On Charges possible in raw milk case

Posted on October 1 at 4:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Werpknarly - unfortunately your argument against raw milk is inaccurate. I agree that it is true that the vast majority of farmers don't drink their own milk. That is because we have been pasteurizing milk for so long that we don't care about the quality before it is processed. Most, if not all, of those farmers who won't drink their own milk don't do it because they know they have sick cows. They feed them 50+ lbs of grain every day and their immune systems break down because they cannot properly digest grain. They start getting sick and dying so they use antibiotics to keep them producing. I drink raw milk and I would NEVER advocate you drinking milk at that farm.

Farms that produce raw milk for human consumption are different. Rarely do they feed grain (if they do it is only a few lbs) and the cows spend almost all of their life on grass, out of pasture, eating a diet that they were designed to eat. The rumen (1 of the cows 4 stomachs) is designed to eat grass and legumes. This allows the animal to produce milk that is of the utmost quality. Compared to conventional milk standards, fresh, raw-milk from a grass-based dairy will be exponentially healthier.

The health benefits for raw milk are there, you can check them out all over the net. We raw milk drinkers are not trying to force our way of life on you. We just feel that we have found a product that dramatically improves our lives and would just like the right to purchase it freely. If you feel more comfortable drinking pasteurized milk (don't forget, it is sick milk that is heated. The organisms die but they are still there, dead, floating in your milk), then as an American, that is your right. We just ask for the same.