I've been getting raw milk from a local farm. They are closing in a month due to the pressure and financial cost of being attacked from all sides. The health department pinned a campylobacter outbreak on them a few months ago (I'm extremely skeptical that it was them), the legislature passed laws last session that would make it more difficult for the farm to operate, and now the State agriculture department has passed rules that make it even more difficult for them.
There is another farm that I can get products from, and they sound fabulous: "State inspected and Certified raw milk from grass fed cows - cows get no grain . They test every batch of milk in their own microbiology lab to make sure it is in compliance with Department of Agriculture and food bacterial standards. Also available, grass-fed beef, raw milk cheeses from grass fed cows, eggs from grass fed chickens, living compost fertilizer, and pork fattened on whey. Our raw milk, grass raised eggs, cheese and meat are available in Orem, Utah. They are glad to do farm tours."
This other farm sounds great, right? The problem is that the owner of this farm is behind the new law and the new Department of Agriculture rules. The laws benefit his farm, and his alone. They make it nearly impossible for any other raw dairy in the state to exist. Would you support someone who has apparently given himself a monopoly?
Granted, I know I don't have the whole story, but the WAPF spoke out against these new laws:
http://realmilk.com/trojan-cow.html
There is another farm that I can get products from, and they sound fabulous: "State inspected and Certified raw milk from grass fed cows - cows get no grain . They test every batch of milk in their own microbiology lab to make sure it is in compliance with Department of Agriculture and food bacterial standards. Also available, grass-fed beef, raw milk cheeses from grass fed cows, eggs from grass fed chickens, living compost fertilizer, and pork fattened on whey. Our raw milk, grass raised eggs, cheese and meat are available in Orem, Utah. They are glad to do farm tours."
This other farm sounds great, right? The problem is that the owner of this farm is behind the new law and the new Department of Agriculture rules. The laws benefit his farm, and his alone. They make it nearly impossible for any other raw dairy in the state to exist. Would you support someone who has apparently given himself a monopoly?
Granted, I know I don't have the whole story, but the WAPF spoke out against these new laws:
http://realmilk.com/trojan-cow.html
