A PLEA FOR HELP IN WISCONSIN

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Dear Friends,

We write to you today with a plea for help for the farms in Wisconsin that have

been fighting a legal battle with the state of Wisconsin for nearly 3 years over

the sale of raw dairy products.

We are:

a.. Midvalleyvu Farms Wayne and Janet Brunner Arkansaw, WI

b.. Hayward Community Dairy Tim Wightman and Gleta Hayward, WI

c.. Back to the Best Dan and a Siegmann Rubicon, WI

On October 22nd, we all received paperwork from the Wisconsin Department of

Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) asking us to CEASE and DESIST

the sale of raw milk and dairy products as well as stopping all sales of shares

that we have been selling to those that want to purchase these products direct

from the farm.

We have a long history of dealing with the state of Wisconsin, for those of you

that don't know that history, please visit our pages at www.midvalleyvu.com and

click on " Our History " link. This will bring you up to date with our struggle

to make raw dairy products available to the consumer.

On October 20, 2002, Administrative Law Judge Cheryl F. s gave her final

ruling allowing bona fide owners of a milk producer license the right to consume

raw milk directly from the farm. With financial help from the Weston A. Price

Foundation, a model Limited Liability Corporation (Hayward Community Dairy) was

set up at Hayward, Wisconsin much like the current Corporation we have set up

here at Midvalleyvu Farms.

Those desiring raw milk can become a non-voting member by purchasing a share of

stock in one of these farms. There has been intense interest in this model farm

set up, which has led farms in a total of five states to follow suite and set up

their own Corporations.

We three farms in the state of Wisconsin are at risk of losing our rights as

well as a large part of our livelihood. If we lose our rights, the other states

where these Farm Share Corporations are set up will be soon to follow. If that

happens, this Nation will have taken a step backwards in the fight to make raw

milk and dairy products available.

Why? The Wisconsin DATCP has decided that somehow we must have misconstrued

what Judge Cheryl F. s declared as the final ruling in our cases last

October. It is the understanding of the DATCP that we are not set up to conform

to the Securities Laws of Wisconsin. In other words, we're breaking the law!

What it comes down to folks is the people's choice - the people's right to

choose the food they wish to consume - the people's right to purchase a share of

stock if they choose, so that they can have access to the foods they want.

Rather than working with the three farms involved in this fight, the DATCP has

chosen to continually harass us. They have lead us to believe all is well and

then slap us with paperwork requesting that we cease and desist, now for the

third time.

We are prepared to take the DATCP on once again. We will fight for our right

and the rights of our shareholders, but we can't do it alone. We need your help

- which is why you have received this letter today.

How can you help?

We have put together a listing of people that need to be contacted. These

people need to hear from the public! Not just from people in Wisconsin, but

from all states where raw dairy is and should be available.

Please, do what you can to contact these people, with your phone calls, letters

and emails. Tell them how you feel about raw dairy products. Those of you that

have access to raw dairy, tell these people what it has done for you! Why you

have chosen raw over processed. Remind them that you should have a right to

choose the foods you want to consume. Those of you that don't have a source for

raw dairy, you need to let these people know that you want it, and why!

The DATCP must realize that there has been a shift in food choices in today's

consumers.

This shift will continue to grow as more people become aware of processed foods

and its relation to long term health. The DATCP needs to hear your story.

DATCP needs to know you deserve the right to purchase the products YOU feel is

necessary for the health of YOUR family.

Most of all, people need to hear that what DATCP is doing to these farms in

Wisconsin is considered harassment, abuse of power and that DATCP is being used

by large dairy interests to guarantee market share with your tax dollars.

We have found a way to make raw milk available in every county of every state.

We've got a program that could potentially end the monopoly of the Four Dairy

Corporations that now control 84% of fluid milk sales across the whole United

States.

We have been fighting for our right to provide raw milk for a long time and will

continue the fight for our right to sell direct.. It's your turn to stand up

and fight for your rights as a consumer. We need to stand together now and show

state agencies that we are able to make informed choices without state

intervention and allow farmers to do what it is they are meant to do..Feed the

people, not the corporations.

Please help us!

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If you would like to make a tax-deductible financial contribution to help with

legal fees, please send your check to:

(please put WAPF-Campaign for Real Milk on your check)

The Weston A. Price Foundation

PMB 106-380, 4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20016

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Below is a complete listing of people that need to be contacted with your

opinions and testimonies. Please call, email or write a letter to as many of

them as possible. The more we bombard them, the more fuel we'll gain in our

fight.

Contacts

The Office of Wisconsin Governor

Jim Doyle

115 East State Capitol

Madison, WI 53702

608-266-1212

608-261-6790 (TTY)

608-267-8983 (Fax)

To send an email visit: http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/contact.asp

Barbara Gronemus (Wisconsin State Representative 91st Assembly District)

Madison Office

Room 114 North

State Capitol

P.O. Box 8952

Madison 53708 Brunners & Midvalleyvu

Telephone

(608) 266-7015 or

(888) 534-0091

Fax (608) 282-3691

Email: rep.gronemus@...

E. Sherman (Wisconsin Representative 74th assembly district)

PO Box 8953 Madison, WI 53708

Telephone: 608/266-7690

Fax: 608/282/3674 Clearview Acres

1-800/534/0074 Hayward Community Dairy

Email: rep.sherman@...

Judge Cheryl F. s (Wisconsin DATCP Administrative Law Judge who's final

ruling is being questioned)

2811 Agriculture Drive

Madison, WI 53704

(608) 224-5026

Email: Cheryl.daniels@...

B. Steinhoff (Wisconsin DATCP Administrator Food Safety)

2811 Agriculture Drive

Madison, WI 53704

(608) 224-4701

Email: steve.Steinhoff@...

T. Leitzke (Wisconsin DATCP Director, Food Safety & Inspection)

2811 Agriculture Drive

Madison, WI 53704

(608) 224-4711

Email: tom.Leitzke@...

Secretary of Agriculture

Rodney J. Nilsestuen

2811 Agriculture Drive

Madison, WI 53704

(608) 224-5015 Ext. #7

rod.nilsestuen@...

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

BOARD MEMBERS

Beverly

831 Darlington Street

Darlington, WI 53530

Home Phone: (608) 776-2497

Email: anderbb@...

Brown

N2960 730th Street

Menomonie, WI 54751

Home Phone: (715) 664-8435

cvbean@...

L. Cates

5992 Co. Hwy T

Spring Green, WI 53588

Home and Work Phone: (608) 588-2836

rlcates@...

S. Diercks

136 South Street

Coloma, WI 54930

Home Phone: (715) 228-3031

mtnman@...

F. Dummer

N6613 Highway XX

Holmen, WI 54636

Home Phone: (608) 526-4583

Farm: (608) 526-3824

Email: michaeldummer@...

Enrique Figueroa

3496 North Downer Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53211

Home Phone: (414) 967-1604

Email: Figueroa@...

Margaret Krome

2524 Chamberlain Avenue

Madison, WI 53705

Home Phone: (608) 238-1440

Email: mkrome@...

Krutza

611 South 32nd Avenue

Wausau, WI 54401

Home Phone: (715) 842-8922

Work Phone: (715) 842-2211 ext. 301

Email: mkrutza@...

A. Mayer

4965 Highway E

Slinger, WI 53086

Home Phone: (262) 644-5668

Work Phone: (262) 644-0855

Email: smayer@...

D. Rude

PO Box 367

Coon Valley, WI 54623

Home Phone: (608) 452-3310

Work Phone: (608) 787-1320

Email: bdr@...