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Wisconsin Aims to Jail Amish Farmer
June 03, 2013 10:04 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Baraboo, Wisconsin, June 3, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Less than a week after the jury acquitted him of three criminal charges, Eric Defort and Phillip Ferris, attorneys for the Wisconsin...
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Jury Finds Peaceful Farmer Does Not Need Licenses
May 28, 2013 13:30 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Baraboo, Wisconsin, May 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After a long and riveting week in court for raw dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger, the jury returned a verdict of three "not guilty" counts and one...
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Farmer Faces Jail for Feeding Community
May 08, 2013 10:03 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Baraboo, Wisconsin, May 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Food rights activists from around North America will meet at the Sauk County Courthouse in this tiny town on May 20 to support Wisconsin dairy...
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Help Save Drakes Bay Oyster Company
December 27, 2012 14:59 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Falls Church, Virginia, Dec. 27, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) has agreed to administer a litigation fund to be used to help finance the Drakes Bay Oyster...
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Judge Holds Michigan Right to Farm Act Protects Family Farm
December 20, 2012 14:10 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Falls Church, VA, Dec. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Randy and Libby Buchler of Shady Grove Farm learned yesterday that their farming operation in Forsyth Township, Michigan can continue. Judge Thomas...
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Jury Vindicates Farmer of Criminal Charges Related to Minnesota Food Buying Coop
September 27, 2012 16:24 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Falls Church, Virginia, Sept. 27, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A significant court victory was won for food rights on September 20, 2012 when a Minnesota jury found farmer Alvin Schlangen not guilty on...
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FTCLDF to Represent Hershberger Against DATCP
August 28, 2012 10:56 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Falls Church, VA, Aug. 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wisconsin dairy farmer, Vernon Hershberger of Loganville, has retained the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) to represent him in his...
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Bechards Get Favorable Settlement with Missouri Milk Board
August 27, 2012 14:32 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Falls Church, VA, Aug. 27, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On July 31 Armand and Teddi Bechard entered into a consent agreement with the State of Missouri, ending a case that began in 2009. On two occasions...
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Farmers Could Face 14 years on Alleged Conspiracy
August 06, 2012 13:15 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Ontario, CA, Aug. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On August 2 2012 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) raided the farms of Ontario farmer Michael Schmidt and Montana Jones in connection with the...
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Judge Asked to Reconsider Dismissal of FDA Raw Milk Lawsuit
April 11, 2012 09:35 ET | Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Falls Church, Virginia, April 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On March 30 federal district judge Mark W. Bennett issued an order dismissing a lawsuit challenging the interstate commerce ban on raw...