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March 27, 2014
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HINGTON, DC””(March 27, 2014)””Congressman Massie (R”“KY), Chellie Pingree (D”“ME) and a bipartisan coalition of 18 other lawmakers introduced legislation on March 26 to improve consumer food choices and to protect local farmers from federal...
April 10, 2014
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Washington, DC -April 10, 2014--( GlobeNewswire )-- A proposed bill in Illinois banning the sale and distribution of natural or "raw" milk, is not going anywhere this session after legislators heard from "thousands" of natural milk proponents.
March 26, 2014
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Researchers found little difference between the digestibility of raw versus pasteurized milk, according to a Stanford University study published in the March/April 2014 edition of the Annals of Family Medicine. But raw milk proponents dispute the...
March 11, 2014
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As the U.S. government continues to issue warnings regarding raw dairy products, several European countries have done just the opposite by expanding access through unpasteurized milk vending machines, according to Wake Up World.
January 28, 2014
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) commonly warns against drinking raw milk, citing numerous "outbreaks" linked to the product.
Action Alert
In 2006, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), in an effort to make it illegal for consumers to acquire raw milk, redefined "cow share." When the DHMH redefined cow shares as "sales" of raw milk, the agency effectively banned raw milk in Maryland. Maryland's raw milk consumers have been working ever since to reinstate their right to obtain raw milk directly from farmers.
Now the Maryland General Assembly is considering lifting the ban on raw milk by reinstating cow (and goat) shares. Call and email the Health and Government Operations Committee members and tell them to vote for HB3, to reinstate legal cow shares in Maryland.
December 3, 2013
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If you believe that it is your right to decide what food to feed yourself and your family, you will be interested in the latest legal battle brewing between an Oregon raw milk farmer and the state Department of Agriculture.
October 23, 2013
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Germany slaughters 58 million pigs a year and has built an efficient meat industry second only to the US in pork exports. Its optimized breeding, feeding and killing system churns out wondrously cheap cutlets -- but at a hidden cost to the...
October 15, 2013
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Based on their vehement warnings to the public, as well as their raids on small farms, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) want you to believe...
