The same Minnesota farmer acquitted in Minneapolis this past December for raw milk-related violations was convicted last week in St. Cloud for a related list of offenses. Alvin Schlangen of Freeport and his Freedom Farms Co-op did not fare anywhere near as well in his home county last week as
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Minnesota Court Asked to Cut Number of Raw Milk Violations
The Minnesota farmer who was acquitted on charges of selling raw milk in Hennepin County last year now wants a court in Stearns County to throw out similar charges in that jurisdiction. If successful, that would cut the number of charges Alvin Schlangen faces in Stearns County to just three,
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Letter From The Editor: Minnesota Nice
About five years ago, I was on a jury in a criminal case in Colorado. Those memories came back to me yesterday with the news that organic egg farmer Alvin Schlangen was found not guilty by a jury in Hennepin County, Minnesota. This outcome had to be a crushing disappointment
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Minnesota Jury Says Egg Farmer Who Delivered Raw Milk is Not Guilty
The organic egg farmer who picked up raw milk for delivery to his customers in Minnesota’s Twin Cities has been acquitted by a big city jury of violating the state’s ban on commercial sale of unpasteurized dairy products. 
Alvin Schlangen, an egg producer from Freeport, which is northwest of Minneapolis,
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Minnesota Raw Milk Crime Case Goes to Jury
The fate of a Minnesota organic egg farmer being determined in trial proceedings has gone to the jury, which will resume its deliberations today.
The case went to the jury late Wednesday, and the panel deliberated for about an hour before calling it quits for the day.
Since Monday, the
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Long-Awaited Raw Milk Jury Trial Underway In Minneapolis
The trial that put raw milk protestors on the streets of Minneapolis last spring finally got underway Monday in Hennepin County District Court. They say the man on trial is just a volunteer for a private food club that “serves to make a legal connection between farm food and city
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