He profits off raw milk that’s making people sick. The government isn’t stopping him.

This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A white Ford pickup truck broke through a thick curtain of fog one morning in February, winding its way down a muddy farm road in California’s Central Valley. From it emerged a 64-year-old dairyman, burly and tan, who left the engine running as he lumbered toward me with open arms. “You must be Mark,” I said, warning him I wasn’t one for hugging. “I’m a hugger,” he said, pulling me in anyway. “I…