Vows to Keep Selling despite threats of Arrest from State Bureaucrats

From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Freeport farmer probed for selling raw milk":

For the second time in eight months, a Freeport-area farmer is being investigated by state agriculture regulators for allegedly selling raw milk and other food products illegally.

Alvin Schlangen was believed to be selling raw milk, which by law can only be sold directly from farms, from a south Minneapolis natural food warehouse and at a drop-off point in St. Paul near Macalester College, according to a search warrant affidavit recently filed by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Continuing:

Schlangen also has allegedly been selling other food without a license, according to the Agriculture Department. Schlangen, an organic egg grower, said he is also the manager of a private food club that leases animals that provide fresh milk, cream and butter for its members. He said he did not break any laws.

"Our [Minnesota Department of Agriculture] does not recognize our right of access to the foods of our choice," he said in an e-mail Monday. "It is time for [Minnesota] consumers to stand up for their rights and stop settling for nutrient deficient, subsidized commodity food."

See related LR story, Jan. 11, 2011, "Raw Milk Sales: Obama administration cracks down on Family Farms"