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5-Day Trial ends in Acquittal on 3 of 4 charges then DOJ moves to Jail Vernon
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Farmer Acquitted by Jury Now Threatened with Jail by DOJ
Baraboo, Wisconsin--June 3, 2013--Less than a week after the jury acquitted him of three criminal charges, Eric Defort and Phillip Ferris, attorneys for the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), move to have the judge revoke the terms of the bond and jail Vernon Hershberger. In January 2012 Vernon Hershberger was arraigned at the Sauk County Courthouse on four criminal misdemeanor charges for violations of the state food and dairy code; after appearing before Judge Guy Reynolds, he was released on a $500 bond with the bond containing conditions he was not to violate...more
You can help Vernon!
A sentencing hearing on the fourth charge has been scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 13th at the Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo ...more
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by Pete Kennedy, Esq.
In what Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund vice president Elizabeth Rich called a victory for the food rights movement, a Sauk County jury acquitted dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger on three of four criminal charges for violations of the Wisconsin food and dairy code after a contentious five-day trial.
Hershberger was acquitted on charges of operating a farm store without a retail food establishment permit, operating a dairy farm without a milk producer license and operating a dairy plant facility without a license. He was convicted of violating a hold order that Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) officials had ...more
 Watch Video: Vernon talks about his farm, Grazin' Acres, in " Let Them Eat Grass - The Food Freedom Revolution"
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North Dakota - Herdshare Bill Signed into Law
by Pete Kennedy, Esq.
On April 29 herdshares become officially legal in North Dakota when Governor Jack Dalrymple signed Senate Bill 2072 into law. SB 2072 provides that "it is not a violation [of law] to transfer or obtain raw milk under a shared animal ownership agreement."
Shared animal ownership is defined...more
Michigan Adopts Policy on Herdshares
by Pete Kennedy, Esq.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has adopted a policy officially recognizing herdshares in Michigan and letting them operate unregulated. MDARD issued the document (Policy # 1.40) on March 12, 2013 - a key point in the department's new policy states that MDARD "does not license or inspect the herd share portion of a dairy farm." The policy...more
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