Free Speech and Association

13 Mar Raw milk producers may now advertise in Kansas

Posted at 19:30h in Free Speech and Association, Media

By Tim Carpenter Posted Jan 1, 2020 Raw milk producers may now advertise in Kansas Kansas dairy goat producers Coraleen and Mark Bunner from near Hays filed a lawsuit against the state for restrictions placed on farmers advertising raw milk products, and won. Kansas dairy goat farmers Coraleen and Mark Bunner’s...

18 Feb Bizarre law drives justified suit

Posted at 15:09h in Free Speech and Association, Media

Bizarre law drives justified suit Feb 18, 2020 Got raw milk? Kansas goat farmers Mark and Coraleen Bunner do, but bizarrely, they and every other producer have been prohibited by state law from advertising or even mentioning that fact anywhere but physically on their farms. That means no...

03 Dec Kansas case was about free speech, not raw milk

Posted at 16:36h in Free Speech and Association, Media

By Sam MacRoberts The First Amendment doesn’t stop at a farmer’s gate. At least not anymore, thanks to Mark and Coraleen Bunner. The Bunners are hardworking, honest dairy farmers near Hays. They started their dairy nearly 25 years ago with just a single goat and expanded slowly...

12 Nov A bizarre Kansas law prohibited advertising raw Milk. So this farm couple fought back.

Posted at 17:12h in Free Speech and Association, Media

By The Kansas City Star Editorial Board - November 11, 2019 05:00 AM via The Kansas City Star Got raw milk? Kansas goat farmers Mark and Coraleen Bunner do, but bizarrely, they and every other producer have been prohibited by state law from advertising or even...

12 Nov Kansas Prohibition on Advertising of Raw Milk Ruled Unconstitutional!

Posted at 15:47h in Free Speech and Association, Media

By Alexia Kulwiec | November 11, 2019 via Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund - FarmToConsumer.org Until last week, Kansas raw milk farmers were permitted to produce raw milk and sell it directly from the farm but were prohibited from advertising it off-premises. According to the Raw...

07 Nov Free Speech: Right to Advertise Raw Milk

Posted at 16:00h in Free Speech and Association, Media

The Kansas Department of Agriculture has agreed that a Kansas statute sharply limiting such advertising violates the First Amendment. EUGENE VOLOKH |THE VOLOKH CONSPIRACY | 11.7.2019 9:01 AM via Reason.com Kansas law allows "the sale of milk or milk products on the farm by the producer from the...

25 Sep Judge declares unconstitutional Kansas’ limits on raw milk ads

Posted at 18:12h in Free Speech and Association, Media

By Tim Carpenter via CJonline.com the Topeka Capital Journal Goat farmers Coraleen and Mark Bunner’s lawsuit challenging a 50-year-old state law limiting advertising on sales of raw milk resulted Wednesday in a court order approved by the Kansas attorney general and the Kansas agriculture secretary conceding...