Re: We need your help................

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I want to urge you to take action in support of the Brunner's farm

and in support of raw milk in general. I grew up in northern

Wisconsin and have been following the raw milk developments and

dramas up there for some time. Obviously there are big economic

interests that feel very threatened by clean, profitable raw milk

dairies in " America's Dairyland. " As the Brunners point out, the

issue is not about food safety but about sheer economics, power, and

control.

Check out their web site, and to make taking action easier, I am re-

posting the addresses to write to and the link to the petition

below. In deciding whether to take action on their behalf (where is

Arkansaw Wisconsin you might wonder), consider the immense

consequences of a victory by the Brunners in Wisconsin (dairy ground

zero) for the rest of the country.

Thank you, Wayne and Janet, for standing up for real milk, and thank

you all for supporting these brave folks in their hour of need.

Best,

***

Each letter or petition written goes into our case folder

and can be used should this go as far as circuit court. Please help

us in our fight - and remember " The issue of raw milk has nothing to

do with protecting the public - and everything to do with protecting

those who control the food supply.

Let's try to give the control back to the people!

Wayne and Janet Brunner

Midvalleyvu Farms

W8481 County Road Z

Arkansaw, WI 54721

(715) 285-5331

email: wajabrun@...

http://www.midvalleyvu.com

At the bottom of this page is a link to a petition that we

hope you will sign and send in. One is addressed to Harsdorf -

the Secretary of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture, Trade and

Consumer Protection). Harsdorf will be very instrumental in

the final decision of our case.

E. Harsdorf

Secretary of Agriculture

State of Wisconsin

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

P.O. Box 8911

Madison, WI 53708

(608) 224-5012

Email: brancb@...

The second one is addressed to B. Steinhoff,

Division of Food Safety (Department of Agriculture, Trade and

Consumer Protection).

B. Steinhoff

Division of Food Safety

State of Wisconsin

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

2811 Agriculture Drive, P.O. Box 8911

Madison, WI 53708-8911

(608) 224-4701

Email: steinsb@...

Cheryl Furstace s is the appointed Judge for our

case. Atty. s has worked as the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)

for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection since 1988.

Atty. Cheryl Furstace s

Wisconsin Dept of Agriculture Trade & Consumer Protection

PO Box 8911

Madison, WI 53708-8911

Phone: (608) 224-5026

Fax: (608) 224-5045

Email: cheryl.daniels@...

click here for Petition

http://midvalleyvu.homestead.com/Petition.html

[Guest guest]

You should also post this on the Traditional Nutrition

Message Board. http://members4.boardhost.com/realfood/

Aubin

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

> Hello Everyone,

> I have a special request here for help.

>

> On January 23rd, my husband and I were charged with nine counts

of selling unprocessed milk by DATCP (Department of Trade and

Consumer Protection) here in Wisconsin. These charges are " so off

base " , and have turned our lives upside down during the past month.

>

I just dropped a petition in the mail for you, hope all goes well.

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for your support

- we appreciate hearing your kind words.

Janet Brunner

> Hi all,

>

> I want to urge you to take action in support of

the Brunner's farm

> and in support of raw milk in general. I grew

up in northern

> Wisconsin and have been following the raw

milk developments and

> dramas up there for some time. Obviously

there are big economic

> interests that feel very threatened by clean,

profitable raw milk

> dairies in " America's Dairyland. " As the

Brunners point out, the

> issue is not about food safety but about sheer

economics, power, and

> control.

>

> Check out their web site, and to make taking

action easier, I am re-

> posting the addresses to write to and the link

to the petition

> below. In deciding whether to take action on

their behalf (where is

> Arkansaw Wisconsin you might wonder),

consider the immense

> consequences of a victory by the Brunners in

Wisconsin (dairy ground

> zero) for the rest of the country.

>

> Thank you, Wayne and Janet, for standing up

for real milk, and thank

> you all for supporting these brave folks in their

hour of need.

>

> Best,

>

>

>

> ***

>

> Each letter or petition written goes into

our case folder

> and can be used should this go as far as

circuit court. Please help

> us in our fight - and remember " The issue of

raw milk has nothing to

> do with protecting the public - and everything

to do with protecting

> those who control the food supply.

> Let's try to give the control back to the people!

>

> Wayne and Janet Brunner

> Midvalleyvu Farms

> W8481 County Road Z

> Arkansaw, WI 54721

> (715) 285-5331

> email: wajabrun@n...

> http://www.midvalleyvu.com

>

>

> At the bottom of this page is a link to a

petition that we

> hope you will sign and send in. One is

addressed to Harsdorf -

> the Secretary of Agriculture (Department of

Agriculture, Trade and

> Consumer Protection). Harsdorf will be

very instrumental in

> the final decision of our case.

> E. Harsdorf

> Secretary of Agriculture

> State of Wisconsin

> Department of Agriculture, Trade and

Consumer Protection

> P.O. Box 8911

> Madison, WI 53708

> (608) 224-5012

> Email: brancb@w...

>

>

> The second one is addressed to

B. Steinhoff,

> Division of Food Safety (Department of

Agriculture, Trade and

> Consumer Protection).

> B. Steinhoff

> Division of Food Safety

> State of Wisconsin

> Department of Agriculture, Trade and

Consumer Protection

> 2811 Agriculture Drive, P.O. Box 8911

> Madison, WI 53708-8911

> (608) 224-4701

> Email: steinsb@w...

>

>

> Cheryl Furstace s is the

appointed Judge for our

> case. Atty. s has worked as the

Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)

> for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,

Trade and Consumer

> Protection since 1988.

> Atty. Cheryl Furstace s

> Wisconsin Dept of Agriculture Trade &

Consumer Protection

> PO Box 8911

> Madison, WI 53708-8911

> Phone: (608) 224-5026

> Fax: (608) 224-5045

> Email: cheryl.daniels@d...

>

>

> click here for Petition

> http://midvalleyvu.homestead.com/Petition.html

[Guest guest]

Thank you Aubin, I have posted my plea for help

to the message board. I would have never

thought of that :0

Janet

[Guest guest]

Thank you - your help is much appreciated.

Janet

[Guest guest]

janet--

i just emailed a letter to jas harsdorf, at the addy provided at your

site, but it was returned with the message that it had " permanent

fatal errors " . ??? has no one else had this problem? did we " bomb "

him and he changed his address?

allene

[Guest guest]

>i just emailed a letter to jas harsdorf, at the addy provided at your

>site, but it was returned with the message that it had " permanent

>fatal errors " . ??? has no one else had this problem? did we " bomb "

>him and he changed his address?

I just had the same problem. I emailed all three people and plan to send

them hardcopies, but so far the emails to E. Harsdorf and B.

Steinhoff have been bounced with the following error message:

The original message was received at Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:51:15 -0500 (EST)

from *****.nyc.rr.com [*****]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----

<brancb@...>

(reason: 550 Host unknown)

----- Transcript of session follows -----

550 5.1.2 <brancb@...>... Host unknown (Name server:

wheel.datcp.state.wi: host not found)

Content-Type: message/delivery-status

The message was the same for both except for the first part of their email

addresses. (I substituted asterisks for my IP address.)

-

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

With or without the email errors I think mailing hard copies to the

folks listed is the most powerful method anyway.

I was having probs. with printing the petition - the margins were

getting cut off in a way I had never seen before. I fixed it but if

anyone else has that problem, email me and I'll email you the

formatted petition as an attachment.

Cheers,

radiantlife@...

PS - A client called yesterday who is a farming activist and

mover/shaker so I emailed her the Brunner's email to us. This was

her post to her network. This plus all we can/have done - amazing

what can happen in 24 hours in this Internet Age!

*****

Aloha, Brunner Family...

Cogswell forwarded your posting to me

on Thursday afternoon, and I want you to know that there are a bunch

of us here in the Garden State who are bound and determined to get

the sale of raw milk " decriminalized " in New Jersey.

Rest assured that I've forwarded your message and his own follow-up

posting to the mailing list to the Earthstewards

Network, the NJ chapter of Northeast Organic Farming Association

(NOFA-NJ), Pennsy Assoc. for Sustainable Ag (PASA - at whose

conference Sally Fallon spoke on Feb. 9th), and the new NJ State

Secretary of Agriculture, as well as the Exec. Director of the NJ

State Agriculture Development Board... and the Master of Montague

Grange No. 140 here in Sussex County -- who is one of the movers and

shakers in sustainable ag circles, and has suggested participation

in the Grange as a much-needed support to both our farmers and our

communities.

For the record, Sussex County was at one time a thriving dairy

region, and some of my neighbors are in the same boat as your

family... plus we have high land prices to contend with, and urban

sprawl that will likely reach " build-out " in 2010, according to the

NJ Master Plan.

Also for the record, my kid brother went to school in Madison, and

his roommate's folks ran a dairy farm in Richland Center. Plus...

I've had the pleasure of tooling around Baraboo and Spring Green and

Mineral Point with one of my college buddies who lives in

Illinois... so I know first-hand how beautiful the land is, and how

hard-working its people...

One of these days I want to get out to the Fields Institute

in East Troy to check out the flow-forms and other neat Biodynamic

ag stuff they do out there. One of these days...

I'll forward my fire and brimstone missives on your behalf for your

edification... I've got some fish to fry for the next week, and will

take pen in hand when I get a breather.

Please know that you are not in this alone, and that even though you

wouldn't know me from Eve, I care deeply about the outcome of the

abuse of power that is presently besetting you.

For that matter, I'm also mad as the dickens about the Drug

Enforcement Agency's perverse and cockamamie ban on industrial hemp

-- a crop that would not only help give this country a renewable

source of oil, but would do wonders for the soil in rotation with

other crops -- as was standard practice until the Marijuana Act of

1937. That's another rant for another day.

Blessings,

(Mrs.) A.

Stanhope, NJ

Member, Board of Trustees, Sussex County Food Co-op, Inc.

http://www.SussexCountyFoods.org/

(and webmaster, too)

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" Begin to weave, and God will give the thread. "

- German proverb