Gorio > wrote:
> Nad;1656833 Wrote:
>
> Good point, Nad. "Free markets and purchasing from poeple you know will
> weed out the garbage from the good." My bad. When we buy meat from lands
> unknown, that's the kind of meat we get; UNKOWN. I live in a rural area,
> and I know each of the people I buy my pork goodies, beef, lamb and
> chicken from. These things are relatively simple to produce well. But,
> bigger companies will take dangerous short cuts to improve profit
> margins. I'm still against subsidies, because I see big politics making
> money off of them; while the farmer gets screwed.
>
> You're right. Big businesses depend on that ignorance. Little guys,
> though, rely on your faith in them. I'm with ya.
>
> I don't know if that regulation has done a thing, though. Poeple still
> die, and the product is recalled. If I die, that farmer has to hang his
> head in shame forever. They don't sell out real quickly here. Then
> again, I'm not afraid to take my lfe in my hands and drink raw milk when
> I do imbibe. great for cooking, though. Especially when you saparate the
> cream from the buttermilk. that cream is the nectar of the Gods, and the
> right combo of cream and butttermilk makes the best Mexican crema. Can't
> live without it.

I too live in the boondocks. Bessy my first dairy cow was unable to produce
a calf for some reason and is in now in the freezer. I have two new calves,
about ninety percent grass fed, a new Jersey for dairy and a black angus
for beef. I have a dozen chickens and have fresh eggs every morning. Also a
large garden and I have lots of canning in the coming weeks. I know what
exactly what I am eating. If I screw up somehow it will only be me that
suffers, no one else. I will play safe and pasteurize my milk. To each his
own how they live their life.

However, if I chose to sell anything then I would not mind if the USDA did
inspect my place. But I do not sell or give away any food source, all for
myself in my retirement years tending my small personal hobby farm.

Regulations will not end all deaths, but it can reduce them. I doubt that
greedy people feel little shame. Lots of people making money scams.

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Nad