Most Recent Campaign Headlines
May 11, 2010
News
Their passion is raw milk, but Raymond and Pamela Robinson along with two dozen other certified raw milk producers see a move by the state to put a stranglehold on "raw milk buying clubs" as a raw deal.
May 8, 2010
News
William Coutu is a dairy farmer who doesn't like milk unless it's coffee-flavored or sweetened with chocolate. But lately it's the state's plan to tighten raw milk regulations that is leaving a sour taste in his mouth.
May 10, 2010
News
Milk was on tap at the Boston Common this morning, but it wasn't any supermarket or corner store brand. This milk was raw -- from a dairy cow transported to the park in a trailer.
May 10, 2010
News
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund recently filed a lawsuit against the FDA for its ban on interstate sales of raw milk. The suit alleges that such a restriction is a direct violation of the United States Constitution. Nevertheless, the suit...
May 8, 2010
News
The number of raw milk dairies in the state has more than doubled since 2006, increasing from 10 to 27. But farmers who want to sell the milk, which is not pasteurized and comes straight from the cow, face a web of local and state regulations....
May 7, 2010
News
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is trying to play raw milk advocates for suckers with an 11th-hour switcheroo to stifle the debate. But the show must go on. Demonstration at 8:30 a.m. Monday on Boston Common near the Part St...
May 7, 2010
News
Under a proposed state regulation that will be aired in Boston on Monday, people can continue to purchase raw milk from farms, but they will need to drive to the farm themselves. Under the regulation, people will no longer be allowed to join...
May 7, 2010
Organic Consumers Association
Essay
Raw milk enthusiasts and dairy farmers are bringing a cow to Boston Common for a "Raw Milk Drink-In" and gathering at the State House for a press conference in advance of a 10 am hearing at the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources ...
May 7, 2010
Press Release
Here's Organic Consumers Association's press release for the raw milk rally happening in Boston on Monday, May 10, 2010. A raw milk farmer is bringing his cow to Boston Common for a raw milk drink-in!
May 6, 2010
News
A small, feisty band of well-connected health nuts are battling the state for the right to buy raw milk from local farms, and for the moment they are losing. It's just the kind of flap I like: a vast, bovine state and federal bureaucracy in...
