Held in May 2012 on the lawn of the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minnesota.
Father and daughter brandish their sign along with nearly 100 other people at a May 2012 rally in Minneapolis for farmer Alvin Schlangen before his hearing. The state of Minnesota brought criminal charges against Schlangen for assisting citizens of Minnesota in lawfully obtaining raw milk through a private buying club; he was found not guilty by a jury of his peers the following September. Photo Credit: Alyssa Nelson, Owner, Alyssa Nelson Photography, alyssanelson.com, WAPF Chapter Leader, Woodbury, Minnesota.
Nearly 100 people gather around a Declaration of Food Independence, signed by many of the attendees at a May 2012 rally in Minneapolis in support of farmer Alvin Schlangen before his hearing. The state of Minnesota brought criminal charges against Schlangen for assisting citizens of Minnesota in lawfully obtaining raw milk through a private buying club; he was found not guilty by a jury of his peers the following September. Photo Credit: Alyssa Nelson, Owner, Alyssa Nelson Photography, alyssanelson.com, WAPF Chapter Leader, Woodbury, Minnesota.
Jill Nienhiser has served as webmaster of realmilk.com since 2000. She also served as webmaster of westonaprice.org for many years, and helped establish Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund's website in 2007. She has been a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation for 25 years.