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Governor LePage: Drop the lawsuit against farmer Dan Brown
  1. Signatures
    5,744 out of 7,500
    Petitioning
    1. Governor LePage (Governor Paul LePage)
  2. Created By
    Robert St Peter
    Sedgwick, ME
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Recent rule changes by the Maine Department of Agriculture - including poultry processing and raw milk sales - are making criminals out of hard-working Mainers who are growing and processing food to share in their communities. Now the Department of Agriculture and State of Maine are suing Dan Brown, a man milking one cow and selling jams, pickles, and other prepared foods from his farmhouse kitchen. If successfully pursued, this lawsuit will have a chilling effect on Maine's growing local food movement and the promise of real economic development in our rural communities.

I strongly urge you to side with small farmers, their willing patrons, and the Maine Constitution. Drop the lawsuit against Dan Brown and respect the authority of the Local Food & Community Self-Governance Ordinance.

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Drop the lawsuit against famer Dan Brown

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Governor Paul LePage.

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Drop the lawsuit against famer Dan Brown

Recent rule changes by the Maine Department of Agriculture - including poultry processing and raw milk sales - are making criminals out of hard-working Mainers who are growing and processing food to share in their communities. Now the Department of Agriculture and State of Maine are suing a man milking one cow and selling jams, pickles, and other prepared foods from his farmhouse kitchen. If successfully pursued, this lawsuit will have a chilling effect on Maine's growing local food movement and the promise of real economic development in our rural communities.

I strongly urge you to side with small farmers, their willing patrons, and the Maine Constitution. Drop the lawsuit against Dan Brown and respect the authority of the Local Food & Community Self-Governance Ordinance.

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Sincerely,

[Your name]

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