Comments on: Ron Paul Wants to Make the Sale of Raw Milk Legal

By: Paul Sebert

Paul Sebert — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:34:01 +0000

So nice of Ron Paul to proudly stand up for salmonella, E. coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, Brucella, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and all of the free market pathogens who have been crippled by big government.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:35:22 +0000

John, anyone can claim to be anyone on the web. Here’s some real info, not baseless claims on why raw milk is fantastic. Sure, raw milk from big dairy is practically poison.. it shouldn’t even be drunk pasteurized. It’s full of puss and antibiotics.. Real raw milk, from pasture raised, healthy cows is probably something you’ve never come in contact with in your career. Too bad, you missed out.

Here’s the info:

http://organicpastures.com/whyraw.html

and here are the lab tests:
http://organicpastures.com/labTests.html

Anyone who says Raw milk = E. coli are full of E. coli themselves. Raw milk from healthy pastured cows doesn’t have it.

By: John

John — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:29:32 +0000

I am a food scientist, not a job that you have probably ever heard of, but it is a good and very intriguing one. Most of the US has a very misled view of the food industry and the governments rule in it. It is articles like this that cause such problems. Anyone with sufficient knowledge of the dairy industry would advise against drinking raw milk. This is just me personally, but I would start smoking (which I find disgusting) before I would ever start drinking raw milk. There is no real reason to use it over pasteurized milk, unless you’re trying to make something with it, such as a yogurt. This article makes it seem like pasteurizing milk destroys it, and though it does do each of the things stated, it does not affect the chemical composition as much as the author insinuates. It will by no means lead to the physical problems that the author states. Any person or child with these problems would face the same problems even if they drank raw milk. They have them because they simply don’t drink enough.

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By: pete haak

pete haak — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:59:19 +0000

If all they did was just heat the milk pasturise,that would be not bad what about all they put in with out any people being aware.I have heard from a farm source that plaster is added to make it more white looking and sticky.Raw milk from the cow is not very white, it is blueish and all those real nutrition is alredy gone in the first heating. I think every drop of every bit of product should be listed as we would not buy it if it had plaster on the label.

By: smodo

smodo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:41 +0000

We live in GA, where raw milk is an illegal substance, on the border of SC, where raw milk is available in retail outlets as well as farms and markets. It is less than 15 minutes for us to drive to SC and purchase it, so I consider that local. But I am violating laws if I bring it back home to Georgia! Ridiculous!

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The Dairy Debate – a Snapshot of Raw Milk Legislation — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:58:03 +0000

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By: Lori Dunn

Lori Dunn — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:25:24 +0000

I cured myself from arthritis and a bone disease by drinking raw milk. I have been drinking it for five years and I never get sick. I wish people knew the facts about the importance of raw fat in our dairy products. I applaud Ron Paul for his efforts. If we are truly going to change our health care system we have to change our food supply.

By: Dina

Dina — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:48:20 +0000

In reference to the dairy farm worker (Chris). If the large dairies can not maintain a clean environment then they should pasteurize their milk. As well as meat sold commercially should be FDA approved. For us small farmers who keep everything clean with very little human contact, raw milk is the healthiest alternative and we want to share that with the public. Let us sell our milk. I also butcher my own animals. I do not need the FDA to tell me it is safe. I know where the animals have lived and they are in better conditions that most people. I don't sell my meet, but everyone wants it. We have to understand that there needs to be different regulations when it comes to mass produced food traveling long distances and good, clean, fresh local food. The small farmer can not afford regulation and the public deserves fresh unprocessed food.

By: MJ

MJ — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:21:53 +0000

Greg, go for it! Hooray!!

Large scale dairies are interested in mass production so the population can drink white water with minimal nutritional benefits. And yes, they are E. coli infested and I would not drink raw milk from one of those places. The farm in which I own a share is run by a family of 4 and has a small herd and is very clean. This is their way of life.

The law and its enforcement is absurd. I drive 50 miles each way for my milk because I cross a state line. Fellow raw-milk drinkers and I thought about a milk-run co-op but due to such regulations and the current state of affairs in the US I didn't want to be arrested for illegal transportation…so I'll keep driving my Suburban an extra 200 miles a month for one family's milk consumption. Now that's efficient! However, if I transported raw milk for 10 local families I'd surely be a criminal.