Judge who Ruled against Raw Milk in Wisconsin quits to work for Monsanto law firm

By Rady Ananda
Food Freedom

The Wisconsin judge who recently ruled that we have no right to own a cow or drink its milk resigned to join one of Monsanto’s law firms.

Judge Fiedler ruled that humans:

“Do not have a fundamental right to own and use a dairy cow or a dairy herd;”
“Do not have a fundamental […]

Farmers (and Consumers) Denied the Right to Consume Milk from Their Own Cows

Wisconsin judge goes further and rules that none of us—farmers or consumers—have the right to decide what we have for our own dinner. A state Action Alert!
Last week, Wisconsin judge Patrick J. Fiedler ruled against the property rights of cow owners and their right to consume raw milk from their own cows. […]

US Tries To Push Big Dairy Operations in Iraq

(Health Impact News) Food freedom is a hot topic here in the U.S., especially regarding the Raw Milk wars. The government is coming down hard on small-scale dairy farms that are selling raw milk to consumers eager to buy it. The battle has been well documented in the media and blogs throughout the U.S. […]

Raw milk is tied to lower risk of asthma, allergies in children

Health Impact News Editor Comments: The government and anti-raw milk crusaders keep stating the mantra that there is no difference between pasteurized milk and raw milk in terms of nutritional benefits. Here is the latest study refuting that false claim.
The protective effect of farm milk consumption on childhood asthma and atopy: The GABRIELA study
The Journal of […]

Raw Milk Still Illegal in Wisconsin

by Wisconsin Campaign for Liberty

Right now raw milk, milk taken directly from cows, is illegal.

Farmers can be fined, taken to court and even jailed for selling a product to willing consumers.

Does that make any sense to you? Me neither.

Right now is the time for us to change this. Senate Bill 108 would legalize […]

Wisconsin Judge Rules Against Raw Milk Farmers

by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient

“Heads I win, tails you lose.”
I couldn’t help but think about that kids’ expression–the kind of everything-going-your-way fantasy all kids dream about at one time or another–as I read through Wisconsin judge Patrick Fiedler’s opinion in two cases challenging the state’s ban on raw milk sales and distribution.
The […]

Local food advocates to protest in Santa Cruz a crackdown on herdshare programs for raw milk

by JASON HOPPIN — Santa Cruz Sentinel

KEVIN JOHNSON/SENTINEL
BONNY DOON – As far as goat farmers go, Mali McGee counts herself among the militants.

“We are out of the barn and willing to talk about it,” said McGee, who runs Milk Mama Goat Farm, a small goat and sheep farm in a remote corner of Bonny Doon.

With […]

FDA Raw Milk Hit Man has Ties to Big Dairy Industry – Little Experience

by David Gumpert
The Complete Patient
FDA You have to wonder: What has John Sheehan been trying so hard to hide in refusing to disclose information about himself?
When I was researching my book, The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights, one of the items on my check list was to profile […]

FDA Increases Pressure on Raw Milk Movement

by Sara Burrows
heartland.org

In the name of protecting public health, the Food and Drug Administration has stepped up its regulation of unpasteurized or “raw” milk over the last few years, raiding Amish farmers in Pennsylvania and shutting down organic co-ops in Los Angeles at gunpoint.

Things could soon become even worse for producers […]

Government Protects “the Children” From Parents and Raw Milk

by Karen De Coster
lewrockwell.com

This dumbed-down piece on the website Real Raw Milk Facts is one of the most inept propaganda pieces I have ever seen making the case against raw milk. The author of the piece, Richard Raymond, invokes hyperbolic history and distorted facts to make the case that, under […]