Raw Milk advocates nationwide and worldwide can learn from each other and help each other!
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Note: Bari is now travelling in Europe, 2009.
More info coming soon!
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Nevada, USA info:
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ALERT!!! FDA Stops Legal Sale of Raw Colostrum in Nevada
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pls circulate widely!
this may be a good time to get your own goats or cow!
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Subject : FDA Action Stops Legal Sale URGENT fwd copy and help me keep this real to the core
Date : Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:54:55 -0800 (PST)
From : "Kelly A. Reuss DC"
FDA Action Stops Legal Sale of Raw Colostrum in Nevada
For continued access, contact the Dr. Kelly Raw Milk Buyers Club
Dr. Kelly Truckee Tahoe number: 530-582-5639
kellyreuss@yahoo.com
Tragically, the week of December 7-12th 2008 will be the last week that OPDC will be able to deliver raw products to Reno Nevada.
The FDA has brought legal enforcement action to stop OPDC deliveries of raw colostrum to Reno Nevada.
In late 2007, with out notifying OPDC, the FDA changed the regulations pertaining to raw Colostrum and now mandates that colostrum must be pasteurized if transported across state lines. OPDC had no idea that these laws had changed until discovered last week.
This came as a quite a shock to Organic Pastures Dairy and our family of closely connected consumers. OPDC had worked for three years to gain permission from the Nevada State dairy commission for the retail sale of raw colostrum. After much debate, the Nevada State Dairy Commission graciously gave its permission after hearing the facts about DSHEA and raw colostrum. This has all come to an end. Nevada is not at fault, this is an FDA action.
We at OPDC are sickened by this stealth FDA rule change. This FDA change does not serve to increase food safety but instead forces raw products underground where it is not tested or inspected. There have been zero reported illnesses associated with raw colostrum…ever!!!
If you want raw milk or raw colostrum to once again to be found on Nevada retail shelves you will need to fight the powers in our government which do not seek to increase immune strength but do all that they can to weaken it by mandating the processing of your foods and consumption of drugs.
Please join the Dr. Kelly buyers club.
She takes delivery of fresh OPDC products in Tahoe where it is legal to purchase and consume.
She will do all she can to assure that all of you will continue to have access to whole unprocessed foods.
Dr. Kelly is not an employee of OPDC and she does not represent OPDC. She runs a buyers club in Tahoe and can serve you on an individual by individual basis at excellent prices.
We are so very sorry and heart broken for your loss of this fantastic living food,
Most kind regards,
Mark McAfee
Founder OPDC
1-877 RAW MILK
OrganicPastures.com
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Kelly means warrior 'thanks mom' now I gotta fight the good fight every moment every minute every day fight the good fight every moment it's your only way.
PS please fwd to the GBCFC BOD, WAP nourishing traditions fans,
copy and post as appropriate the next nearest location would be grass valley as it is not yet in store in Tahoe as of this email and you know I am working on that too.
I am also looking for a friendly meeting space on Tuesdays where we can have ' early afternoon tea' sort of like the CSA model where we can visit for a toast to our health, yeah that's it a regular healthy hour.
Dr. Kelly Truckee Tahoe number: 530-582-5639
kellyreuss@yahoo.com
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Oct. 2008 - UPDATE: Help keep CA Raw Milk available and easily accessable!
Please consider joining Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund,
to help protect our raw milk sources.
see http://www.ftcldf.org/ and http://www.ftcldf.org/become-a-member.html
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For more Panama updates, contact Bari Caine at greenleaf@lycos.com and see www.organiclifestyle.net/
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Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund - http://ftcldf.org/ ( also see below)
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A series of Raw Milk educational events will be starting soon - more details to be posted soon -
Topics will include:
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Health benefits and safety of raw milk
Legal and political issues
Local Reno access to high quality raw milk!
How to culture raw milk and cream - Easy - Easy - Easy to do!
Cow shares and herd shares
Raw Milk Legal Defense Fund - Nationwide initiative launched on 4th of July, 2007
and much more!
For more information, or to help with this campaign, please contact Bari Caine .
A well-informed and articulate public is essential to our freedom of access to raw milk and other healthy foods!!!
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New! Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund - ftcldf.org/
The FTCLDF was initiated by the Weston A. Price Foundation Board of Directors and is
now a separate 501(c) (4) non-profit organization, modeled after the highly successful Home School Legal Defense Fund.
It is an inexpensive and effective means for both farmers and consumers
to protect their constitutional rights to provide and purchase fresh farm goods
without the burden of over regulation and interference.
As farmers and consumers across America pool their resources,
the funds will be used to protect the rights of farmers and consumers
at local, state and federal levels through the 3 L's - litigation, legislation and lobbying!
Sustainable farming and direct farm-to-consumer transactions
further the common good and general welfare of all Americans.
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Please consider joining!
This is for farmers and consumers, to protect our freedom to buy/ sell the healthy food we want!!!
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*** Organic Lifestyle/ Bari Caine is in transit to the David area of Chirique Province, Panama! More raw milk/ dairy updates are continuously being added to this page!
Raw Milk Campaign - groups are now forming to help educate the public on the benefits and safety of raw milk. Your input is welcome!
A series of Reno area Raw Milk educational events will start soon - details will be posted here .
A well-informed and articulate public is essential to our freedom of access to raw milk and other healthy foods!!!
Strong vocal consumer demand will bring healthful, real raw milk back and have it easily accessable to all!!
For more information, or to help with this campaign, please contact Bari Caine - and see http://www.organiclifestyle.net/ ---
Also, please consider joining the Weston A. Price Foundation and supporting our positive goals, including informing people about raw milk and working to make it more accessable to everyone, making raw cheese legal, etc.
- see http://www.westonaprice.org/membership/membershipform.html - see link -
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Buyer BEWARE!
- even though some cheeses are labeled "raw" some of them aren't really raw!!!
some have been heated high enough to kill enzymes & defeat the reasons we buy raw cheese!
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Radio Program: Update!
Note: our Radio Programs are now posted on this website - now everyone can listen online anytime, from anywhere in Nevada and anywhere in the world!!!
Guest: Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Company in Fresno, Calif - http://organicpastures.com
Topic: Raw, Live, Enzymatic, Probiotic Milk!
Traditional Food for Well-being on Radio Southland 96.4 FM - To listen on-line Any Time - click here.
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Updates!
Series of Educational events on raw milk: safety, health benefits, legal issues and more! Starting soon: (Please check back - event dates & locations will be posted)
Does your group, organization, school, or church want a speaker on this important topic? Contact Bari Caine at 775-815-3346
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Recommended reading:
****** Highly recommended:
A new, updated book about Raw Milk by Dr. Ron Schmid called The Untold Story of Milk: Green Pastures, Contented Cows and Raw Dairy Foods has been published by New Trends Publishing - ISBN: 0967089743 ---- see -New Trends Publishing at http://www.newtrendspublishing.com/ - 877-707-1776 -- and see Dr. Ron Schmid's websites ---- see http://www.drrons.com/untoldstoryofmilk.html - and see http://www.drrons.com --- this book is now available in bookstores.
More recommended books below -
Keeping A Family Cow by Joann S. Grohman - Publisher: Coburn Press; (2000) - ISBN: 0963181440 - see http://www.westonaprice.org/book_reviews/familycow.html --- available from amazon.com
The Milk Book by William C. Douglass,MD--- see review --- This informative book has been reprinted, however it is currently being updated, as some of the info is no longer accurate.The Milk Book: The Milk of Human Kindness Is Not Pasteurized by William C. Douglass,MD - Publisher: Rhino Publishing S.A.; (June 2003) - This book is written with humor and zest!
Nourishing Traditions - Sally Fallon - 2nd Edition - New Trends Publishing - see http://www.newtrendspublishing.com/ -- There is lots of fascinating info about raw milk and dairy , as well as lots of recipes on how to make and use cultured raw milk, such as clabber, kefir, sour cream, creme fraiche, farmer's cheese, sourmilk pancakes, breads, etc, Also recipes using fresh raw dairy, such as ice cream, sherbert, and much, much more!
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IMPORTANT! I recommend that you Store Your Milk and other Food in Glass Not Plastic!l
see - http://www.mercola.com/2003/apr/16/food_storage.htm
Glass canning or preserving jars with wide mouth are available at many supermarkets,
hardware stores, kitchen/ cooking shops and thrift shops in 1 Quart / 1 Litre size and many other sizes. Ask for Mason jars.
The wide mouth makes them easy to clean.
Hardware Stores have many sizes, large - including 4 and 5 L -
and small ones, good for storing or transporting your milk.
Warehouse has 3 L, 2 L, 1 L and other sizes, also Briscoes has various sizes.
Resale shops, thrift and second hand stores often have glass jars.
Stainless steel "milk billy" containers can be ordered from farm supply stores - more updates will be posted.
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Raw cheese is also under attack nationwide and world wide! see Manifesto in defense of Raw-milk Cheese at http://www.slowfood.com/eng/sf_eventi/sf_eventi_cheese.lasso
Also see Cheese of Choice Coalition on link. ---- "Cheese of Choice Coalition" (or CCC). ----
Oldways and the American Cheese Society organized the CCC to oppose governmental agencies that want to ban production and sale of cheese made from unpasteurized milks.
Worldwide, if such a ban were implemented, the following cheeses would be affected: Parmigiano-Reggiano; Swiss Emmental; Swiss Gruyere; Swiss Appenzell; Vigneron; Comte; Shelburne Farms Vermont Cheddar; Grafton Village Vermont Cheddar; Keen's and Montgomery's English Farmhouse cheddars; Spanish Idiazabal and Manchego; and many others.
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For US NATIONWIDE and worldwide info/updates on raw milk, cheese, butter, etc --- see www.realmilk.com
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LEARN WHY RAW MILK IS BEST, and why pasteurized milk is NOT RECOMMENDED!!! --- see http://www.realmilk.com/what.html --- and http://www.realmilk.com/indexpage.html
Ideally, you can find a local farmer who will be willing to sell you high quality raw milk.
If you can't obtain raw milk, try yoghurt, butter or cream, but NEVER use ultra-pasteurized. Regular pasteurization is not as damaging to butter or cream as it it to milk. With yoghurt, many of the enzymes are restored through the culturing process.
Consumer demand is needed to bring healthful, real raw milk back and have it easily accessable to all!!
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Real Milk - USA:
California: Organic Pastures Dairy Raw Milk is now sold in most health food stores throughout California, along with Organic Pastures Dairy raw butter, raw cream, and raw colostrum.!!! They also export to world markets.
"Organic Pastures Dairy Company was founded on a simple principle: care for our cows and the environment, and our milk will be of the highest quality. The herd grazes all day in certified organic pasture.
The cows eat only organic feeds. Unlike conventional dairies, no antibiotics or hormones disrupt the cows' health." -- Mark McAfee
The cows are humanely treated (in fact, each cow has her own name) and are REALLY, REALLY free-range, grass-fed cows!
Organic Pastures Dairy --- see http://OrganicPastures.com ---
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Raw Milk -
Dr. Ron Schmid is on the board of the Weston A. Price Foundation, and is the author of The Untold Story of Milk: Green Pastures, Contented Cows and Raw Dairy Foods
Topics include the role traditional dairy cultures played in the development of civilization;
how politics and economics forced the compulsory pasteurization of milk;
and why many health enthusiasts are now advocating for raw milk.
Please tell your health conscious friends!
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Cigarettes kill people, and they are sold legally ; food additives seriously harm people, and they are sold legally in most processed foods ; Cola drinks destroy teeth and health and they are sold legally; raw milk is good for people, and we should have the choice to buy it everywhere!!!
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For US NATIONWIDE and worldwide info/updates on raw milk, cheese, butter, etc --- see www.realmilk.com
****** Organic Lifestyle/ Bari Caine is now traveling in Europe!
More raw milk/ dairy updates are continuously being added to this page! If you have any info about raw milk, cheese, or other raw dairy , please send to Bari Caine at sun rise98 at ymail dot com (close gaps) - (Note: my email sometimes doesn't work right - if you don't get a reply by email, try again or try phoning)
If any of these links don't work, try typing the website in yourself ( or cut-and-paste)