by Pete Kennedy, Esq.
A two-and-a-half year battle between Morningland and the Missouri State Milk Board over cheese embargoed at the Morningland facility will be ending on January 25 when Milk Board officials will be carting some 32,000 to 35,000 pounds of cheese off to a local landfill for disposal. Morningland owners, Joe and Denise Dixon, have invited members of the public to be present for the destruction of the cheese never proven to be harmful.
The Milk Board shut down Morningland's manufacturing operation and ordered all cheese at the facility embargoed on August 26, 2010 after receiving a report from the California Department of Food and Agriculture that Morningland cheese seized in a raid of the Rawesome food club in Venice, California in June 2010 had tested positive for...more
If you'd like to witness the unjust conclusion at 8 a.m. on January 25, here is the farm address:
6224 County Road 2980 , Mountain View, MO 65548 [map]
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 USDA's Final Rule on Animal ID
by Weston A. Price Foundation
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has
published its final rule on Animal ID.
Thanks to the pressure from the grassroots, the agency included important changes that make it significantly less burdensome for family farmers, ranchers, and backyard poultry owners. We have come a very long way from Big Ag's and USDA's proposal for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). In this final rule, there is no premises registration, no mandatory electronic identification, no centralized databases, no reporting of movements, and no requirements for in-state movements. The final rule requires...more
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Heritage Pig Farm Embargoed, USDA and DNR Close In
 by Heather Callaghan
"Our farm is basically embargoed. We can raise all the pigs we want, but can not move them out to our market. That cuts off cash flow, effectively starving the farm financially and the pigs practically."
- Jill Baker
Baker's Green Acres made the news last spring as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) went on a mission to eradicate heritage pigs, calling them a feral invasive species. This move would wipe out the entire small-scale farm whose animals pose no threat to typical hog species. New blockages from multiple government agencies are making it impossible to run the farm. Mark and Jill Baker of Marion, Michigan decided to fight the Invasive Species Order but...more Watch video:
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