RAW MILK RALLY MONDAY MAY 5
AND OTHER RAW MILK NEWS
(Please read carefully!)

Please join the Pennsylvania Independent Consumers and Farmers
Association (PICFA) at a rally on Monday May 5th in support of Mark
Nolt, local farmer and friend, who was recently arrested on his farm
for selling raw milk and raw milk products.

The rally is being held at 9:30 am at the District Court in Cumberland
County located at 229 Mill Street, Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065. The
rally aims to engage the local citizenry and the Pennsylvania
legislature in bringing attention to a farmer's constitutionally
protected right to sell raw milk and raw milk products, directly to
consumers (as well as a consumer's right to buy and consume these
products). This will be a peaceful assembly.

Concerned citizens are encouraged to bring signs and banners in
support of Mark Nolt and that reflect positively on raw milk and its
benefits. We are expecting a lot of media coverage so the more people
there, the better!

GATHERING TIME: 9 am
LOCATION
229 Mill Street
Mount Holly, Pennsylvania 17065

DIRECTIONS:
Just east of Carlilse, PA, off of Highway 81, take Mt. Holly Springs
exit.




TRIAL OF GLEN WISE
Mr. Glen Wise is being tried for selling milk without a permit on May
6. Mr. Wise prefers his trial to be quiet and has requested that
people do NOT come to the courthouse.



FINANCIAL AID
The Nolts would prefer donations in the form of money orders, made out
to Mark Nolt. However, checks are also fine. Checks should also be
made out to Mark Nolt (not Mark and Maryann Nolt as stated in our
earlier email). Please send to:

Mark 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:
http://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.




YOUR LETTERS
If you have not written your letters to the governor, the secretary of
agriculture and your legislators today, you still have tomorrow!
Remember, these letters should go in the mail on Monday, May 5th.
Tuesday May 6th is the day for our fax and email blast.


HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Please send this email to your local groups. Also, you may use the
press release below in contacting local media.

Thank you!
Sally Fallon, President




MEDIA ADVISORY
From: www.westonaprice.org, realmilk.com

FARMERS AND CONSUMERS RALLY IN DEFENSE OF MARK NOLT

Media Contact: Kimberly Hartke, Publicist 703-860-2711, cell
703-675-5557

May 1, 2008 --Mt. Holly, PA-- Raw milk supporters will rally in
support of dairy farmer Mark Nolt's constitutionally protected right
to direct farm-to-consumer sales without permits or government
interference.

The Mennonite father of ten's farm was raided by police and department
of agriculture officials on April 25. Nolt was led away in handcuffs
while agents confiscated over $25,000 worth of cheese along with parts
of his processing equipment.

The rally will take place on Monday May 5, at 9:30 am Magistrates
Office at 229 Mill Street, Mt. Holly, Pennsylvania, where Mark Nolt's
hearing will occur.

"At a time when millions are starving, the theft and destruction of
hundreds of pounds of nutritious cheese can only be described as
obscene," said Sally Fallon, President of the Weston A. Price
Foundation, a nutrition education foundation that encourages the
consumption of raw milk.

Demand for raw dairy products is on the rise, as increasing numbers of
health minded consumers seek raw dairy to help resolve a number of
maladies: autism, asthma, allergies, ear infections, sinus
infections, osteoporosis, lung disease, among them. Because raw dairy
is pro-biotic, cancer patients and others seeking to boost their
immune system frequently use raw and fermented raw dairy products as
an adjunct to other healing protocols.

Even with a permit, the State of Pennsylvania prohibits the sale of
unpasteurized butter, cream, soft cheeses and yogurt. A state permit
for raw milk sales excludes ancillary raw dairy products, which are
highly valued by these consumers.

Nolt-now referred to as the "Rosa Parks of the raw milk movement"--is
a dairy farmer who choses to operate without a state permit, because
of his conviction that the US Constitution guarantees his freedom to
sell by private agreement with his customers from his farm.

Nolt has been summoned to appear at Monday's hearing to answer five
charges related to selling raw milk and other dairy products without a
state permit, In a previous incident last August, the state seized
$30,000 worth of products and packaging equipment

The rally is being sponsored by the Pennsylvania Independent Consumers
and Farmers Association and the local chapters of the Weston A. Price
Foundation.
.
DIRECTIONS:
Just east of Carlilse, PA, off of Highway 81, take Mt. Holly Springs
exit.



The following individuals are available for Press Interviews:

Jonas Stoltzfus, PICFA Farmer 717-536-3618, cell 717-275-3016
Maureen Diaz Weston A. Price Foundation Consumer 717-303-3832 cell
717-253-0529


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