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WI Judge Finds No Right To Produce Or Consume Food, Or To Own Cows
In response to a request from the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, the judge issued a clarification of his decision last week regarding his assessment of the constitutionality of food rights. The judge expanded on his original statement that such constitutional issues are "wholly without merit.""This court is unwilling to declare that there is a fundamental right to consume the food of one's choice... No, Plaintiffs to not have a fundamental right to own and use a dairy cow or a dairy herd." "No, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to consume the milk from their own cow." "No, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice..." According to the judge's interpretation of Wisconsin law under the original decision, only "a license holder" or an individual "who has a bona fide ownership interest in the milk producer" can make milk available. The judge added in this new interpretation: "Finally, it is clear from their motion to clarify that the Plaintiffs still fail to recognize that they are not merely attempting to enforce their 'right' to own a cow and board it at a farm. Instead, Plaintiffs operate a dairy farm. As this court already said in its decision and order, if Plaintiffs want to continue to operate their dairy farm then they must do so in a way that complies with the laws of Wisconsin." Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-09-24 |
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