Posted on 07/10/2017 2:59:42 PM PDT by Ray76
Samuel Girod is a farmer who belongs to the "Old Order Amish community" and a father to twelve in Bath County, Kentucky. According to Ricochet, the 57-year-old Girod got in trouble with the government after selling homemade herbal remedies, like:
... a salve made of chickweed, rosemary, beeswax, and olive oil. The label said it was to treat skin disorders such as “dry skin, cuts, burns, draws, and poison ivy.” Girod also handed out pamphlets touting the product’s effectiveness in treating skin cancer, diaper rash, and fungal infections.
When a Missouri resident filed a complaint, the state health department demanded he remove the language. Girod changed the product’s name to “Healing Chickweed,” agents said the word “healing” was verboten, so he renamed it “Original Chickweed.”
When Girod missed a hearing in August last year, the government went to his family farm and arrested "the fugitive."
Girod was sentenced to 6 years in federal prison, "three years supervised release following that, $1,300 in fines, and more than $14,000 restitution for his victimless crime."
(Excerpt) Read more at truthrevolt.org ...
What would we ever do without the Government there to protect us from Beeswax and Olive Oil?
All praise to The State! >:(
Bureaucrap Idiots.
Why ate the Hammond's still in the federal pen?
Sam Girod Gets 6 years in Prison for Herbal Salve
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3567693/posts
Be assured it wasn’t because of labeling.
It was because of MONEY. The overlords weren’t getting their cut!
At least he ain’t killing like the other Amish on this site.
Do you think that might have been a factor?
LS - tell Trump to reign in the FDA!!
The real Amish are the most civilized and productive people in America. The other Amish with the darker complexion,the polar opposite.
I hope Governor Bevin will step in and do the right thing. There is a time for this sort of regulation, but this is not the time.
I have started an official White House petition asking President Trump to pardon, commute or reprieve Samuel Girod’s sentence.
You can sign the petition at:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-samuel-girod-amish-farmer
Thank you!
This is ridiculous. Could it be that his religious objections were ignored because of the color of his skin or that he is a Christian?
Say what you want about Beeswax lip balm.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BEE WITH CHAPPED LIPS?
US Govt, FDA etal, I rest my case.
Do you think that might have been a factor?
Maybe his horse lost a shoe.
Where do the darker-complected Amish live?
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