Comments on: Nelson County farmers arrested for…farming. http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:43:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Dunlap http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18719 Bill Dunlap Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:31:22 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18719 What, there were no drug dealers, drunk drivers, Mother stabbers or father rapers to be arrested? All the corporate theives are already in jail? Big Pharma is out of Business? Tyson, Purdue, IBP etal are out of business? Bill What, there were no drug dealers, drunk drivers, Mother stabbers or father rapers to be arrested? All the corporate theives are already in jail? Big Pharma is out of Business? Tyson, Purdue, IBP etal are out of business?

Bill

]]> By: vabreeze http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18718 vabreeze Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:54:53 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18718 These laws protect companies like Smithfield - they pay out lots of $$$$ to state and federal lawmakers. These laws protect companies like Smithfield – they pay out lots of $$$$ to state and federal lawmakers.

]]> By: I.Publius http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18708 I.Publius Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:37:29 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18708 Thanks for reporting on this, Waldo. As someone who buys regularly from small Virginia farms, I have a very strong desire to see local farms succeed. I know one or two folks in the GA; I'll talk to them about this ASAP. Thanks for reporting on this, Waldo. As someone who buys regularly from small Virginia farms, I have a very strong desire to see local farms succeed.

I know one or two folks in the GA; I’ll talk to them about this ASAP.

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18699 Waldo Jaquith Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:36:09 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18699 Thanks for the correction on Richard Bean as president of VICFA. I guess my knowledge is a few months' out of date. :) I've just corrected the blog entry to say that he's no longer the president. Thanks for the correction on Richard Bean as president of VICFA. I guess my knowledge is a few months’ out of date. :) I’ve just corrected the blog entry to say that he’s no longer the president.

]]> By: Malena http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18698 Malena Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:31:25 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18698 I have felt just as sick about this since I heard. I have known these folks for years, starting when I first moved here and began buying their products at the market, through all of the years of questions I asked Richard about how to grow produce organically, to this year when I began selling my own no-spray apples and he and Jean lent me a market scale. Kathryn Russell of Majesty Farm, of her own volition and not because Richard and Jean requested it, has set up a paypal account to which you may contribute if you would like to help Richard and Jean with their legal expenses: http://www.majestyfarm.com/. If you read the Daily Progress today, there is a heart-warming article about how folks showed their support at the C'ville market yesterday and bought Double H farm out of just about everything they brought to sell. (I would have listed the link but the url is long and I don't know how to make it pretty.) It is clear they have the support of the community, so maybe we could also show this by raising funds so that their efforts to provide us with healthy food are not lost to the high costs of legal representation. Lastly, a few clarifications... though Richard is a past president of VICFA, the current president is William Lutz. (By the way, joining VICFA is another great way to support the folks who are working hard to keep locally and sustainably grown food available to you.) Also, not only were they charged with improperly labeling the meat, but they also supposedly broke another law about which you may not be aware. Did you know that it is illegal in this state to transport uninspected pork, goat and sheep meat products? When Richard and Jean tried to save consumers money by processing their own pigs, they broke the law because their farm did not have an inspector there each day that they processed, as required by the law. Why is okay to transport uninspected deer, bear, squirrel and all of the other types of venison that folks consume, but not pork, goats and sheep? Does this mean that when I slaughter the lambs that I have been raising this summer, and decide to take a dish of lamb curry to a potluck, that I will be subject to arrest? This is a wake up call folks. This kind of harassment is plain scary, and we are rapidly approaching a time when none of us will be allowed to grow our own food, leaving us subject to the crap that big agribusiness decides makes them the most profit to produce. We need to stand up and let the government (and the big agribusiness lobby that is behind the scenes of these kinds of outrages) know that we will not tolerate it. I have felt just as sick about this since I heard. I have known these folks for years, starting when I first moved here and began buying their products at the market, through all of the years of questions I asked Richard about how to grow produce organically, to this year when I began selling my own no-spray apples and he and Jean lent me a market scale.

Kathryn Russell of Majesty Farm, of her own volition and not because Richard and Jean requested it, has set up a paypal account to which you may contribute if you would like to help Richard and Jean with their legal expenses: http://www.majestyfarm.com/. If you read the Daily Progress today, there is a heart-warming article about how folks showed their support at the C’ville market yesterday and bought Double H farm out of just about everything they brought to sell. (I would have listed the link but the url is long and I don’t know how to make it pretty.) It is clear they have the support of the community, so maybe we could also show this by raising funds so that their efforts to provide us with healthy food are not lost to the high costs of legal representation.

Lastly, a few clarifications… though Richard is a past president of VICFA, the current president is William Lutz. (By the way, joining VICFA is another great way to support the folks who are working hard to keep locally and sustainably grown food available to you.)

Also, not only were they charged with improperly labeling the meat, but they also supposedly broke another law about which you may not be aware. Did you know that it is illegal in this state to transport uninspected pork, goat and sheep meat products? When Richard and Jean tried to save consumers money by processing their own pigs, they broke the law because their farm did not have an inspector there each day that they processed, as required by the law. Why is okay to transport uninspected deer, bear, squirrel and all of the other types of venison that folks consume, but not pork, goats and sheep? Does this mean that when I slaughter the lambs that I have been raising this summer, and decide to take a dish of lamb curry to a potluck, that I will be subject to arrest?

This is a wake up call folks. This kind of harassment is plain scary, and we are rapidly approaching a time when none of us will be allowed to grow our own food, leaving us subject to the crap that big agribusiness decides makes them the most profit to produce. We need to stand up and let the government (and the big agribusiness lobby that is behind the scenes of these kinds of outrages) know that we will not tolerate it.

]]> By: Patience http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18697 Patience Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:10:24 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18697 Thanks for naming some names, which gives me ideas about who to write to. I'm really upset about this. Thanks for naming some names, which gives me ideas about who to write to. I’m really upset about this.

]]> By: TrvlnMn http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18690 TrvlnMn Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:46:14 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2007/09/double-h-bust/#comment-18690 This reminds me of the Buckingham incident where the Virginia department of Agriculture did a similar raid (<a href="http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2006/10/05/COVER-boarSlaughter-F.doc.aspx" rel="nofollow">(Source)</a>. There was some differences (minor ones in my opinion) but I think it amounts to the same thing. This reminds me of the Buckingham incident where the Virginia department of Agriculture did a similar raid ((Source). There was some differences (minor ones in my opinion) but I think it amounts to the same thing.

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