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July 04 - Envisioning the End of ‘Don’t Cluck, Don’t Tell’
July 03 - Closing the Farm to Plate Knowledge Gap
July 03 - Pro Food Is…
July 03 - USDA chief spotlights food crops at D.C. garden
July 03 - 'Food, Inc.': Director Robert Kenner explores the high cost of cheap eats
July 03 - I Wish I Didn’t Have to Publish So Many Food Recalls
July 03 - I Saw 'Food Inc.' -- Now What?
July 03 - Make This July 4th Your Food Independence Day
July 03 - Fresno dairy can't escape 'milk pool'
July 02 - Local food; local energy
July 02 - Conference looks at supplying supermarkets with local food
July 02 - Home Sweet (Urban) Homestead
July 02 - FarmOn, connecting producers in the farming industry to information, resources and sustainable practices that work
July 02 - Seed preservation critical to preserving sustainable agriculture
July 02 - Organic Farms as Subdivision Amenities
July 02 - A new way to farm fish and feed the world
July 01 - Down on the Farm
July 01 - Organic Farms as Subdivision Amenities
June 30 - Urban farms not an easy row to hoe
June 29 - Breakfast Week: Raw milk in your morning glass?
June 29 - NAIS Related News - Australian Report on the (In)Efficacy of RFID Animal Tracking (pdf)
June 29 - NAIS Related News - Australia's RFID Animal Tracking is an Expensive Failure
June 28 - Minnesota cattlemen want NAIS scrapped, government intrusion ended
June 28 - Opinion: Tell 'em 'no national animal ID'
June 28 - Rancher takes on Tyson Foods
June 28 - A taste of things to come
June 28 - A New Crop of Farmers
June 28 - The Fresh Revolution
June 28 - Prices are down, yet spectre of a food crisis hangs over us all
June 28 - The Slaughter Rule
June 28 - Prices sour demand for organic milk
June 28 - Right off the farm, a fresh idea for selling daily catch
June 28 - Urban farmers on the rise
June 28 - Rebellion on the Range Over a Cattle ID Plan
June 27 - Raw milk sustains farmers, but it's still hard to find
June 27 - 'Fresh' growing in popularity despite lack of distributor
June 27 - New VT Farm-to-Plate Law Lands National Spotlight
June 26 - Food-safety rules face biggest change in years
June 26 - Food businesses face increased regulation
June 26 - Ag Sec Vilsack Announces "Healthy Garden" Workshop Series
June 25 - Casino chefs going on the hunt for local produce
June 24 - FAQs about the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (HR 2749)
June 24 - Food safety sweep
June 24 - OCA's Position on the New House Food Safety Bill - HR 2749
June 24 - Farm Aid Rallies Thousands in Urgent Call to USDA for Fair Milk Price
June 24 - 'Sustainable' dairy farmer shows big gain
June 23 - H.R. 2749 Food Safety Enhancement Act
June 23 - Local farms take mystery out of buying meat
June 22 - Meet "The Compassionate Carnivore" author, Catherine Friend
June 22 - McDonald's Europe seeks to raise farming standards
June 22 - Michelle Obama's First Harvest Gets an A Plus
June 22 - Taking Down the Corporate Food System Is Simple
June 22 - Beefing up business to beat the recession
June 22 - Adventures in Urban Farming
June 22 - Greener diet reduces dairy cows' methane burps
June 22 - 'Goat Song' by Brad Kessler; 'Farm City' by Novella Carpenter
June 22 - Attacking Hunger at Its Roots
June 19 - Don't Ignore Dairy Farmers' Pricing Problem
June 19 - Farmers markets bloom at hospitals
June 19 - Top 5 Father's Day Tips From USDA
June 19 - How to buy the best organic foods
June 19 - Vilsack concedes: Michelle Obama's garden wins
June 18 - Scary ‘Food’ for thought
June 18 - David Pfrang's NAIS testimony 6-09 - KCA strongly opposes NAIS
June 18 - Mr. Salatin Goes to Washington
June 17 - AMA Passes Resolution Supporting Sustainable Food System
June 17 - Food, Inc. will eat your lunch
June 17 - Fan of unpasteurized milk challenges those who say it's unhealthy
June 17 - USDA Report - Facts on Direct-to-Consumer Food Marketing (May 2009)
June 16 - Locally Grown Produce Finds Market Through Local Grocery Chains
June 15 - Congress Using Money as Leverage to Make NAIS Mandatory
June 15 - HR 2749 - The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
June 14 - Producers rally against animal ID
June 14 - Committee pulls funds for animal ID program
June 14 - Ranchers say 'no' to mandatory animal ID
June 14 - Local Foods Week to Encourage Residents to Buy Fresh and Local Foods
June 14 - Author Michael Pollan on Food Inc. and How to Eat Well
June 14 - Reaction to organic milk ruling
June 14 - USDA Urged to Reverse Bush-Era Gag Rule that Prevented Criticism of Soda
June 12 - NAIS: Detriment to Texas agriculture
June 12 - DeLauro zeroes out funding for animal ID
June 12 - Missouri Farm Bureau member opposes mandatory NAIS
June 12 - Missouri Crowd Opposed to Mandatory NAIS
June 12 - Letter from Langdon: Surround Sound on NAIS
June 12 - Jolley: Mr. Vilsack, Were You Listening?
June 12 - Meet Your New Farmer: Hungry Corporate Giant
June 12 - 'Food, Inc.': Attention Must Be Paid To Food Supply
June 11 - Claims dismissed against Aurora Organic Dairy
June 11 - Loans from Whole Foods Help Small Producers Expand Business
June 11 - Sustainable Aquaculture: Net Profits
June 11 - Farm-to-Consumer Foundation Receives Tax Exempt Status
June 10 - USDA Holds Missouri Listening Session on Livestock Tracking System
June 10 - Farmers protest animal ID system at Mo. meeting
June 10 - Food, Inc.: The Silence of the Yams
June 10 - Farming with Grass May be Just Right for 21st Century
June 10 - Searching for fresh produce?
June 10 - UCSC grad, thinking baby food should be local and green, wins $12,000
June 10 - The Go-Betweens
June 10 - More Snohomish County farms turn to tourism to stay alive
June 9 - Stonyfield Targets Cow Burps for Emissions Reductions
June 9 - Verbatim: Food bank asks farmers, gardeners to share harvest, livestock
June 9 - USDA promises to increase focus on organics
June 8 - New film offers troubling view of US food industry
June 8 - Today, multiple answers to the familiar question: Got milk?
June 8 - Ten Things You Should Know About Raw Milk
June 8 - Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance Weighs in on NAIS
June 4 - The taste of success
June 3 - USDA starts surveillance of pigs for flu
June 3 - Coming Soon to New York City -- Rooftop Farming
June 3 - EcoChef: Organic vs. local food
June 3 - Nebraska Farm Bureau wants voluntary animal ID system
June 2 - GreenBiz: Buying local foods helps farmers, schools and the environment
June 2 - NAIS: Farmers and Ranchers Under Attack
June 2 - Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Planning to Address NAIS Concerns
June 2 - NAIS system will hurt industry competition
June 2 - Jefferson City Added to NAIS Listening Session Schedule
June 2 - Additional NAIS meetings planned
June 2 - LDF Asks USDA to Re-Focus Listening Tour for Workable Solutions
June 1 - Back to the drawing board for NAIS
June 1 - No Accident NAIS Opponents Outnumber Supporters at Listening Sessions
June 1 - Slaughterhouse One
June 1 - FOOD Share wins regional award for moving 3.5 million lbs of produce
May 29 - Opinion: In the world of trade, inaction appears to be the new pragmatism
May 29 - Vilsack supports livestock tracking to help trade
May 29 - Six More Listening Sites for NAIS Named
May 29 - Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad
May 28 - Animal welfare web portal launched
May 27 - Frito-Lay 'Local' Chip Campaign Features Michigan Potato Farmers
May 26 - Food Web, Meet Interweb: The Networked Future of Farms
May 26 - Lifting the Veil on Industrial Food
May 26 - Sustainable farmer featured in 2 new films
May 26 - Auction-barn fees to increase with NAIS
May 26 - Online Market for Agriculture Undergoes Testing
May 26 - Columbia commission approves Farmers' Market Pavilion
May 26 - Farm Service Agency: USDA launches food safety Web site
May 26 - A Moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods
May 26 - 'Locavores' want power to shape food policy
May 22 - Sentinel Morning Update: Farmers oppose USDA plan
May 21 - New Program Connects Local Farmers with Consumers and Food Banks
May 21 - Ranchers still oppose animal ID
May 21 - Central Texas farmers voice concerns on USDA program
May 21 - NAIS study findings, accuracy questioned
May 20 - Cheese to Please: Couple morphed dairy farm into maker of coveted, artisanal food
May 20 - Kaiser Permanente farmers markets put nutrition within reach
May 20 - At Chipotle, Local is More Than Just Talk
May 20 - Localvor agriculture leads to wave of entrepreneurs
May 19 - Community Supported Agriculture Part 2
May 19 - Food Safety Working Group meets
May 19 - Cattle Ranchers Speak Out Against NAIS
May 19 - Ranchers still oppose animal ID
May 18 - Chipotle expands locally grown produce program
May 18 - Student Farmhands Propose On-campus Agriculture
May 18 - 82-year-old Black farmer arrested, charged with making terrorist threats
May 18 - More Farms Turning To Community Supported Agriculture
May 15 - NAIS Meeting Draws Impassioned Crowd
May 15 - Got raw milk? Some think you should
May 15 - First NAIS Listening Session by USDA/APHIS
May 15 - Barber grows into a farm-to-table movement darling
May 14 - Municipal planners, farmers working together
May 13 - Officials consider raw milk business
May 13 - Montrose dairy reopens 3 weeks after closure over raw milk concerns
May 13 - Modern Capitalism and the New Swine Flu Outbreak
May 12 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Holds Listening Session in Fort Collins on NAIS
May 12 - Hoping to Make Food Safer, States Decide to Go It Alone
May 12 - Swine Flu Reveals Flaws in Global Public Health System
May 11 - Vermont Legislature Considers Increasing Sales of Raw Milk
May 11 - USDA commissions 4- year organic dairy study
May 11 - Small growers in short supply
May 10 - Kitsap-Raised Meats May Soon Be Sold Locally
May 8 - Raw milk bill moves through Legislature
May 8 - For Locavores, a New Breed of Farm
May 8 - Judith McGeary on The Problem with NAIS
May 7 - Change in Jurisdiction of National Animal ID is Unlikely
May 7 - Joint Subcommittee Reviews NAIS
May 7 - Vilsack calls for open dialog on NAIS
May 6 - Down on the farm?
May 6 - South African GMO Crop Failure Highlights Dangers of Food Supply Domination
May 6 - Couple deliver raw milk from their farm to suburbs
May 5 - Proposal would OK owners' use of raw milk
May 5 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Expands "The People's Garden"
May 4 - The Swine Flu Crisis Lays Bare the Meat Industry's Monstrous Power
May 4 - See FRESH the Movie!
May 4 - Up on the farm
May 4 - Lawmakers debate raw milk legislation
May 1 - Sec. Vilsack Announces NAIS Listening Session Locations
Apr 30 - Committee says it's safe to let more 'raw' milk flow
Apr 30 - Bill would OK owners' use of raw milk
Apr 28 - Farmers, consumers, store owners fight raw milk ban
Apr 27 - The ‘crop’ of this creamery comes from grass-fed herd
Apr 27 - 'Natural patterns' of farming touted in documentary
Apr 26 - Raw milk - magic bullet or health hazard
Apr 26 - Feast on the Hill
Apr 24 - New farmers alliance champions raw milk
Apr 22 - Big Agriculture takes umbrage at Mrs Obama's organic garden
Apr 21 - Cattle ID system cost too high?
Apr 21 - Raw milk draws fans, despite being illegal to sell
Apr 20 - USDA listening tour on NAIS
Apr 20 - U.S. Cattlemen’s Association Delivers Constructive Criticism Of NAIS
Apr 20 - LMA To Vilsack: NAIS Must Maintain Speed Of Livestock Commerce
Apr 15 - NAIS vs. the Equine Owner
Apr 15 - Diversified Cropping can be as Profitable as Conventional Systems
Apr 15 - Milkman making a comeback
Apr 15 - Newsmaker Q&A: Raw milk dairy farmer Bill Coutu
Apr 14 - Germany Bans GM Maize
Apr 14 - Which came first, the egg or the permit?
Apr 13 - Is NAIS an Ag Version of Star Wars?
Apr 13 - Crisis for US beef traceback system
Apr 13 - Pennsylvania Pie Fight: State Cracks Down on Baked Goods
Apr 13 - Rep. Suder Fighting to Protect Local Farmers
Apr 10 - Should Vermont Abolish Sales Limits on Raw Milk?
Apr 9 - Judge denies request for animal ID records
Apr 7 - Milk buyers seek raw deal for the additional vitamins
Apr 6 - Wisconsin Bill to End Mandatory Premises ID needs Co-Sponsors
Apr 2 - Dairy Says FDA Harassed Workers | Lancaster Farming
Apr 2 - Lone cattleman develops Web site to oppose NAIS
Apr 1 - New food safety regulations must protect interests of small sustainable farms
Apr 1 - Devil in the Milk: Illness, Health, and the Politics of A1 and A2 Milk
Apr 1 - Raw milk debate rekindling in Missouri legislature
Apr 1 - NAIS Will Hamper Cattle Disease Traceback Efforts
Mar 30 - Glenn Beck 3/27/09: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 - HR 875
Mar 28 - Trafficking in Raw Milk
Mar 27 – Tim Wightman Interview on Glenn Beck Show
Mar 22 - Raw Milk Is Gaining Fans, but the Science Says It's Dangerous
Mar 22 - Michelle Obama's White House Garden Good First Step in Supporting Sustainable Agriculture
Mar 20 - Obamas to Plant Vegetable Garden at White House
Mar 18 - Judge rules U.S. almonds must be pasteurized
Mar 17 - Lose your property for growing food?
Mar 17 - Opposing NAIS
Mar 14 - Economic Benefits for Maryland Farmers in Proposed Cow-Share Legislation
Mar 14 - Livestock tracing bill could be end of family farms, ranches
Mar 12 - R-CALF USA testimony on NAIS
Mar 11 - Michelle Obama’s Agenda Includes Healthful Eating
Mar 10 - Tag, We’re It
Mar 6 - USDA Bets the Farm on Animal ID Program
Mar 6 - Milk Wars
Mar 6 - More dairies going raw, citing benefits of unpasteurized milk - The Boston Globe
Mar 5 – Congressional Hearing on NAIS, March 11
Mar 5 – USDA Comment Period Ends March 16
Mar 4 - National Small Farm Lobby Day and Legislative Reception
Mar 3 - Online farmers' markets spring up in Lehigh Valley, Warren County
Mar 2 - HR 875 - The Federal Take-Over of Food Regulation
Feb 22 – Swallow Peanuts, But Choke on Raw Milk?
Feb 20 - Md. Bill Would Permit Cow Ownership Agreements
Feb 19 - Relaxed goats' milk standards designed to encourage switch from cows
Feb 17 - Legislation Introduced to Restore Maryland Agriculture
Feb 17 - Raw milk debate
Feb 14 - Martha Stewart visits the Smith Family Farm in Maine to show you the inner workings of an organic dairy farm.
Feb 14 - Old McDonald Had a Farm...and He Got Arrested? by David E. Gumpert
Feb 13 - Got Raw Milk? It Oughta Be Your Choice
Feb 13 - FTCLDF provides testimony before the Environment Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly
Feb 10 - Willis, others oppose raw milk sales restrictions
Feb 1 - Ron Paul Introduces Bill to End Interstate Raw Milk Ban
Jan 31 - Milk Martyr
Jan 28 - The Great Cow-Sharing Debate
Jan 28 - Cow Boarding-A CSA for Dairy Farmers
Jan 28 - The pork behind the pomp
Jan 27 - Renegade dairy farmer takes on role as lawyer, defending himself
Jan 27 - US: Farmers Urged to 'Become Activists' for Agriculture
Jan 26 - Raw milk crusader returns to court to fight charges stemming from 2006 raid
Jan 26 - Stricter raw milk rules threaten farmers
Jan 26 - Dairy farmers worrying about proposed milk rules
Jan 26 - Area dairies find raw milk boosts profits
Jan 23 - Legal Defense Fund Calls for Obama Administration to Permanently Stop USDA Animal Identification Rule
Jan 23 - Raw Milk and the Sour State
Jan 23 - White House Rural Agenda
Jan 22 - Restoring Raw Almonds from California
CT - Jan 20 - Action Alert: Raw Milk Threatened
Jan 20 - FDA Announcement
Jan 20 - National Animal ID System Explained in 8 Minutes
Jan 20 - Dairy farmers worrying about proposed milk rules
Jan 20 - Stricter raw milk rules threaten farmers
Jan 16 - USDA Publishes Proposed Rule on NAIS
Jan 16 - Raw milk becoming more popular with consumers, dairies
Jan 14 - Bug Crazy: Assessing The Benefits of Probiotics
Jan 13 - Dear Canada: Michael Schmidt is Not a Criminal
Jan 13 - SWAT Teams in Amish Country: Listen Today!
Jan 12 - Raw Milk: What's the Risk?
Jan 7 - USDA Issues New Memo But.....Still Plans to Register People’s Property
Jan 7 - USDA seeking veterinarians' help in promoting NAIS
Jan 7 - Ohio AG Dept. & State’s Top Cop Sued for Food Co-Op Raid
Jan 1 - Aussie Beef Slumps 17% in Korea as US Beef Surges
Dec 31 - SWAT raid on food co-op called 'entrapment'
Dec 31 - Legal Defense Fund to Answer to USDA, Michigan Department of Agriculture Motions to Dismiss NAIS Suit
Dec 31 - Proposed new private members’ bill to legalize raw milk sale direct from farm
Dec 29 - Follow file: Raw milk dairy gets help from defense fund in case over state's regulation
Dec 18 - Civil Suit Filed over Manna Storehouse Raid
Dec 15 - Ohio Dept of Agriculture Traumatizes Women and Small Children
Dec 15 - SD Stockgrowers Join Other Ag Groups With Warning
Dec 14 - Assure raw milk's benefits
Dec 13 - The Ride 4 Raw Milk” Bike-a-Thon
Dec. 3 – USDA Changes Farmer Loan Programs
The USDA has announced today that it is increasing the amounts of its Farm Operating Loans and its Farm Ownership Loans from $200,000 to $300,000. For combined loans the amount is being increased from $700,000 to $800,000. Also, the existing Beginning Farmer Downpayment Loan Program is being amended to now include socially disadvantaged farmers and is also being amended to reduce the size of the required down payment. The required down payment has now been reduced from 10% to 5%. Regulations governing lease and disposal of the Farm Service Agency’s real estate inventory, which currently give priority to beginning farmers, are being amended to also give priority to socially disadvantaged farmers. For more information please see http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28903.pdf.
Dec 3 - Thanksgiving Check on America's Food
Dec 2 - Raw milk demand growing in state
Dec 1 - USDA responds to premises ID numbers
Nov 24 - FDA Files Civil Lawsuit against Organic Pastures Dairy
Nov 23 - NAIS: Stand-off on Premises ID in Wisconsin
Nov 23 - FDA Sues Central Valley Raw Milk Supplier
Nov 19 - Foodie author advises Obama on ag
Nov 18 - An Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama
Nov 18 - Our Home-Grown Melamine Problem
Nov 14 - Study: Genetically Modified (GM) Crops Threaten Human Fertility and Health Safety
Nov 14 - New study confirms that GM food damages fertility
Nov 14 - Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID 'Mark of the Beast' Lawsuit
Nov 13 - Good germs fight bad germs in hospital
Nov 13 - Lapp dairy farm is all natural
Nov 12 - Education, nutrition and religion meet
Nov 12 - Milk-lovers getting a raw deal
Nov 5 - Good news from California
Nov 4 - Bush agenda moving into place as you are distracted by the election
Nov 4 - Canadian Oped in Print!
Nov 4 - Afghans find modest prosperity in once-banned trade – milk
Nov 3 - Tainted food alert
Nov 1 - Family finds new life on dairy farm
Nov 1 - Canadian Film on Raw Dairy Controversy Wins Top Honors
Nov 1 - The Good Stuff
Oct 30 - VA Independent Consumers and Farmers Association
Oct 23 - USDA Approves Four Additional Visual Identification Tags For Use In The NAIS
Oct 21 - Ontario farmer convicted in raw-milk trial, seeks maximum penalty
Oct 19 - Local beekeeper says he lost thousands of bees after mosquito spraying (video)
Oct 17 - URGENT ACTION ALERT: HOT Legal Issues – Raw Milk, NAIS and Direct Sales
Oct 17 - Personal Liberties at Stake in Raw Milk Issue
Oct 17 - Raw Milk Update
Oct 13 - Defra admits losing 20,000 cows in Britain
Oct 13 - Farmer in Chief
Oct 13 - Raw milk drinkers say benefits outweigh the risks
Oct 10 - Toxic Loans, Tainted Food
Oct 9 - URGENT ACTION ALERT: Legislators on the Farm Day, October 18
Oct 8 - The cows grazing at Mark Lopez's farm perk up as they see his small frame walking through the pasture.
Oct 8 - Raw Milk Illnesses And Warnings Don't Scare Everyone
Oct 7 - Looking For Local, Organic Food? There's A Virtual Solution
Oct 2 - A Letter from Senator Dean Florez
Oct 2 - Governor vetoes Florez raw milk bill
Oct 2 - CA Gov. email about SB201 (pdf)
Oct 2 - Governor vetoes several Valley-related bills
Oct 2 - California Raw Milk Veto: Update from Mark McAfee
Oct 1 - Schwarzenegger sours on raw milk bill
Oct 1 - CDFA Gets Its Way As Governor Vetoes SB201—Look for Wardens to Come Down Hard on the Inmates
Oct 1 - The Hospital is a Bad Place for a Healthy Person to Go
Sep 28 - National Identification (RFID)
Sep 27 - Raw Milk back on the table in N.C.
Sep 27 - URGENT ACTION ALERT: Scrapie Action Update Governor's Response
USDA Releases Official Animal Disease Traceability Business Plan
Farmer and Rancher Coalition Opposes RFID-Tagging of Animals
Raw Milk Renegade
Using modern laws to keep Amish ways
Amish farmers fight cattle tags
Efforts to Halt the National Animal Identification System Head to Court
PA Agriculture Department Rescinds Permit Suspension of Montgomery County Raw Milk Dairy
Instead of Eating to Diet, They’re Eating to Enjoy
Frantic Foodie: Confessions of a Wannabe Chef
Foxboro dairy farm sells its milk raw
Organic Pastures raw cream ordered recalled
Mark Nolt raided again
Raw milk crusader awaits verdict
Renegade farmer exposes key question: Is milk pasteurized or unpasteurized?
Raw milk farm raided again
FARM-TO-CONSUMER LEGAL DEFENSE FUND et al v. SCHAFER et al
Mayer: New agriculture bill gets favorable response
Farmer cast as defiant in Newmarket, Ont. court raw milk case
Raw Deal Dealt to Advocates of Raw Milk
Raw milk banned from lattes
'Jail does not scare me': Dairy farmer
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Whole Foods Market(R) Hosts Senator Dean Florez (16th District) and Martin Sheen To Make the Case for Raw Milk: The Fresh Raw Milk Act of 2008 (Senate Bill 201)
September 04, 2008 - So good, it’s not legal: A visit to Polyface Farm
September 04, 2008 - Local cheesemaker Alessandra Trompeo injects Italian culture into her work
September 04, 2008 - Farming again becomes fashionable
September 3, 2008 - Lawmakers OK exception for raw milk
September 3, 2008 - NAIS Stinks by Henry Lamb :: Range Magazine
August 28, 2008 - EPA is Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information
August 25, 2008 - California closer to raw milk reform
August 25, 2008 - Irradiation step doesn't quiet debate on FDA moves
August 24, 2008 - With a piece of the cow, shareholders embrace unpasteurized milk
August 24, 2008 - In the Backyard, Not Just a Garden, but Cows
August 21, 2008 - EU sheep tagging plans a ‘disaster’
August 21, 2008 - One man’s quest to purchase illegal milk
August 20, 2008 - Some Like It Raw
August 18, 2008 - Cattle Identification: Status Report - NAIS
August 14, 2008 - Charles in GM 'disaster' warning
August 12, 2008 - Dairy 'somewhat vindicated'
August 12, 2008 - New law permits farmers to sell more raw milk
August 12, 2008 - More dairies go raw
August 10, 2008 - Gathering Calls for Freedom for 'Real' Milk
August 9, 2008 - Dairy farmer rejects deal in raw-milk court case
August 8, 2008 - Researchers to Study Link Between Sustainable Farming and Health
August 8, 2008 - Monsanto Looks to Sell Dairy Hormone Business
August 8, 2008 - Dairy farming over 8,000 years old
August 8, 2008 - Pottery Shards Push Milk-Drinking Back to 6000 B.C.
August 5, 2008 - Raw milk remains haunted by history
August 4, 2008 - Free the Raw Milk
August 4, 2008 - Raw-milk fans simmer at seminar
August 4, 2008 - Raw-milk advocates hold seminar in Lebanon County
August 4, 2008 - RAW deal
August 4, 2008 - Local growers share good living with their customers, but it's about food, not money
August 4, 2008 - UNPASTEURIZED MILK
August 4, 2008 - Memories of manure, milk at Harpain's
August 4, 2008 - Congress takes a shot at family farmers
August 1, 2008 - Popularity of raw milk growing
August 1, 2008 - Raw milk campaigners celebrate small victory
July 29, 2008 - Raw milk picks up advocates
July 28, 2008 - 81 organizations, including FTCLDF, urge Senate to reject linking NAIS to the School Lunch Program
July 28, 2008 - In Niche Agriculture, Carving Identity and Withstanding Hard Times Keys to Success
July 27, 2008 - Feelings are raw over milk
July 24, 2008 - R-CALF: Groups Urge Congress To Immediately Halt Any Further Advancement Of NAIS
July 24, 2008 - Organically reared cows produce healthier milk says Newcastle University
July 24, 2008 - Got raw milk
July 20, 2008 - What is happening to farming - and to your world.
July 20, 2008 - Local food movement grows in Central Texas, converting more 'locavores'
July 17, 2008 - Odiferous Overcrowded Dairy Farms Not Just A Problem for Cows
July 16, 2008 - Australia - Cattle producer ordered to pay $17,300 for NLIS tag breach
July 14, 2008 - Controversy Raised Over Raw Milk
July 14, 2008 - LET'S CLEAR THE LAST COMMITTEE HURDLE FOR SB201 The Fresh Milk Act of 2008!
July 11, 2008 - Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms
July 9, 2008 - Fighting For A New Freedom Of Choice
July 9, 2008 - Raw milk may lose its gray dye
July 8, 2008 - Raw Milk Victory Rules Proposed in California Could Go Nationwide
July 7 - Of Locavore InterestFull Story
July 2, 2008 NC - VICTORY - PET MILK DYE RULE REVERSED!Full Story
July 1, 2008 - UPDATE on Appropriations Provision to Link NAIS to the School Lunch ProgramFull Story
June 30, 2008 - Dairyman wants super-quality raw milk in retail stores
June 30, 2008 - Raw Milk SoireeFull Story
June 26, 2008 - FTCLDF and 61 other organizations ask Congress not to link the School Lunch Program to the National Animal ID System
June 25, 2008 - THE REAL DEAL ABOUT REAL MILK SEMINARFull Story
June 24, 2008 - ACTION ALERT: Mandatory Requirement for NAIS in School Lunch Program Put in House Agriculture Appropriations Bill. CALL NOW!Full Story
June 21, 2008 - Crema, California Real Milk Association is a brand new raw dairy consumer group with 3500 members statewide. Full Story
June 20, 2008 - School Lunches and NAIS
June 18, 2008 - Farmers and Federal Judge Oppose NAIS Flawed PlanFull Story
June 16, 2008 - Court issues temporary restraining order suspending application of Privacy Act to NAIS
June 12, 2008 - Health officials crack down on unpasteurized milk
June 10, 2008 -
Society soiree to benefit embattled dairy farmer
June 10, 2008 - Organic Raw Milk & Live FoodsCalifornia to Lead the Nation with Highest Raw Milk Standards
June 9, 2008
Senate Bill #201 Comes to Life Full Story
June 09, 2008 - Missouri Governor Signs Farmer Relief Bill That Prohibits Mandatory NAIS
June 05, 2008 - 2008 Farm Bill Analysis
June 05, 2008 - Black market milking
June 05, 2008 - Forced sheep tagging not viable, says meat industry
May 30, 2008 - Got Milk? Get Investigated
May 29, 2008 - FTCLDF files comments opposing CO proposed NAIS rule
May 23, 2008 The truth about milkFull Story
May 21, 2008 C’mon get happy: Study finds dirt could be the new ProzacFull story
May 13, 2008 Raw Deal for Raw MilkBy Senator Mike Folmer
Prior to Gov. Ed Rendell's administration, state government was supportive of the Commonwealth's proud heritage of raw milk production. In recent weeks and months, however, state authorities have become hostile toward our raw milk farmers.
On April 25th, Mennonite raw milk farmer Mark Nolt of Newville had his farm raided for the second time. This time Nolt was arrested, while officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) seized $30,000 worth of cheese and other products intended to feed families, including his own.
PDA agents also seized parts from equipment necessary for Nolt to run his raw milk operation, thus crippling his livelihood and means for providing for himself and his family.
The significant volume of raw milk foods seized by the authorities was thrown away, even as nearly 1.2 million Pennsylvanians are at risk for hunger, according the PDA's web site.
Elizabethtown dairy farmer Glenn Wise is a farmer-member of a private organization that sells milk only to community members. He was issued three citations for allegedly selling raw milk without the proper state permit.
While Wise, Nolt and several others have been targeted for allegedly being in violation of the state's requirement to have a permit to sell raw milk, other raw milk farmers who have permits have also been subject to the Rendell administration's harassment. Additionally, those wishing to obtain a raw milk permit have suddenly found it more difficult to do so.
Why the crackdown on the Commonwealths' longstanding raw milk tradition?
Answer: the administration has succumbed to an irrational fear of the health aspects of raw milk.
The truth is this: properly collected from cows fed with organic grass, raw milk has no appreciable negative consequences for the consumer. In fact, raw milk from grass-fed cows contains natural antibiotic properties that help protect it from pathogenic bacteria. Raw milk is also more nutritious than pasteurized milk because pasteurization destroys heat-sensitive vitamins and minerals, including Vitamin B and thiamin, as well as positive enzymes.
Pasteurization also destroys friendly, pathogen-eating bacteria. Pasteurized milk sickens people in far greater numbers than does the more heavily regulated raw product, although admittedly far more people drink pasteurized milk.
Let me offer an important disclaimer: any food can be contaminated, including raw and pasteurized milk. What matters is how the milk is produced, handled and packaged.
Consumers should always employ the concept of caveat emptor ("buyer beware"), and use their good sense when purchasing raw milk and its byproducts.
The bottom line is this: state government needs to get off the backs of our raw milk farmers. The overwhelming majority are hardworking, conscientious people who take great pride in producing a safe, healthful product to the numerous consumers in Pennsylvania who appreciate the taste, quality, and benefits of raw milk.
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Apr 3, 2008 - Breaking News on Raw Milk Grand Jury Probe!
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Mar 31, 2008 - Victory against New York's Department of Agriculture and Markets
Mar 24, 2008 - Got Raw Milk? by David Gumpert
Mar 17, 2008 - VDACS TO VOTE ON "NAIS" SCRAPIE REGS
Mar 17, 2008 - Call your Senator today to fight NAIS in Kentucky!
Mar 17, 2008 - A friend of yours highly recommends you read this health article
Mar 6, 2008 - USDA Bets the Farm on Animal ID Program
Mar 6, 2008 - Milk Wars
Mar 6, 2008 - More dairies going raw, citing benefits of unpasteurized milk - The Boston Globe
Mar 4, 2008 - National Small Farm Lobby Day and Legislative Reception
Feb 14, 2008- - Martha Stewart visits the Smith Family Farm in Maine to show you the inner workings of an organic dairy farm.
Feb 14, 2008--Old McDonald Had a Farm...and He Got Arrested? Read the online article from "The Nation"
Jan 29, 2008 --UPDATE ON CALIFORNIA RAW MILK SITUATION
There has been a lot of confusion about the situation in California and several members emailed us after contacting the California Assembly Appropriations Committee, in response to our last update, to tell us that the favorable raw milk bill AB 1604 was not on the docket as we had reported.
Jan 28, 2008 --AFTER AB 1604: Where Raw Milk stands right now.
Nicole Parra has withdrawn AB 1604 from the legislative process after receiving heat from many different sources and losing some support from her own Ag Committee. Most of the opposition came from Big Dairy and Food Safety Interests. Because AB 1735, with its baseles coliform standard, is now the law of the land, it was impossible for many to view AB 1604 in a positive light, as it seemed to reverse food safety standards.
Jan 10, 2008 --ACTION ALERT – Missouri Raw Milk Bill. State Representative Belinda Harris (D/Hillsboro) is set to introduce a bill to clarify the law on the sale of raw milk in Missouri. Rep. Harris is looking for co-sponsors for her bill before she officially files it. Under state law, once a bill is filed co-sponsors can no longer be added to it. Your help is needed to convince members of the State House of Representatives to sign on as co-sponsors for the bill, particularly those on the House Agriculture Policy Committee and the House Agri-business Special Committee.
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