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WI Prosecutors Throwing Everything But the Kitchen Sink in Advance of Hershberger Food Rights Trial; McAfee’s Persistence

by David Gumpert | Dec 19, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 27 comments

First, the Wisconsin prosecutors pursuing raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger went after jury nullification, and convinced a judge to instruct jurors in his upcoming trial they can’t side with the accused farmer if they disagree with the laws he is accused of...

WI DATCP Shows Aggressive, and Desperate, Approach in Hershberger Pre-Trial Maneuvering–Update: State Denied

by David Gumpert | Nov 29, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, News Media, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation | 5 comments

Six weeks in advance of  the criminal trial of Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger, pre-trial maneuvering moved into high gear Tuesday.  Some seven lawyers gathered  in the Baraboo courtroom of Sauk County Judge Guy Reynolds, and for three hours argued...

Now That James Stewart Is Out of Jail, Let the Rawesome Recriminations Begin; Farmmatch Gains

by David Gumpert | Nov 24, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Resistance | 53 comments

You wonder what sitting in jail for four months–all for running a private food club–does to a guy. You wonder what it does to the people around him who were supposedly watching his back.  I’ve certainly wondered, especially with James Stewart...

Is Judge in New Schlangen Case Learning Same Lessons As Jury in the Old One? Final Appeal in Morningland Dairy Case?

by David Gumpert | Nov 21, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Regulation | 10 comments

On Monday afternoon, I took a 40-minute drive to Terri Lawton’s Oake Knoll Ayrshires farm in nearby Foxboro, MA, to pick up a Thanksgiving turkey. I know it’s not a big deal in the larger scheme of things, to make a special trip to pick up a turkey, but I...

Advocates Explain Why Food Rights Struggle Must Be Built on Community; Behind Zinniker Dairy’s Demise

by David Gumpert | Nov 17, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation | 40 comments

 What is the essential ingredient enabling farmers and food club operators to successfully resist the seemingly endless government assaults and incursions on private food arrangements?Nearly without exception, it has been community support, according to several...

MDA Stalking of Alvin Schlangen Continues with Alleged Butter Slipup by Undercover Agent; James Stewart Released After 4 Mos in Jail

by David Gumpert | Nov 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk | 31 comments

You might think the Minnesota Department of Agriculture would regroup and reassess after being handed its head by a Minneapolis jury that acquitted Alvin Schlangen of misdemeanor charges just two months ago.  But no, the agency is pushing full speed ahead in a...

The Two Key Factors That Influenced the Schlangen Jury–Not What Prosecution or Defense Expected

by David Gumpert | Oct 11, 2012 | Food Clubs, Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 23 comments

What were the key factors that swayed the Minnesota jury to acquit food club operator and farmer Alvin Schlangen three weeks ago? Schlangen’s lawyer, Nathan Hansen, told me he thought the fact that Minnesota Department of Agriculture investigators in their...

It’s Been a Long Wait–Alvin Schlangen Basks in the Limelight, and Looks to Leverage His Success for Others

by David Gumpert | Oct 6, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation | 20 comments

When I spoke with Alvin Schlangen a few days ago, I asked him how he felt about having been in the shadows of the food rights movement the last couple of years, prior to his trial.  Yes, there had been a demonstration on his behalf last May, but the lion’s...
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