Very well written article on the full story behind the private food club that had armed thugs, dressed in costumes, raid it with guns drawn.
“Rawesome immediately notified the agents that the cooperative is a private buying club that doesn’t sell to the public. Therefore, it’s completely outside the scope of government jurisdiction. In other words, government agents have no right to come on Rawesome’s property uninvited, unless they have a valid search warrant and a lawful reason to show up.”
“Before going any further, let me explain why private buying clubs exist. In order for most Americans to get food that’s untainted, unprocessed and unpasteurized, they have to form legal buying clubs that operate outside the mandates of local health departments and departments of agriculture.”
“But to purchase things like raw milk, for example, members have to sign agreements with farmers in which they literally purchase a portion of a cow or goat in order to legally gain access to the raw product from the animal. So members basically own a portion of an animal and go to Rawesome to pick up the milk from their own animal. This arrangement is often called “cow sharing” or “goat sharing.””
“Every charge visible on the warrant was a misdemeanor.”
“Even worse, the warrant only permitted the agents to take “vial” samples of Rawesome products. But instead, the agents decided to just take everything they possibly could.”
“As agents left the day of the raid, they informed James that he had to attend a mandatory hearing the following day, July 1, at the Baldwin Park, Cal. location of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).”
“Sitting around a conference room table at HHS were representatives from the FDA, the FBI, the local health department and the California Department of Food and Agriculture.”
“Sharon Palmer, a nearby farmer who raises club members’ goats, has also been raided four times in the last year-and-a-half,”
“She only has three of 12 pages (of the warrant) while we have four of 16 pages (of the warrant).”
“And then she went downtown to get her copy of the rest of the pages (of the warrant) and was told that it’s sealed.”"
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Building and safety code officials illegally raid and assault Rawesome just two weeks later"
“Dr Aajonus Vonderplanitz, president of RTCHF, legally represents both Rawesome and RTCHF, and is working on filing suit against officials for their crimes against the club.”
May God be on their side and help them expose the criminal officials involved and recieve justice.