$31G for Prigel creamery fight
Friends of the farmer Bobby Prigel in Long Green Valley raised another $31,000 toward his legal bills, according to Steve Belkoff, one of the organizers of the most recent event. Between 1,000 and 1,200 supporters turned out Saturday evening for the Prigel Farm Fest. As reported in my column Sunday, Prigel has been in a battle with his well-to-do neighbors in an effort to open an organic creamery -- milk, cheese, ice cream -- on his farm. His neighbors apparently plan to grind him down with legal bills, even with last week's vote by the Baltimore County Council approving the zoning for the creamery. Prigel says the battle has now cost him $130,000 -- and this nearly a year after Baltimore County zoning officials gave unqualified approval to his plan. More about the Prigel Defense Fund can be found on facebook.
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Thank you! Bobby Prigel did everything right when decided to build an organic creamery. He asked for and was granted permission by the Long Green Valley Association, Baltimore County Permits, and the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation. The people suing him are within their legal rights but are wrong for doing so. Thank you for spotlighting our cause.
Posted by: Eric Daxon | April 4, 2009 3:58 PM
Thank you for getting the Prigel's Story out there. They are a great family and are doing a great thing by allowing there neighbors to buy local and organic.
Posted by: Ashley Adams | April 15, 2009 11:37 AM
Thank you, Mr. Rodricks...you were one of the first to report on Bobby's situation and I just want to tell you how much it meant to have a reporter to see the facts in this case.
Maybe we'll see you at the Farm Fest.
Wanda Wilson,
proud mother-in-law of Bobby Prigel and my daughter, Pam.
Posted by: Wanda Wilson | May 22, 2009 7:41 PM