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Holy Cow! The war on milk…

20 Wednesday Apr 2016

Posted by HattieBelle in American, Amish, Board of Animal Health, Brad Rogers, Community, Controlled, Cows, Crime, Elkhart County, Food, Food Labels, Freedom, Fresh Garden Produce, Genetically Modified Food, GMO Alternatives, Government, Health, Indiana, Mennonite, Milk, Raw Milk

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By, Gayle Lane

Extending for four decades now, the war on drugs has ingrained a certain ideology into society. What was sold as an initiative to get dangerous drugs off the streets has conceived a totalitarian mindset that government has the authority to control everything you eat and drink and, if you disobey, the state can fine you, destroy your property, raid your home and throw you in jail. I’m not talking about cocaine or meth. I’m not even talking about marijuana. I’m talking about milk.

According to Time Magazine , “for some Americans, milk has become a test of their freedom. And they’re not paranoid kooks either; the government really is out to get them, authorizing seizures of bottles and jugs of unpasteurized milk and, in one recent case, a full-on, agents-brandishing-guns raid.”

There is indeed a war going on, and it’s threatening one of your most basic freedoms – the right to eat a wholly natural, healthful food!

The FDA has long banned the sale of raw milk across state lines, and in many states it’s illegal to sell raw milk entirely. (For more information about laws in various US states, please see this link. For information about raw milk in other countries go here.)

Why has a natural food source been banned for sale in so many areas?

Well, they claim raw milk is simply too dangerous to consume and by restricting its sale they are serving the public health and reducing the risk of illness….

Yet shockingly there’s no evidence backing up this claim.

According to CDC data, from 1993 to 2006, only about 116 illnesses a year were linked to raw milk. That amounts to less than .000002 percent of the 76 million people who contract a food-borne illness in the United States each year!

Looking at the evidence, or rather lack thereof, it is quite clear that raw milk has been unfairly singled out and targeted by the FDA, the USDA, and even the FBI, despite the fact that it’s so low on the food-borne illness risk scale it’s hardly measurable.

The recent enforcement efforts against raw milk sales is so disproportionate to the risk it poses to consumers that it defies all logic.

Is the Ban on Raw Milk Unconstitutional?

Raw milk enthusiasts and raw dairy suppliers began fighting back in early 2010, filing suit against the FDA, claiming that banning interstate sales is unconstitutional.

The rebuttal received from the FDA was shocking to say the least. It contained the following outrageous statements, which make it very clear they believe you have   no right  to natural, unadulterated food:

Live free, drink raw milk.

“There is no absolute right to consume or feed children any particular food.”

“There is no ‘deeply rooted’ historical tradition of unfettered access to foods of all kinds.”

“Plaintiffs’ assertion of a ‘fundamental right to their own bodily and physical health, which includes what foods they do and do not choose to consume for themselves and their families’ is similarly unavailing because plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to obtain any food they wish.”

The FDA’s brief goes on to state that “even if such a right did exist, it would not render the FDA’s regulations unconstitutional because prohibiting the interstate sale and distribution of unpasteurized milk promotes bodily and physical health.”

“There is no fundamental right to freedom of contract.”

With these assertions, the FDA essentially claims to have the authority to prohibit any food of their choosing, and make it a crime for you to seek it out.

This is simply unacceptable.

Raw Milk Safety Standards – Actually HIGHER than Those for Pasteurized Milk

It’s essential to understand the reasons why most dairy is pasteurized in the first place.

The dairy cows used to produce much of the pasteurized dairy sold in the United States are raised in such unsanitary conditions that it affects the cows’ health and hence the quality of their milk.

Factory farming conditions are the reason why the milk has to be pasteurized in the first place. If it wasn’t, it simply would not be safe to drink. This fact is also what prevents the conventional dairy industry from competing with smaller organic farms.

In terms of quality and nutritional content of the milk, you simply cannot compare the milk produced by factory farms to that of organic farm that raise their cattle on grasses and let them out to pasture. These cows are healthy, and produce high quality, uncontaminated milk that does not require pasteurization to kill off dangerous pathogens.

Still, despite the fact that grass-fed organically-raised cows are at a distinct advantage, from the get-go when it comes to the quality of their milk, organic dairy farms in most states still must meet or exceed pasteurized milk standards, without pasteurizing.

California, specifically, (where raw milk is legal) has its own special set of standards for raw milk for human consumption.

So, if it’s not really about food safety, what’s all the hubbub about?

In a word: money.

The conventional dairy industry, realizing that consumers are flocking toward raw milk because of its health benefits, has redoubled their efforts to quench raw milk sales.

You might think that if raw dairy became attractive enough the dairy industry would simply follow suit and begin producing raw products to meet the demand. Alas… this is virtually impossible because of the way their overcrowded farms are run.

You simply CANNOT drink factory farmed milk raw. It would be extremely unsafe. Their business depends on pasteurization, and that is why their powerful lobbyists will stop at nothing to persuade government agencies to keep raw milk bans in full force.

Big Dairy simply cannot compete, so to maintain their market share, they’re employing dirty tactics to destroy the competition instead.

A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband.

Related articles
  • Setbacks and Bizarre Turns in the Raw Milk Saga (libertycrier.com)
  • Baylen Linnekin on the Fight for the Right to Choose Raw Milk (reason.com)
  • Setbacks and Bizarre Turns in the Raw Milk Saga (txwclp.org)
  • Raw milk appeal breaking news in TO (thebovine.wordpress.com)
  • Sheriff Brad Rogers takes on the Feds in defense of Elkhart County Dairy Farmer

I wonder…*

08 Saturday Jun 2013

Posted by HattieBelle in Biotech, Crops, Farming, Food, Genetically Modified Food, GMO, Indiana, Montsanto, Organic, Roundup, Seeds

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Biological, Food, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, GMO, GMO Food, Montsanto, Pesticide, Roundup

Because my mare was foundered last summer, my horses have to be on a dry lot and only fed hay. Which is sad considering that we have lots of grass they could be eating for FREE.

Because my mare was foundered last summer, my horses have to be on a dry lot and only fed hay. Which is sad considering that we have lots of grass they could be eating for FREE.

By Albert Lane,

I just got back from visiting with a new Amish friend over a major hay deal.

I was looking at his fields, one was hay, and the other soybeans.

He mentioned that a local fertilizer company was on it’s way out to spray the beans.

I asked him what they were spraying for; they looked pretty good to me.

He said that they were going to spray the field with Roundup.

I asked him if they were just spot spraying, or what, because they looked good, and I really didn’t see any weeds anywhere.

He said ‘No’, they were spraying the whole field with Roundup.

I asked him how they could do that and not kill all of the beans.

He said that they were ‘special’ soybeans that weren’t affected by Roundup.

So I asked him where the seeds came from, and he told me the name of the seed company.

I then asked him what kind of seeds they were, and if they came from Monsanto.

He said ‘Yep’, that they came from Monsanto, and they were the only seeds that he was allowed to buy anymore…but it was wonderful that they weren’t affected by Roundup, so he was happy.

I asked him if he knew that these type of soybeans were GMO, and that they weren’t safe to put into the food chain.

He said ‘Yep’, he knew it, and looked a little sheepish, and added that he didn’t use any of them for his family.

I wonder how he knows that none of those went into any of the products that he buys at the grocery store?

I wonder how much of that stuff went into feed for our local Amish beef producer where we buy our beef…trying to make sure that we buy only ‘organic beef?

I wonder why the EPA just upped the legal limits for the amount of Roundup residue allowed on our food?

I wonder………………….

*This article is my opinion only.

Indiana farmer vs Montsanto. SCOTUS sides with Montsanto.

Why I want food labels to include GMO information.

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