Furthermore, the biggest financial drain on these otherwise highly successful farms are the expenses they incur defending themselves from government prosecution and persecution. Overweening control of these businesses is preventing them from creating jobs and needlessly keeping them away from their families and farms.
If our FDA would find a way to work with the trend, perhaps more industrial dairies would decentralize and return to proper, humane animal husbandry. Our economy would be strengthened by more small to mid size dairies, and more competition. The fact that a nation of 5o states has only 4 companies controlling the milk market is the biggest problem facing the dairy industry today. To work with the burgeoning and popular raw milk movement, would be an organic way to bust up these monopolies, the free market would take care of it, naturally.
“Who are those Guys?”We are your friends, neighbors, countrymen. We have families, we want safe food, especially local food. We are all political stripes, income levels races and creeds. We like knowing who our dairy farmers are, and how they treat their cows. We have tasted raw milk, and love it. We are more than fans, we are advocates, and we are willing to work with you to open up the conversation about our food future. Please invite Sally Fallon Morell to be a presenter at this meeting or any future meeting where this important issue is discussed. Give us a voice and you won’t be jumping off the cliff into any canyon rivers!
Details about the event:
IAFP Presents
Raw Milk Consumption: An Emerging Public Health Threat?
February 17, 2009
8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
DoubleTree Hotel Crystal City
300 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, Virginia
The cost to attend is upwards of $500.oo per person, just fyi.
Click here for information about the FDA’s program.
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