by David Gumpert | Jun 3, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I like to understand both sides of an issue or controversial event. So Ive been trying to understand the Vernon Hershberger raw milk and licensing case from the viewpoint of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the...
by David Gumpert | Jun 1, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
Prosecutors in the Vernon Hershberger case filed a motion Friday asking the judge to revoke the raw milk farmer’s release order, and throw him in jail. The prosecution move comes less than a week after Hershberger was acquitted on three misdemeanor criminal...
by David Gumpert | May 31, 2013 | Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
So how is it again that the acquittal of Vernon Hershberger favorably impacts the fight for food rights? Its not a legal opinion from a judge, so technically, it doesnt comprise legal precedent or otherwise extend beyond freeing Hershberger from penalties connected...
by David Gumpert | May 26, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk |
Make no mistake, Vernon Hershberger won a huge victory in todays early morning hours in Baraboo, WI. Its a beautiful day, Hershberger told me this morning, after a few hours of sleep following the 1 a.m. jury decision that acquitted him of three of four criminal...
by David Gumpert | May 24, 2013 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raw Milk |
There were times today in a Baraboo, WI, courtroom, when I wondered if I was still living in the United States of America.It started first thing when one of the prosecutors in the Vernon Hershberger case, Eric DeFort, complained to the judge that the lead defense...
by David Gumpert | May 23, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
I’ve seen the video at least twice now, the one of Wisconsin food inspector Cathy Anderson throwing blue dye into a vat containing hundreds of gallons of Vernon Hershberger’s raw milk that fateful second day of June, 2010. But each time, as the ribbon of...
by David Gumpert | May 21, 2013 | Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
I had assumed that the tension and drama in the Vernon Hershberger raw milk trial would build gradually over the expected five days of the proceedings, culminating in a verdict that would either acquit him or possibly send him to jail for up to two-and-a-half...
by David Gumpert | May 18, 2013 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The trial of raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger, due to begin Monday in Baraboo, WI, is becoming not just a big legal and political event, but a big media event as well. The Wisconsin media have picked up on the plans for a major gathering of food rights...
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