Posts under ‘raw milk’

I wish there was progress to report but, Premier McGuinty still has not agreed to meet with Michael. What’s the big deal about simply having a conversation with a man? What the heck is he waiting for? The Raw Milk Freedom Riders – Milk and Cookies Rally is scheduled for Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at [...]

I’m writing to encourage you to participate in the Michael Schmidt Solidarity Raw Milk Fast on October 25, 2011. I am writing to draw attention to this hard-working, honorable, and peaceful man who is advocating for our rights to choose what we eat—a cause that shouldn’t need to exist or require activists. Michael Schmidt began [...]

The folks at my natural foods store will soon be rearranging the milk on the shelves. An inspector told them that raw milk must be stored and displayed below pasteurized milk products to prevent contamination. They think leaking raw milk could contaminate pasteurized milk. I am laughing and crying at the same time. I’m laughing [...]

Monday is the big day—the Senate vote on S510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. I’ve heard so much about this bill, good and bad, I don’t know what to think anymore. It seems to boil down to these two arguments: What kind of fool doesn’t want food safety? What kind of fool thinks we’re [...]

There’s an editorial in the Minnesota Star-Tribune whose argument against raw milk is that raw milk drinkers are too uppity—that because we think raw milk is superior to dead milk, we must also think that we’re superior to dead milk drinkers! Yes, those are their words: There’s a dangerous sense of superiority shared by Minnesotans [...]

This week’s forage technically began on Friday evening on the ride home from work. Sport Hill Farm was still open so I picked up: arugula spinach a lovely potted lavender plant The new barn at Sport Hill is really coming along. It is beautiful. Sorry, no photo since this was an impromptu visit! Next time. [...]

Today was the public hearing at the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) over raw milk buying clubs. Raw milk is legal in MA, but can only be purchased at the farm. As part of the day’s festivities, they held a Raw Milk Drink-In this morning in Boston Commons! Here in CT, raw milk can [...]

I got a late start on this week’s forage—blame it on the rain. Happily, the sun came out as I got to my first stop! My trail: Holbrook Farm, where I scored: spinach arugula mustard greens ramps cilantro greenhouse tomatoes from March Farm Kenyon‘s Rhode Island sea salt (Yay! It’s back!) Holbrook’s own bread and [...]

This week’s forage took me to Holbrook Farm, where I scored: spinach mustard greens scallions raw goat’s milk from Beltane. (Yes! Holbrook carries raw goats milk!. Tastes like, um, milk.) cheeses from Cato Corner Farm and Sprout Creek Farm. This one, with a tangy brie-meets-light-blue-cheese kind of taste, had my name all over it. DiGrazia [...]

I went to Meet the Author, David Gumpert at Molten Java in Bethel. Gumpert wrote The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights. Not a bad crowd for 6 PM on a Wednesday—farmers, consumers, raw milk advocates, bloggers, journalists, locavores, children, and avid readers. David Gumpert was warmly introduced by Ed Hertz [...]