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defense fund.
http://www.ftcldf.org/
I hope you will consider doing so as well. It makes a difference. There
are some major battles being waged against them right now. Big
pharmaceutical companies are slowly taking over all food production,
working to ban and control vitamins and are getting the FDA and AMA to
attack raw milk, raw almonds and other raw products.

Research CODEX ALIMENTARIUS if you don't think this is true.
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/

Please donate to stop these criminals from stealing our choice of food
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Thank you,
Andrew



Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Announcement
FTCLDF joins Buckeye Institute as co-council in Civil Suit over Manna
Storehouse raid!

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Announces
 

December 17, 2008-  Today, the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
(FTCLDF) joined the Buckeye Institute's 1851 Center for Constitutional 
Law in filing a civil lawsuit against the Ohio Department of
Agriculture and  the Lorrain County Health Department for an illegal
raid on the residence of  the Stowers family in La Grange, Ohio.  The
complaint claims that the Stowers' due process, equal protection and
other constitutional rights were violated when their house was raided
by representatives from various state and local governmental agencies,
including the Ohio Department of Agriculture.  Click here to see
complaint.

The Stowers, who operate a private cooperative known as Manna
Storehouse, were the target of a raid of their personal residence by
sheriff deputies and Department of Agriculture personnel, several of
whom had guns drawn and who treated the Stowers family like drug
dealers.  According to the report of the sheriff's department, one of
the deputies even snatched a cell phone out of the hand of a teenage
son who was attempting to call Mr. Stowers at the time.  In addition,
the complaint alleges the governmental authorities confiscated all of
the Stowers' personal food intended to provide for and nourish them all
through the winter months.

"We joined in this suit because it furthers the mission of the Fund,
which is to protect and defend the rights of farmers and consumers to
have direct commerce with each other free from governmental
interference and harassment," said  Interim FTCLDF President Pete
Kennedy.   

Kennedy said "We hope that the Lorrain County Court of Common Pleas
recognizes that government is overreaching in this case and is
basically engaged in intimidation tactics to frighten people into
believing that they cannot provide food for themselves."  FTCLDF
General Counsel Gary Cox said "this is an example where, once again,
the government is trying to deny people their inalienable, fundamental
right to produce and consume the foods of their choice.  The purpose of
our complaint is to correct that wrong."

The complaint also seeks a preliminary injunction against the
Department of Agriculture and declarations stipulating that Manna
Storehouse and the Stowers are not a "retail food establishment" under
Ohio's Food Safety Code.  As a private cooperative, Manna Storehouse is
exempted from the Food Safety Code. 

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