date:Sep 18, 2012
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 inhabitants.
Defendant Alvin Alfred Schlangen drew Judge Robert M. Small to preside over the jury trial that will decide whether the soon-to-be-55-year-old Freeport farmer is guilty or not guilty on four misdemeanor cha