the Wisconsin Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo.
What was his crime?
Selling raw milk to those who wanted it.
Because of these “horrible crimes”, Amish raw milk farmer Vernon […]
by John Moody
Food Clubs & Coops
Last week, the Obama administration gave its official response of “NO” to the 6,078 signors of a petition on WhiteHouse.gov who requested federal-level legalization of all raw milk sales.
Written by Doug McKalip, the White House senior policy adviser for rural affairs, the response is full of […]
By David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
The Amish are reluctant participants in the legal system, no matter what the occasion. They prefer to stay very much within their own communities, and avoid conflict with the outside world.
But Dan Allgyer has put together a credible and cogent response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: In a recent town hall meeting in New Hampshire, Presidential candidate Ron Paul talked about the topic of Health Freedom. As a Congressman, he actually introduced legislation to repeal the FDA’s prohibition on interstate sales of raw milk (it is legal in some states, and illegal in others.) No […]
faircompanies.com
Heidi Kooy lives in a fairly dense part of San Francisco- her row house touches her neighbors’- with just 1000 square feet of backyard, but she manages to squeeze in an organic garden, fruit trees, chickens and, most recently, a pair of goats.
When she began her experiment in urban farming, […]
Health Impact News
The federal government has continued to spend energy and resources in hunting down Amish raw milk farmers. Raw milk advocate David Gumpert recently reported about a federal effort to prosecute two raw milk farmers by requiring them to appear before a federal Grand Jury in Detroit:
Though Peanut Corp of America has been […]
On Nov. 18, Maine 1st Congressional District Chellie Pingree sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration questioning their support of farm raids and the arrests of farmers. Rep. Pingree also questions whether Food Safety Czar Michael Taylor is an appropriate person for that position given his close ties to […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: As you read about these “federal criminal investigations” against raw milk farmers, keep in mind that these are federal investigations under the Obama administration. Cash-strapped states in most cases could probably care less about spending time prosecuting small dairy farmers, but the Obama administration has no problems using your tax […]
LocalFoodLocalRules.org
**CALL TO ACTION**
Blue Hill Maine Farmer Being Sued By State of Maine & Agricultural Commissioner
Local Food & Community Self-Governance Ordinance Challenged
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Since March of this year five towns in Maine have passed the Local Food & Community Self-Governance Ordinance, creating legal protections for direct food and farm sales and food shared at bake […]
By: Keith Leslie
The Canadian Press
Excerpts:
Raw milk crusader Michael Schmidt abandoned a five-week hunger strike Friday after a brief, impromptu meeting with Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Schmidt, 57, began his hunger strike Sept. 29 after he was found guilty on 15 of 19 charges related to the sale and distribution of unpasteurized milk.
Schmidt agreed […]
By Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
On November 1, a group of mothers who feed their children raw milk and others who oppose the FDA’s enforcement actions against the distribution of raw dairy products will hold a demonstration outside the agency’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. The rally will protest […]
By Stuart Pfeifer
Los Angeles Times
Excerpts:
The bust had all the makings of a major criminal investigation. Ten law enforcement and regulatory agencies dedicated hundreds of hours of personnel to track the suspects. They used high-tech video equipment hidden on a utility pole for round-the-clock surveillance and undercover agents to make covert buys.
Defense attorneys […]
