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welcome back to world view well
here we go again another family farmer is
under attack by an overzealous state government eager to do the bidding at
its biggest food financial masters
they seem to relish trying these local farmers up an expensive litigation and
drive them out of business for breaking technicalities
the Big Blue Jackets who pinned by the book for pennies on the dollar
can make it very difficult for consumers to exercise free choice
and for these local family farmers to conduct their business well
in Stearns County Minnesota peaceful farmer Alvin schlangen now faces up to
five criminal charges with a possible penalty
up to 15 months in prison and five thousand dollars in fines at a trial
that begins this week in Saint Cloud now
shrine is no stranger to the inside of a courtroom he was already prosecuted and
found not guilty by a jury in September of 2012
in Hennepin County on three charges related to delivering food
to members a private buying club yet you guessed it
Alvin sells raw a bill to his private Bible but as we've seen here in the
program with Vernon Hershberger and Mark Baker
these government stop at nothing to slow local farmers data
joining us going to the program is Pete Kennedy he's an attorney and is
president of the following consumer legal defense fund
he works and Jerry issues for the Western X PRIZE Foundation which is
leading the way to heaven
interstate ban on the transport overall milk at sale lifted
and allow this morn extra milk into stores across the USA
feet welcome back to review good morning dennis
you know getting tired it was always having to meet this way I'd love nothing
better than to talk about my Red Sox are beating up on you
raise but last week gotta focus on more states silliness
expensive in the who follow why they're going after OVA
well Minnesota is probably the most draconian
in a statement as in the US in terms over law enforcement
%uh in addition Alvin know there's another former might work and they filed
criminal charges against
and these two farmers represent just a substantial amount to
vote 0 raw milk oh that's delivered into
the Minneapolis area that the Twin Cities area Minnesota so I was
I think that Minnesota Department of Agriculture
who is completely opposed to raw milk will will
%uh believes they can significantly cut down the supply of raw milk if they can
put these two farmers away
so with the consequences here for a while well
I i think is buyer's club is set up
were hopefully nothing will happen to a motive I am
you know the prosecutor is able to slow the jury in
there's a a guilty verdict is buyer's club is going to work continue
but iight I mean you should there is just as he should be acquitted on all
charges just over these charges are
absolutely ridiculous status theirs is one charge
where he said from for the prosecution is that
accusing the move-up distributing adulterated milk in
what's their bases for you well there's actually a customer who happened to
consume milton berle
of our grew up became sick go there is a positive
a a stool sample love
thorough Campylobacter but
the thing is is the the only your sickness
I on his questionnaire
bow before though that the local health department had until out
he also consume their chicken which is a a much greater cause a cable bacteria
than raw milk is
there was no I am testing at the milk
so word there's no proof
and they're still trying to read a convict him on this image
to top that off as part of their evidence in this
or the from got the reports
on another royal farmer up from a veterinarian actually affidavit on how
this wrong with former
a smoke was responsible for foodborne illness
well number one that has nothing to do with this case there was another case so
with
someone gets sick on a hamburger wants to be in hamburgers completely because
one producer might have gotten some basic
in the number 2 I'm not sure I'll
sure I'll strong evidence is in this other case
number three the pathogen in that case was a call I'm not thinking back to
so it has absolutely nothing to
the do with this case is just shows you the laces apartment is willing to go to
smear I'll miss me wrong I'll
now yes is right at the top of the second he won a jury trial so hold one
is this not
double jeopardy for him okay it's
actually tour the charges are the same charges they came up in the first trial
but their different incidents so even if it's the same charge if they want they
can just
charging yup the keep charging you for ever
*** come up with a different incident different day that's an additional
charge show it just shows how desperate they are due out
put him out of business some the other charges are
or crazy to I mean there's one charge
the filed a criminal misdemeanor charge against them for her
having is exist or his aides refrigerating will lead to higher
temperature
I mean that's something you know you might get a ride up from an inspector on
but it is right there
for them to bring a criminal charge on that just shows at
they're desperate crazy we're talking with Pete Kennedy he's president of the
farm to
to of consumer legal defense fund your own worldview Dennis Campbell
a player right now for you a little advert that somebody who you saw on this
program
of Mark Baker put together talking about the work if these folks to you
I buddies macvicar around a small farm here in northern Michigan
we call faker Screen Actors father
farmer and the best 2011
the state of Michigan Department of Natural Resources
level regulation gets me in my farm but surely would have put us out of business
neo Street for tickets over legal defense fund came alongside
should help the souls legal counsel I strongly recommend
you join farms consumer Legal Defense Fund
and help us to fight back unnecessary government regulation
thank you
now peak what can be done to fight back here because this really seems as though
they've jumped the shock
well I think today
just with the internet the word gets around a
is so much more thanks to her shows like yours in the world what you really
need to do is these albums being judged in a court of law
%uh this department needs to be judged in the corner but public opinion
so I think that some a
just getting the word out about how over-the-top
these enforcement actions or how well they really rob the consumer their
freedom a choice
I mean this is an arms linked to a contract between
this buyers club in any other producers including yup
other raw milk producers are the buyer's club gets fu film they should have the
right now departments
body in there in bed denying your own a
these people love the right to feed their families they won
so just getting the word about this kind of behavior and how they're trying to
shut down or through
choices is important also I think good the state legislature lit needs to get
involved to really needed
take a look at this service is making a lot of people unhappy
it's so robbing them over there for image or so they need to
steppin' in you know either pass a law over
they have the power the purse oldest department agriculture they can
defunding for any raw milk unforced well just another example of why the work you
do for the phone
consumer legal defense fund along with this rights again just so many other
good people is so important to these local farmers
I don't honestly know what they do without you look pete thanks again for
joining us again on the program
well thanks for having me on your dentist he speak candidly he's an
attorney and president at the farm to consume a legal defense fund and he
joins us here and we'll see you today from his home in Florida
and the work that they do along with the Weston a price foundation is designed to
help keep
up consumer choice out there so that we all can decide what it is you want to
eat much as the big
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