Amish Farmer Alleges Government Agency Falsified Evidence, Hid Results After Raid

Published on March 4, 2024

An Amish farmer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, embroiled in a lawsuit by the state’s Department of Agriculture, claims the agency concealed results and falsified evidence in an attempt to run him out of business. Attorney Robert E. Barnes, who represents Amos Miller, owner of Miller’s Organic Farms, wrote in a court filing released during a Thursday hearing that the agriculture department “materially misled the court with perjured affidavits based on events that occurred many years before.” The hearing centered on extending the injunction the state attorney general’s office obtained in January to prevent Mr. Miller from selling raw dairy products after alleged failures to adhere to the government’s regulatory policy led to the farm being the subject of an armed raid by officials on suspicion of selling “illegal milk,” among other products....

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