Small dairy farmer seeks First Amendment protection from state regulators
Five years ago, the Florida Department of Agriculture turned its regulatory power on a small third-generation dairy farm in the Panhandleโs Calhoun County, population 14,462. The Ocheesee Creamery, as itโs known, was caught being a little too honest. Mary Lou Wesselhoeft, owner, was selling all-natural pasteurized skim milk โ whole milk with the cream skimmed off โ and labeling it exactly what it was: skim milk. But in a strange twist with First Amendment implications, the state said Wesselhoeft was…