Food, Family, and A Search Warrant
Monday, April 20th, 2009 By Lynn WalshA family living in LaGrange, Ohio likes to know where the food that they eat comes from. That is why they eat all organic, all natural, and locally grown food. Little did they know that by helping their family and friends eat the food that they want they would find themselves facing possible misdemeanor charges. In December of 2008, the Lorain County Sheriff’s Department went through with a search warrant delivered to them by the Lorain County Prosecutor’s Office on behalf of the Lorain County General Health District, and the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Officers with guns drawn entered and secured the property while the family was held in their living room for hours. No one in the home was allowed to answer a phone call or the door.
Buckeye Voices: \”The Stowers Story\”
All of this because the Department of Agriculture thinks the Stowers’ food giving organization, “The Manna Storehouse,” needs to have a retail license in order to continue operation. “Manna StoreHouse” is described by members as an organization that made it easier for them to get the healthy food they wanted to feed their family. Watch the Stowers tell their story and look for more information on this case as it develops.
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 am
NATURALLY I WAS APPALLED AT THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THIS POOR, INNOCENT FAMILY BEING ‘RAPED’ BY THE GOVT.AGENCIES.THIS IS EXACTLY ONE OF THE VARIED REASONS WE LEFT THE U.S AND MOVED TO COSTA RICA. WE ARE SO AWARE OF THE DECEPTIONS GOING ON IN OUR GOVT. AND THE INSIDIOUS WAYS PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED,KNOWING IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. I DO HOPE THAT COMMUNITIES CAME TOGETHER AND HELPED THIS FAMILY RE-COUP SOME OF THEIR LOSES. WE ALL NEED TO BAND TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER,BECAUSE OUR GOVT. IS DEFINTELY NOT ‘FOR US’ THEY ARE AGAINST US!!!!
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Iam so very sorry that this happened to your precious family. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I’m sure your family was a tremendous witness to these gentlemen. May God richly bless you for your helping others. If we can an any way help your family please free to contact us. God Bless MJ
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
I think what the dept of Agriculture did was wrong and I hope they get into trouble for the way that they handled this matter.
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
That’s a darn shame about what they did to that family. They are only trying to survive. I eat organic food myself. just about everything on the grocery shelves is tainted. I will be praying for that family. God does not like ugly. And all those people that harm that family will have to pay for what they did,on judgement day. How can they tell people what to eat. I’m a big researcher,i reasearch a lot of stuff. i know about what’s in our tainted food,water,and medicine. Aspertame is tainted and kills people and the government knows about it. And won’t pull it from the market. It’s an artifical sweetner. There is alot souls going to hell.
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 am
Is there anything we can do to help the Stowers? Write a letter to someone? Or?