» Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger summoned to yet another court hearing after being illegally detained over raw milk Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: (NaturalNews) After repeated visits to his farm throughout 2009 and 2010 that resulted in an unprovoked quarantine, state and county officials in Wisconsin have charged Amish farmer Vernon Hershberger with violating state retail food laws by distributing raw milk to cow owners. Hershberger was recently released from illegal captivity on $500 bond, but will soon face the court system again for criminal charges that could result in a two-and-a-half year prison sentence and more than $13,000 in fines if he is convicted.
The Rock River Times (RRT) reports that Hershberger told Sauk County, Wisc., judge James Evenson on Jan. 11, 2012, at his initial hearing that he has done nothing wrong by providing raw milk to members of his buying club. Previously providing raw milk incidentally to customers from his farm was also in accordance with state laws, even though these laws have since become more restrictive.
“There is no proof of validity to the complaint so far,” Hershberger is quoted as saying to Judge Evenson, while dozens of his supporters stood outside the courthouse drinking raw milk from jugs in protest of illegal and excessive treatment of the farmer.
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