 Michigan DNR Going Hog Wild
By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | March 15, 2012
In a brazen power grab threatening the livelihood of hundreds of small farmers, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using the state Invasive Species Act to expand its jurisdiction from hunting and fishing to farming operations. On April 1, 2012 an Invasive Species Order (ISO) that DNR issued in December 2010 prohibiting the possession of a number of different breeds of swine will go into effect...more
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Defending Raw Milk Against the CDC By Judith McGeary, Esq. | March 6, 2012 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study in February that the agency publicized with the headline, "Majority of dairy-related disease outbreaks...more |
The Hershberger Trial and Jury Nullification By Pete Kennedy, Esq. | February 24, 2012
Sometime later this year Loganville, Wisconsin dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger will be tried before a jury in Sauk County Circuit Court on four criminal misdemeanor...more
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