Sean Adl-Tabatabai – A judge has sentenced an Amish farmer to six years in prison for refusing to sell Big Pharma medicine to the Amish community.

U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves handed down the unprecedented sentence against Samuel Girod on Friday, justifying his harsh sentence by claiming that Girod was selling a herbal salve that hadn’t been approved by the FDA.

Kentuckytoday.com reports: Outraged supporters of the rural Kentucky farmer pledged to seek a pardon from President Donald Trump.

Girod, 57, had been making and selling Chickweed Salve for years from his farm in Bath County, a half hour drive east of Lexington. The Food and Drug Administration labeled Girod’s salve a drug, which brought it under federal regulation.

Prosecutors accused Girod of manufacturing the herbal salve in an establishment that was not registered with the FDA, and packaged in a container that “failed to bear labeling containing adequate directions for use.” Continue reading →