Comments on: Michael Schmidt Found Not Guilty on All Charges http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/ blog about homemaking, food and health Mon, 21 May 2012 14:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: How to Respond to a Farm Raid http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-15076 How to Respond to a Farm Raid Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:12:51 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-15076 [...] farmers need to be activists and more like Martin Luther King and Michael Schmdit. We must be all-in and think about the grand stage and melodrama of it all. We can no longer be [...] [...] farmers need to be activists and more like Martin Luther King and Michael Schmdit. We must be all-in and think about the grand stage and melodrama of it all. We can no longer be [...]

]]> By: How to Respond to a Farm Raid | Hartke Is Online! http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-15043 How to Respond to a Farm Raid | Hartke Is Online! Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:42:26 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-15043 [...] farmers need to be activists and more like Martin Luther King and Michael Schmdit. We must be all-in and think about the grand stage and melodrama of it all. We can no longer be [...] [...] farmers need to be activists and more like Martin Luther King and Michael Schmdit. We must be all-in and think about the grand stage and melodrama of it all. We can no longer be [...]

]]> By: Michael Schmidt and the Food "Safety" Bill | Hartke Is Online! http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-14001 Michael Schmidt and the Food "Safety" Bill | Hartke Is Online! Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:06:24 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-14001 [...] January 21, 2010, Michael Schmidt, a Canadian dairy farmer, was cleared on all 20 counts of “selling” raw dairy in violation of Canada Health regulations. He was facing prison yet determined the government would [...] [...] January 21, 2010, Michael Schmidt, a Canadian dairy farmer, was cleared on all 20 counts of “selling” raw dairy in violation of Canada Health regulations. He was facing prison yet determined the government would [...]

]]> By: Chrys Ostrander http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-8186 Chrys Ostrander Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:11:11 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-8186 What this means, in Canada at least, is that Canadians still have the right to produce their own food and consume it, with out that production and consumption being considered mercantile and therefore subject to government regulation.. Remember, people fed themselves for centuries by joining together to grow and process the food that would sustain them. This is how many tens of thousands of families still feed themselves, legally, even here in the U.S. Families still legally keep dairy animals and feed that milk and their home-made cheese and yogurt to their children, their grandparents, their visiting relatives. It is fundamentally a privacy issue-- What business is it of the government if a group of families share their labor and resources to produce food for themselves? There must be limits to the Nanny State. I don't have a problem if the government steps in with its regulatory authority if that private food production collective decides they've really got something going and starts selling their products to the general public. But I can't abide the criminalization of private food production. We are humans first. If you want true re-localization of our food system, advocate for the rights of people to organize private food production networks modeled after the shareholder dairy that this Canadian dairy farmer organized in Ontario. Chrys Ostrander Judge in his decision: "Cow shares are a legitimate private enterprise that does not constitute marketing in Ontario." http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/753896--court-approves-raw-milk-co-op What this means, in Canada at least, is that Canadians still have the right to produce their own food and consume it, with out that production and consumption being considered mercantile and therefore subject to government regulation.. Remember, people fed themselves for centuries by joining together to grow and process the food that would sustain them. This is how many tens of thousands of families still feed themselves, legally, even here in the U.S. Families still legally keep dairy animals and feed that milk and their home-made cheese and yogurt to their children, their grandparents, their visiting relatives. It is fundamentally a privacy issue– What business is it of the government if a group of families share their labor and resources to produce food for themselves? There must be limits to the Nanny State. I don’t have a problem if the government steps in with its regulatory authority if that private food production collective decides they’ve really got something going and starts selling their products to the general public. But I can’t abide the criminalization of private food production. We are humans first. If you want true re-localization of our food system, advocate for the rights of people to organize private food production networks modeled after the shareholder dairy that this Canadian dairy farmer organized in Ontario.

Chrys Ostrander

Judge in his decision: “Cow shares are a legitimate private enterprise that does not constitute marketing in Ontario.”

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/753896–court-approves-raw-milk-co-op

]]> By: A victory for food freedom – Crispy on the Outside http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-8173 A victory for food freedom – Crispy on the Outside Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:24:04 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-8173 [...] to Kimberly Hartke for the tip. My article on raw milk for Reason is here, and a visit to a Virginia cow share [...] [...] to Kimberly Hartke for the tip. My article on raw milk for Reason is here, and a visit to a Virginia cow share [...]

]]> By: tina http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-8165 tina Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:28:50 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-8165 yippy skippy. yippy skippy.

]]> By: Sylvia http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-8164 Sylvia Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:29:04 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-8164 Congratulation to Michael. It is such a clear victory= he is truly a hero and a person to give us hope. Congratulation to Michael. It is such a clear victory= he is truly a hero and a person to give us hope.

]]> By: Danna Seevers http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-8163 Danna Seevers Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:45:46 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-8163 Praise God!!! Finally some large scale justice. I'm so relieved for Michael and his family! .-= Danna Seevers´s last blog ..<a href="http://seevers.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-tide-turning-in-favor-of-saturated.html" rel="nofollow">Is the tide turning in favor of saturated fat?</a> =-. Praise God!!! Finally some large scale justice. I’m so relieved for Michael and his family!
.-= Danna Seevers´s last blog ..Is the tide turning in favor of saturated fat? =-.

]]> By: Sara http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-8148 Sara Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:07:58 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-8148 Yaaaaaay!! *many cheers* I honestly did not expect this, given how Michael's been treated! What a wonderful outcome! Of course, as he says, there is still a lot of work to be done, but this is a great step in the right direction. P.S. Thank you so much for linking to my post! I'm honored! :) .-= Sara´s last blog ..The Michael Schmidt case: What it means to me =-. Yaaaaaay!! *many cheers* I honestly did not expect this, given how Michael’s been treated! What a wonderful outcome! Of course, as he says, there is still a lot of work to be done, but this is a great step in the right direction.

P.S. Thank you so much for linking to my post! I’m honored! :)
.-= Sara´s last blog ..The Michael Schmidt case: What it means to me =-.

]]> By: hellaD http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/michael-schmidt-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comment-8156 hellaD Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:52 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=5220#comment-8156 I recently moved to Vancouver and have been having trouble getting raw milk because of this whole ordeal. I sure hope now that it will become legal and easier to get ahold of. I got typhoid in Myanmar in 2006 which damaged my small intestine and caused me all kinds of digestive issues. I am still healing from this and really need raw milk to help this process. I recently had a hair analysis done which found high levels of pesticides and herbicides in my body and I really need raw milk for healing. Thanks so much to Michael Schmidt for having the determination and strength of character to be at the forefront of this issue for us. What a true hero he is. .-= hellaD´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HellaDelicious/~3/9SicB5orVMY/" rel="nofollow">Mens Sana In Corpore Sano</a> =-. I recently moved to Vancouver and have been having trouble getting raw milk because of this whole ordeal. I sure hope now that it will become legal and easier to get ahold of. I got typhoid in Myanmar in 2006 which damaged my small intestine and caused me all kinds of digestive issues. I am still healing from this and really need raw milk to help this process. I recently had a hair analysis done which found high levels of pesticides and herbicides in my body and I really need raw milk for healing.

Thanks so much to Michael Schmidt for having the determination and strength of character to be at the forefront of this issue for us. What a true hero he is.
.-= hellaD´s last blog ..Mens Sana In Corpore Sano =-.

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