VL: Sally Fallon: RAW MILK SITUATION IN PENNSYLVANIA

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Sally Fallon: RAW MILK SITUATION IN PENNSYLVANIA

UPDATE AND ACTION ALERT

 

Dear Members,

 

Once generally supportive of raw milk, Pennsylvania authorities have

been making life very difficult for raw milk farmers and consumers

during the last few weeks. This email will provide you with details

about what has been going on and describe an action plan. As what

happens in Pennsylvania affects the raw milk situation throughout the

country, we are sending it out to all members. We ask that you

PLEASE READ THIS ALERT CAREFULLY and ALL join us in carrying out the

actions proposed. (We apologize for the length, but it is necessary

to provide you with all the facts and a careful explanation of what

is going on.) Also, please forward this alert to your own email

groups.

 

RAID ON MARK NOLT'S FARM

 

" All truth passes through three stages, " wrote Schopenhauer. " First

it is ignored, then it is violently opposed and finally it is

accepted as self evident. " Unfortunately the transition from the

first to the second stage has fallen on a gentle Pennsylvania

Mennonite raw milk farmer, Mark Nolt, described by many as the " Rosa

Parks of farmers' rights. " On April 25, Mark's farm was raided--for

the second time--and this time he was arrested, in connection with

five citations for selling raw milk without a license. He was taken

in handcuffs to a magistrate in Mount Holly Springs where he refused

to make a plea to the criminal charges against him. A trial has

been scheduled for May 5.

 

The first raid occurred last August 10, when the Pennsylvania

Department of Agriculture (PDA) seized over $25,000 worth of product,

packaging equipment and supplies. This occurred after a Commonwealth

Court found Nolt in contempt for violating an injunction prohibiting

him from selling raw milk and raw milk products without a permit.

 

In the second raid, the agents descended on the quiet farm, " like

Vikings, " according to Mark, in six police cars and at least five

unmarked cars, presumably belonging to PDA officials. The agents were

personally led by Bill Chirdon, Director of PDA's Bureau of Food

Safety and Laboratory Services. Mark tried asking one policeman what

the state's authority was for being on the property but the policeman

kept cutting him off, seemingly trying to provoke a confrontation.

The police threatened to arrest anyone who attempted to set foot on

Nolt's property; even Nolt's father and brother who live on the same

lane were denied access.

 

Imagine the position of Mrs. Nolt, enduring the sight of her husband

carried away in the back seat of a police cruiser. The officers

refused to tell her where they were taking him. Then she and her ten

children had to stand by once again while the officers went through

their cheese shop and store, taking food meant to feed many families,

including their own. Fortunately, Mark was released after the

hearing, and he returned to the farm on foot rather than accept a

ride in a police car.

 

In a supreme act of arrogance, Chirdon stole a book off Nolt's

shelf- " All I Ever Wanted to Do is Illegal " by Joel Salatin. According

to a PDA spokesman, Chirdon will return the book at Mark's trial.

 

Mark let his permit drop several years ago because it did not allow

him to sell value-added products such as butter and cream. Mark's

position is that he has a constitutional right to enter into

contractual agreements without a permit, that is to sell raw milk and

raw milk products directly to customers.

 

Mark told David Gumpert that the product PDA confiscated (mostly

cheese) was worth over $30,000. They also took supplies and

equipment. PDA agents were particularly malicious, taking valves,

parts to a cream separator and pieces of cheese-making equipment so

his equipment could no longer be used. The warrant PDA received from

the magistrate states that PDA could search and seize " any equipment,

containers or supplies used to bottle or package for sale milk and

products manufactured from milk. " Obviously cream separator parts and

cheese-making equipment have nothing to do with bottling or

packaging products, thus making PDA guilty of an illegal seizure.

 

At a time when millions of people all over the world are starving,

PDA has no qualms about throwing away perfectly good and nutritious

food-the cheese was carried away in an unrefrigerated truck.

According to the PDA website highlighting PDA's Blueprint for

Hunger, " nearly 1.2 million Pennsylvanians, almost 10% of our

population, live in households at risk for hunger and about 335,000,

almost 3% of all households, have someone who has experienced

hunger. " The dumping of Mark Nolt's cheese in the face of widespread

hunger in the state of Pennsylvania can only be described as obscene.

 

Even the legality of the product seizure can be called into question.

According to PDA's Guidance Document (3/20/08, " Permits Allowing the

Sale of Raw Milk for Human Consumption " ), the department can seize

raw milk, " Whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the

Department, a given supply of raw milk or illegally produced raw milk

products is considered unsafe or a menace to public health, the

secretary may seize, condemn, denature, or destroy the milk or milk

products, without compensation to the owner of the milk or milk

products. " In the affidavit submitted in his application for a search

warrant against Nolt, Chirdon made no allegation that the milk was

unsafe. No one from PDA has provided evidence that Nolt's milk was a

danger to the public. NO ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED from the

consumption of Mark Nolt's cheese.

 

In an appearance April 30 before a magistrate at the Newville

Magisterial District Court, Mark Nolt was informed by the judge that

he was facing two additional charges for selling raw milk without a

permit. A trial has been scheduled for Monday, June 3 in Newville.

 

Nolt refused to enter a plea to the charges claiming he was in court

under duress and that he was not subject to the court's

jurisdiction. The court entered a plea of " not guilty " on his behalf.

 

Nolt's May 5 trial at the Mount Holly Springs Magisterial District

Court will take place at 9:30 a.m. He is being tried in that case

for five citations of selling raw milk without a permit. A rally in

support of Nolt will be held outside the courthouse that morning.

 

 

TRIAL FOR GLEN WISE

 

Glen Wise has a dairy in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. He is a member

of CARE (Communities Alliance for Responsible Eco-Farming), a private

milk club that sells only to members. According to the citations he

has received, he is accused of selling " milk, milk products or

manufactured dairy products " on three separate occasions.

 

Apparently, PDA found out that Glen was selling raw milk without a

permit at a farmers' market last fall. Chirdon told him at that time

that he needed to fill out an application for a permit, but Glen

never did. (More about Chirdon below.) He heard nothing more from PDA

until April 2 when he received the three citations all at once. All

the citations against him were for selling at his farm store.

 

 

HARASSMENT OF PERMITTED RAW MILK FARMERS

 

While PDA insists that all raw milk farmers must have permits, the

agency is making it very difficult for those farmers who already have

permits or wish to obtain them. Its scheme is to use inappropriate

testing techniques that give false positives, then suspend permits

and issue inflammatory press releases, in what appears to be an

effort to stem the ever growing number of raw milk permits-from just

a few dozen to over 100 in the last two years. We also have reports

that PDA is now making it very difficult for farmers to obtain new

raw milk permits. The attitude is distinctly hostile, as the

following cases will demonstrate. As one farmer put it, " The raw milk

permit is just a license to be harassed. " It is important to

emphasize that in spite of PDA's reports of pathogens, NO ILLNESSES

HAVE BEEN REPORTED in the cases cited below.

 

1.The farm of Clark and Elaine Duncan tested positive for Listeria

Monocytogenes on April 4 and PDA ran a press release naming the farm

on April 7. The milk sample had been taken on March 31. The Duncans

sent a sample to a private lab the week following their suspension

and that came back positive as well. They have not sent any samples

for testing since. The PDA Guidance Document on raw milk states that

the permit holder must refrain from selling raw milk until two

consecutive tests taken at least one day apart show that the milk is

pathogen free and the department approves of the tests that were

taken. It is normally the permit holder's responsibility to send the

samples to a state-approved lab for testing. The Duncans did not

receive the paperwork from PDA on the test results until several

weeks after the department issued the press release about the farm's

positive listeria test.

 

2. On April 4, PDA told Arnold and Esther Diller of Piney Ridge Farm

in Western Pennsylvania that their raw milk sales were being

suspended because their milk tested positive for listeria. Arnold

Diller subsequently sent out a sample to an independent lab, which

came back negative (the same thing happened last year). As a

condition for resuming sales on their farm, their inspector gave them

a list of things to be done for reinspection. After repeatedly being

unable to clean a piece of milking equipment to the satisfaction of

the inspector, the Dillers turned in their license to PDA. Esther

Diller said that she wished they had never obtained the license.

 

Not long after their sales were suspended, the Dillers were told by a

state employee from Harrisburg that if they voluntarily gave up their

raw milk license, their problems with the state would be all cleared

up. There is a State Representative who got raw milk from the

Dillers. The night before PDA issued the press release about the

Dillers' positive test for listeria, PDA faxed a copy of the press

release to that representative. It seemed like an attempt to

discourage the representative from remaining a customer. The Dillers

also had some of their customers picking up milk at a local

health food store. Shortly before the positive listeria tests in

both 2007 and 2008, a Pennsylvania food and safety inspector

witnessed the raw milk in a walk-in cooler and voiced disapproval

even though there is no law prohibiting what was being done. We have

no proof that this was related to the positive listeria test, but it

does seem that PDA wanted the Dillers out of the raw milk business.

Many people who depended on them for raw milk are now without a

supplier. (There are very few permitted raw milk farmers in Western

Pennsylvania.)

 

3. On Monday, April 21 a preliminary test for permit holder Norman

Sauder came up positive for salmonella. The inspector had told him

that even though he was not due for his next test until December, he

was being asked to move it up to April. Norman sent a sample to the

US Food & Dairy lab and it also came back positive for salmonella.

On April 28, PDA issued a press release stating that anyone who

purchased milk from Sauder after March 31 should discard it

immediately. To this date Sauder has still not been directly

informed by PDA whether the final test results for salmonella were

positive.

 

He said his coliform counts all winter had been slightly elevated--

sometimes 150. After he asked the inspector whether it was possible

for a sample to be contaminated between his farm and the lab, his

coliform count came back at 10 for the next four inspections. Sauder

believes that sampling tools or lab equipment could be playing a role

in the slightly elevated counts. He suspects that he is not getting

accurate tests.

 

4. The Amos B. King Dairy in Blain sells most of its milk to Dairy

Farmers of America for processing but distributes about 30 gallons of

raw milk a week to his own customers. Amos' milk was tested on April

14 and the results came back positive for campylobacter on Friday

April 18. After cleaning his equipment, Amos asked for a reinspection

to be scheduled for April 21 or 22. Even though PDA told him that

shouldn't be a problem, the inspector did not arrive until April 28.

Meanwhile, the news of his positive test for campylobacter hit the

press. Amos estimates he will not be cleared to resume raw milk

sales before May 10 at the earliest.

 

5. The most egregious example of biased PDA policy involves the

Beulah Land Jersey Farm, owned by Dennis and Joanne Wenger. The

Wengers sell milk for pasteurization to Dairylea and also have a raw

milk permit. On April 8, both US Dairy (a state-approved independent

lab) and PDA took samples from the bulk tank. The next day, the milk

hauler for Dairylea picked up milk. On April 11, PDA informed the

Wengers that their test was " presumptive positive " for listeria and

requested they discontinue selling raw milk. Additionally, the PDA

test results showed a somatic cell count (SCC) of over one million.

On April 14, the PDA called to say that the test had

confirmed " positive " for listeria and that they would have to

discontinue raw milk sales. By this time the Wengers had received the

results from both US Dairy and Dairylea showing SCC under 200,000.

The Wengers faxed copies of these test results to PDA.

 

On April 15, 16 and 17 MicroBac (another state-approved independent

lab) came to the farm to take samples from the bulk tank for listeria

testing. On April 16, Dennis called Senators Mike Brubaker and Mike

Folmer to inform them about the large discrepancy in somatic cell

counts between PDA's test results and those of US Dairy and

Dairylea. Later that day, Dennis received a call from Bill Chirdon

of PDA. After some discussion, Chirdon offered to retest the Beulah

Land Jersey Farm milk. The next day, on April 17, the state came to

take samples (the SCC test results for this sample were considerably

lower than the first PDA test but still much higher than those

obtained by the other two labs).

 

On Saturday, April 19, the Wengers received the test results from the

first sample taken by MicroBac-negative for listeria. On the

following Monday, the state lab made a highly unusual call to

MicroBac to find out the results of the Wenger's samples. MicroBac

refused to release the information without the Wenger's consent. The

state then called the Wengers to inform them that their sample was

negative. This was followed by a call from MicroBac saying that the

second and third samples had also tested negative. PDA reinstated the

Wenger's raw milk permit on April 22.

 

This incident creates the strong suspicion that PDA is not being

honest about their test results, or that their testing techniques are

not accurate and are giving false positives. In fact, this incident

and the others above create a strong suspicion that the PDA is not

taking milk samples properly and may even be tampering with them.

Dennis has demanded an apology from PDA for its actions.

 

 

ABOUT PDA'S TESTING PROCEDURES

 

PDA uses the same testing methods for raw and pasteurized milk. They

get preliminary results using the VIDAS 30 rapid testing system. If

the preliminary results are positive, such as for listeria, the

agency then uses a culturing technique intended to suppress the

growth of anything in the culture other than listeria. This is a

fair test if the milk is pasteurized because pasteurized milk is a

dead food with no good bacteria to out-compete pathogens.

Australian Microbiologist Ron Hull, PhD, has carried out tests

showing that in raw milk, the threat of listeria goes away with time

because good bacteria gradually increase and eventually render

listeria harmless. Raw milk is not the same product as pasteurized

milk; so it is neither fair nor good science to use the same testing

protocol for raw and pasteurized milk.

 

Comparing raw milk to pasteurized milk is comparing a fresh product

with a cooked product. For this reason there should be zero

tolerance for pasteurized milk but not for raw milk, because raw milk

contains good bacteria present to overwhelm any listeria present.

What's needed are studies to quantify how high the infectious dose

would have to be before it would cause illness in humans that consume

the product. USDA publishes a universal infectious dose for a

particular pathogen even though they acknowledge that it is unlikely

to be the same in all foods. The agency has never conducted studies

to determine what the infectious dose for pathogens would be in fresh

raw milk intended for human consumption.

 

The current zero tolerance standard for listeria in raw milk is not

appropriate because, as the experience in Pennsylvania has shown,

people are consuming raw milk that has tested positive for listeria

and are not getting sick. As the press releases in these cases

admit, " NO ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED . . . . " The standard is

causing economic hardship for raw milk producers and supply

interruptions for consumers. The fact that PDA did not until recently

pull raw milk when the first test was positive shows a fundamental

acceptance of this concept-that the tolerance levels for listeria and

other pathogens in raw milk is not zero.

 

Furthermore, state regulators are operating under the mistaken belief

that milk right out of the teat is sterile so that all bacteria found

in milk comes from environmental contamination. We now know that raw

milk-in humans as well as animals-contains bacteria from the milk

ducts and surfaces of the teat, so these bacteria are a natural and

beneficial component of the milk and not a result of contamination.

(The exception is milk from a cow with mastitis, which is an

infection in the udder itself.) The regulators' goal of getting rid

of all bacteria is hazardous to human health because bacteria aids in

digestion and immunity; and good bacteria are needed to protect

against pathogenic bacteria.

 

Current research has produced enough evidence that the Pennsylvania

Legislature should be convinced that raw milk and pasteurized milk

are two different products requiring different testing and safety

standards for each. The two should not be treated the same in terms

of regulatory policy.

 

 

THE BILL CHIRDON ERA

 

The hostile attitude against raw milk farmers began when Bill Chirdon

took over as Director of PDA's Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory

Services in the fall of 2006. Chirdon formerly worked five years as

a plant manager for Dean Foods, one of the nation's largest

industrial dairy companies, and 20 years as a plant manager for

Hershey. Obviously he is totally unqualified to be in charge of raw

milk regulation. With his industry background, he has absolutely no

understanding of raw milk nor sympathy for the position of raw

milk farmers and consumers.

 

Before Chirdon took over, PDA would not suspend a farm's sales of raw

milk for pathogens until there had been two positive tests. Now PDA

is suspending sales and issuing harmful press releases after one

positive test.

 

Before Chirdon, PDA viewed labor contracts between raw milk licensees

and consumers as legal. Under the labor contracts, the farmer would

process the raw milk the consumer had purchased into other dairy

products such as cream, butter, yogurt or kefir. Under Chirdon, PDA

considers the labor contracts illegal.

 

PDA used to test raw milk licensees once a year for pathogens. Now

it tests twice.

 

Since Chirdon, it has become standard practice for undercover PDA

employees to buy from unlicensed dairy producers in an effort to trap

farmers into getting cited for selling raw milk without a permit.

PDA employees made at least eight purchases from Mark Nolt and

another three from Glen Wise. (It is important to remind CARE

farmers not to sell to any customers unless they show their

membership cards; and it is noteworthy that PDA has not tried to

stop private milk club arrangements such as CARE in over a year now.)

 

During Chirdon's tenure, PDA has issued press releases when farms

tested positive for pathogens even though in almost all cases NO

ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. (PDA asserts that some people got sick

consuming milk from one dairy in 2007, although the dairy does not

know of any customers that got sick.)

 

In March of this year Fisher's Dairy in Porterville tested positive

for salmonella. Because of that positive test at that one farm,

Chirdon required that all licensed dairies in the state send in raw

milk samples. Since the statewide testing began, five other farms

have had their raw milk sales suspended (three for listeria, one for

campylobacter and one for salmonella),

 

Farmers seeking new raw milk permits are now reporting that the PDA

is using pathogen testing to hinder and revoke raw milk permits. Of

interest is the fact that there is not one reference to pathogen

testing in the Milk Sanitation Law or the Pennsylvania Code, which

PDA acknowledges supersedes their Raw Milk Permit Guidelines. PDA

recently and arbitrarily changed the guidelines, requiring more

pathogen tests and making it more difficult to obtain a permit. The

authority of PDA to dictate the guidelines needs to be challenged.

 

 

ACTION TO TAKE - PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS

 

We can use this situation to accomplish a huge victory for raw milk

if we ALL work together in creating a huge public outcry!

 

We are asking all Pennsylvania residents concerned about raw milk and

farm freedom to set aside one quiet hour on Saturday May 3. Use this

hour to compose a letter that you will send by regular mail to your

state senator, state representative, the heads of the senate and

house agriculture committees, Mr. Dennis Wolff, Secretary of

Agriculture, and Governor Edward Rendell. A letter sent by regular

mail carries much more clout than an email or fax, and now is the

time to make our voices heard.

 

We then ask that you mail your six letters on Monday morning, May 5.

(Optionally, you may also send your letters to local media.) We want

our elected officials to receive an avalanche of mail on this subject

on Raw Milk D-Day, May 6.

 

In your own words, write a brief testimonial about how raw milk has

benefitted you and your family and then request the following:

 

1. The resignation of Bill Chirdon and his replacement with someone

who is knowledgeable about the science and health benefits of raw

milk. We must send a strong message to the other states that raw milk

consumers will not tolerate department of agriculture hostility and

bias against raw milk.

 

2. That PDA immediately return to their pre-Chirdon testing and

permitting policies and cease the strong-arm tactics against

Pennsylvania raw milk farmers.

 

3. That the Pennsylvania legislature hold hearings and immediately

pass legislation allowing an exemption from licensing and regulation

for farmers selling raw milk and raw milk products direct to

consumers, whether it be at the farm, through delivery or at farmers'

markets. (Farmers selling raw milk through stores could be subject to

the pre-Chirdon testing and permitting policies.)

 

4. That PDA drop all charges against Mark Nolt and Glenn Wise or

suspend charges pending hearings before the legislature regarding an

exemption from licensing and regulation for raw milk producers

selling direct to consumers.

 

5. That PDA immediately return all supplies and equipment seized from

Mark Nolt's farm on April 25 (much of the equipment is old so the

parts PDA took are not replaceable) and compensate him for the theft

of his cheese.

 

For names and addresses of your state senators and representatives,

go to http://www.legis.state.pa.us/index.cfm, where you can search

your

elected officials by zip code and county.

 

Ag & Rural Affairs - Senate Chairman

Hon. Michael W. Brubaker

Chairman, Ag & Rural Affairs

Senate Box 203036

Harrisburg, PA 17120-3036

 

Ag & Rural Affairs - House Chairman

Hon. Michael K. Hanna

Chairman, Ag & Rural Affairs

302 Main Capitol Building

PO Box 202076

Harrisburg, PA 17120-2076

 

Mr. Dennis C. Wolff

Secretary, Department of Agriculture

2301 N. Cameron St.

Harrisburg, PA 17110

 

Governor Edward G. Rendell

225 Main Capitol Building

Harrisburg, PA 17120

 

 

ACTION TO TAKE - NON-PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS

 

Please also spend one quiet hour on Saturday May 3 composing your

letter along the guidelines given above. On May 6, Raw Milk D-Day,

email or fax your letter to the following:

 

Ag & Rural Affairs - Senate Chairman

Hon. Michael W. Brubaker

Chairman, Ag & Rural Affairs

mbrubaker

(717) 787-4420

FAX: (717) 783-3156

 

Ag & Rural Affairs - House Chairman

Hon. Michael K. Hanna

Chairman, Ag & Rural Affairs

mhanna

(717)772-2283

FAX: (717) 787-4137

 

Governor Edward G. Rendell

Phone: (717) 787-2500

Fax: (717) 772-8284

http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/govmail.html

 

Secretary Dennis Wolff

Phone: (717) 772-2853

Fax: (717) 705-8402

DWOLFF

 

 

EXTRA CREDIT FOR RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS OF PENNSYLVANIA

 

Fax and email your letter to all the members of the Agriculture and

Rural Affairs committees

 

SENATE COMMITTEE

 

Chairman, Hon. Michael Brubaker

mbrubaker (717) 787-4420 FAX:(717)783-3156

Michael Waugh

mwaugh (717) 787-3817 FAX: (717) 783-1900

Michael O'Pake

opake((717) 787-8925 FAX: (717) 772-0578

Joseph Scarnati

jscarnati (717) 787-7084 FAX: (717) 772-2755

Michael Eichelberger

jeichelberger(717) 787-5490 FAX: (717)783-5192

Mike Folmer

mfolmer 717) 787-5708 FAX: (717) 787-3455

Roger Madigan

rmadigan (717) 787-3280 FAX: (717) 772-0575

Terry Punt

tpunt (717) 787-4651 FAX: (717) 772-2753

Shirley Kitchen

kitchen (717) 787-6735 FAX: (717) 772-0581

Sean Logan

slogan (717) 787-5580 FAX: (717) 772-3588

John Wozniak

wozniak (717) 787-5400 FAX: (717) 772-0573

 

 

HOUSE COMMITTEE

 

Honorable Michael Hanna, Chairman

mhanna (717)772-2283 FAX: (717) 787-4137

Gary Haluska

hhaluska (717) 787-3532 FAX: (717)783-7548

Mike Carroll

mcarroll (717) 787-3589 FAX: (717) 780-4763

Mark Cohen

mcoen (717) 787-4117 FAX: (717) 787-6650

H. Scott Conklin

sconklin (717) 787-9473 FAX: (717) 780-4764

Peter Daley

pdaley (717) 783-9333 FAX: (717) 783-7558

Richard Grucela

rgrucela (717) 705-1878 FAX: (717) 783-3180

Harold James

hjames (717) 787-9477 FAX: (717) 787-7517

Babette Josephs

bjosephs (717) 787-8529 FAX: (717) 787-5066

Tim Mahoney

tmahoney (717) 772-2174 FAX: (717) 780-4786

John Myers

jmyers (717) 787-3181 FAX: (717) 772-4038

Frank Louis Oliver

foliver,

arucker (717) 787-3480 FAX: (717) 783-0684

Timothy J. Solobay

tsolobay (717) 787-1188 FAX: (717) 705-1887

Tom Yewcic

tyewcic (717) 783-0248 FAX: (717) 787-4922

Rosita C. Youngblood

ryoungbl (717) 787-7727 FAX: (717) 772-1313

Art Hershey

ahershey (717) 783-6435 FAX: (717) 705-1868

Bob Bastian

bbastian (717) 783-8756 FAX: (717) 783-3899

Mike Fleck

mfleck (717) 787-3335 FAX: (717) 260-6504

Karen Boback

kboback (717) 787-1117 FAX: (717) 705-1889

Michele Brooks

mbrooks (717) 783-5008 FAX: (717) 705-1948

Jim Cox

jcox (717) 772-2435 FAX: (717) 260-6516

Gordon Denlinger

gdenling (717) 787-3531 FAX: (717) 705-1951

David S. Hickernell

dhickern (717) 783-2076 FAX: (717) 705-1946

Rob Kauffman

rkauffma (717) 705-2004 FAX: (717) 705-1951

Mark Keller

mkeller (717) 783-1593 FAX: (717) 705-7012

David Millard

dmillard (717) 783-1102 FAX: (717) 772-0094

Dan Moul

dmoul (717) 783-5217 FAX: Fax: (717) 334-8426

Tina Pickett

tpickett (717) 783-8238 FAX: (717) 705-1949

 

 

OTHER EVENTS - WE NEED YOU THERE!

 

May 5: Hearing and Rally for Mark Nolt

9:30 am

229 Mill Street

Mount Holly, Pennsylvania 17065

 

May 6: Trial of Glen Wise

Magisterial District Court

920 South Spruce Street

Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

 

 

WRITE A LETTER AND WRITE A CHECK!

To support the Nolts in this time of hardship, you may send donations

directly to

 

Mark and Maryann Nolt

P.O. Box 136

Blain, Pennsylvania 17006

 

The Farm-to-Consumer Foundation provides compassionate relief funds to

farmers who have endured a farm raid or other urgent financial

hardship related to their direct-to-consumer sales. Donations to the

Farm-to-Consumer Foundation are tax-deductible to the full extent of

the law.

 

ONLINE:

www.ptfassociates.com/secure/ftcldf/donation_form_compassion.asp

BY PHONE: 703-208-FARM (3276) (10 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST)

BY MAIL: Check payable to FTCF

Compassionate Relief Fund, 8116

Arlington Blvd., #263,

Falls Church, VA 22042.

 

 

PLEASE JOIN ME!

I will be composing my own letters on Saturday, May 3. Please join

me in this sacred act of communication, support and activism.

 

Sincerely,

Sally Fallon, President

The Weston A. Price Foundation