<quote>
Health and safety
The menace of moo-shine
Saving America from raw milk
Jun 1st 2013
Horned and dangerous

DAIRY is a way of life in Wisconsin. Milk is the official state
beverage. Locals proudly refer to themselves as €œcheeseheads€�. Hats in
the shape of slices of Swiss are popular. A heart-stopping treat
called €œfried curds€� is a staple bar snack. Local licence-plates read
€œAmericas Dairyland€�. All of which perhaps explains why the state
authorities took the conduct of Vernon Hershberger so seriously.

Mr Hershberger runs a traditional dairy with 40 cows. State law
prohibits selling milk to the public without pasteurising it first.
But Mr Hershberger tried to get around this stricture by setting up a
€œclub€� which provided raw milk (also known as €œmoo-shine€�) to its
members€”until state food inspectors raided his farm, destroyed the
milk they found and put him on trial.

Members of the ARMi (Alliance for Raw Milk internationale) and other
€œfood freedom€� activists flocked to the courthouse, brandishing
placards declaring, €œMy milk My body My choice€� and €œLand of the free?
Tell my cow€�, among other slogans. They likened Mr Hershberger to Rosa
Parks, a celebrated civil-rights activist, and demanded the freedom to
eat (and drink) whatever they like. The jury was sympathetic: on May
25th Mr Hershberger was acquitted of operating without the proper
licences, although he was found guilty of moving food the authorities
had ordered him to keep as evidence after the raid.

Mr Hershberger is not the only crusader for raw milk, and the
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture not the movements only foe. The
federal government prohibits moving the stuff across state lines,
although it has no power to regulate it within state boundaries. The
Food and Drug Administrations website explains that unpasteurised
dairy products are more likely to make those who consume them sick
than pasteurised ones. It adds that moo-shines purported health
benefits are unsubstantiated.

Raw-milk activists are not cowed. Their kind of milk is much tastier
than the processed muck, they say. In some of the 20 states that ban
its sale, they operate €œherdshares€�. A farmer sells stakes (not
steaks) in cows that he tends. He then gives raw milk to shareholders,
and charges a maintenance fee. If not the land of the free, America is
certainly the land of the ingenious lawyer."
</quote>

http://www.economist.com/news/united...nace-moo-shine

--
Bob
www.kanyak.com

On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:50:08 AM UTC-6, Opinicus wrote:
> <quote>
>
> Health and safety
>
> The menace of moo-shine
>
> Saving America from raw milk
>

Raw-milk activists are IDIOTS. All it takes is ONE dairy cow with Bangs
disease or TB to infect the milk and endanger thousands of people.

===

On 5/31/2013 1:21 PM, Roy wrote:
> On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:50:08 AM UTC-6, Opinicus wrote:
>> <quote>
>>
>> Health and safety
>>
>> The menace of moo-shine
>>
>> Saving America from raw milk
>>
>
> Raw-milk activists are IDIOTS. All it takes is ONE dairy cow with Bangs
> disease or TB to infect the milk and endanger thousands of people.
>
> ===
>

Thanks, I was just about to post something very similar. Then the
raw-milk providers will want laws protecting them from lawsuits.

gloria p

On 5/31/2013 9:21 AM, Roy wrote:
> On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:50:08 AM UTC-6, Opinicus wrote:
>> <quote>
>>
>> Health and safety
>>
>> The menace of moo-shine
>>
>> Saving America from raw milk
>>
>
> Raw-milk activists are IDIOTS. All it takes is ONE dairy cow with Bangs
> disease or TB to infect the milk and endanger thousands of people.

I try to eat breakfast at the office and keep a carton of milk for dry
cereal in my little refrigerator at work. I used to have a problem with
the milk spoiling but the milk marked "ultra-pasteurized" seem to last
much longer than the regular stuff. It lasts for about a month. That's a
scary long time. Ultra-pasteurization actually works. Either that or my
refrigerator is a magical one.

>
> ===
>

On Fri, 31 May 2013 12:21:25 -0700 (PDT), Roy >
wrote:

>On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:50:08 AM UTC-6, Opinicus wrote:
>> <quote>
>>
>> Health and safety
>>
>> The menace of moo-shine
>>
>> Saving America from raw milk
>>
>
>Raw-milk activists are IDIOTS. All it takes is ONE dairy cow with Bangs
>disease or TB to infect the milk and endanger thousands of people.

No, I think it's you who's the idiot here.

On Fri, 31 May 2013 13:46:25 -0600, gloria p >
wrote:

>On 5/31/2013 1:21 PM, Roy wrote:
>> On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:50:08 AM UTC-6, Opinicus wrote:
>>> <quote>
>>>
>>> Health and safety
>>>
>>> The menace of moo-shine
>>>
>>> Saving America from raw milk
>>>
>>
>> Raw-milk activists are IDIOTS. All it takes is ONE dairy cow with Bangs
>> disease or TB to infect the milk and endanger thousands of people.
>>
>> ===
>>
>
>Thanks, I was just about to post something very similar. Then the
>raw-milk providers will want laws protecting them from lawsuits.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

On 2013-05-31, Opinicus > wrote:

> Saving America from raw milk

There's a couple expose documentaries on the subject. Very
freigtening stuff. The big agribiz milk industry is litterally at war
with these raw milk mavericks. Getting the feds and local govt to
press trumped up charges against these raw milk dairy farmers, to shut
'em down, is no joke and becoming more and more wide spread.

I saw one docu on Netflix. Not sure if this is it, but here's one:

<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milk-War-the-documentary/146659132023448?_fb_noscript=1>

http://tinyurl.com/kqjc6ol

It's as bad as anything Monsanto is doing. Let's face it, real food
is not popular in agribiz America. They see it as a threat and will
do anything to sabotage it.

nb

On 5/31/2013 3:49 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 5/31/2013 9:21 AM, Roy wrote:
>> On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:50:08 AM UTC-6, Opinicus wrote:
>>> <quote>
>>>
>>> Health and safety
>>>
>>> The menace of moo-shine
>>>
>>> Saving America from raw milk
>>>
>>
>> Raw-milk activists are IDIOTS. All it takes is ONE dairy cow with Bangs
>> disease or TB to infect the milk and endanger thousands of people.
>
> I try to eat breakfast at the office and keep a carton of milk for dry
> cereal in my little refrigerator at work. I used to have a problem with
> the milk spoiling but the milk marked "ultra-pasteurized" seem to last
> much longer than the regular stuff. It lasts for about a month. That's a
> scary long time. Ultra-pasteurization actually works. Either that or my
> refrigerator is a magical one.
>
>>
>> ===
>>
>
Yes, it does work but I don't like ultra-pasteurized milk on cereal.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 31 May 2013 20:57:30 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2013-05-31, Opinicus > wrote:
>
>> Saving America from raw milk
>
>There's a couple expose documentaries on the subject. Very
>freigtening stuff. The big agribiz milk industry is litterally at war
>with these raw milk mavericks. Getting the feds and local govt to
>press trumped up charges against these raw milk dairy farmers, to shut
>'em down, is no joke and becoming more and more wide spread.
>
>I saw one docu on Netflix. Not sure if this is it, but here's one:
>
><https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milk-War-the-documentary/146659132023448?_fb_noscript=1>
>
>http://tinyurl.com/kqjc6ol
>
>It's as bad as anything Monsanto is doing. Let's face it, real food
>is not popular in agribiz America. They see it as a threat and will
>do anything to sabotage it.

Exactly.

On 5/31/2013 11:27 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 5/31/2013 3:49 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> I try to eat breakfast at the office and keep a carton of milk for dry
>> cereal in my little refrigerator at work. I used to have a problem with
>> the milk spoiling but the milk marked "ultra-pasteurized" seem to last
>> much longer than the regular stuff. It lasts for about a month. That's a
>> scary long time. Ultra-pasteurization actually works. Either that or my
>> refrigerator is a magical one.
>>
>>>
>>> ===
>>>
>>
> Yes, it does work but I don't like ultra-pasteurized milk on cereal.
>


I'm not a big fan of milk but I've gotten into the habit of eating dry
cereal with milk. As long as it's not pouring out in chunks and not
sour, it's all the same stuff to me.

I'm sure there's really great tasting milk out there but I've never had
it and my stomach can't handle it anyway. Drinking a glass of the real
stuff might just kill me or make me wish I was dead.