Politics & Government

Healthy Family Farms Preliminary Hearing Postponed

Farmers Market vendor Healthy Family Farms was charged with illegal production and sale of unpasteurized goat milk, goat cheese and other products.

The preliminary hearing for Sharon Palmer—who sells eggs and poultry through  every Thursday at the —was continued to 8:30 a.m. Dec. 1 in Department 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. 

Palmer is accused of conspiracy stemming from the illegal sale of raw milk and other products.

Court documents also allege she "was buying thousands of dollars worth of meat, poultry and eggs from other vendors and reselling it at farmer's markets and at Rawesome, despite claims and advertising that it was raised on her farm and not fed commercial feed." 

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Palmer's attorney Matt Bromund previously called these allegations "outrageous." 

"It is a total abuse of authority to use the kind of force that the government is using against this private market and small family farm," he told Patch in August. "I'm looking forward to my client being completely vindicated by the judicial system in coming months." 

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Palmer pleaded not guilty at her arraignment and was released on bail in August.

Two others were charged in the criminal conspiracy case: Eugenie Bloch, 58, and James Stewart, 64. Both pleaded not guilty and are also expected back in court Dec. 1. 


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