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  • Farmer's raw milk sales trial is on hold

    09/17/2012 8:18:48 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 16 replies
    jsonline.com ^ | 17 Sept 2012 | Rick Barrett
    The trial of a Sauk County dairy farmer accused of crimes stemming from the sale of raw milk has been postponed until January. Previously scheduled to begin next week, Vernon Hershberger's trial will be closely watched by raw-milk advocates who have argued for the right to buy unpasteurized dairy products straight from the farm. Hershberger, an Amish farmer near Loganville, has become the poster child for a controversy that's pitted farmers against state government and has boiled over to other states where raw milk sales are illegal or restricted. "It is a shame to see him prosecuted as a criminal,"...