Milk
Naturally occurring raw milk is in danger of becoming a scarce resource. Understanding the reasons behind this conjures up memories of millions of Russian deaths due to the deliberate mass starvation created by Joseph Stalin.
Web Resources
NotMilk.com Dangers of (pasteurized) milk and dairy products
RealMilk.com Benefits of raw milk
Find local sources of raw milk
FarmToConsumer.com Great resource for info about raw milk throughout the US
CHORE TIME: Milking made easier by planning ahead - From grass to glass, a complete guide to raw milk production. View videos of the two DVDs online: Part 1 and Part 2 or buy them among many other great educational books and DVDs from the FarmToConsumer Shop.
The Complete Patient with David E. Gumpert
Know thy enemy... Food Safety News is a good place to keep tabs on raw milk news...although the perspective is biased toward anit-raw.
Books
The Raw Truth About Milk by William Cambell Douglas
The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging Battle Over Food Rights by David E. Gumpert
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer by Joel Salatin
Everything I Want to Do is Illegal by Joel Salatin
Documentaries
FARMEGEDDON: The Unseen war on American Family Farms
- Trailer
- Buy DVD on Amazon
- Producer interview on Alex Jones
- Producer interview on Health Ranger Mike Adams
WAR ON HEALTH: The FDA's Cult of Tyranny - 2 hr 5 min documentary explains the FDA's is systematic war against healthy, naturally occurring food in favor of in favor of corporately-produced food-like substances. The video begins with a 27 minute introduction by Gary Null at the film's world premiere in New York.
Dairy Farmer Harassment in the News
Continuous updates on the raw milk movement
2015
- 2015-12-16(Texas): Eldon Hooley Convicted over City Food Code Violation in Texas
- 2015-12-14(Texas): Fort Worth illegal milk trial churns up drama
- 2015-12-12(Texas): City of Fort Worth Levies $3,000 Fine to Raw Milk Dairy, Located Outside of City Limits
- 2015-12-11(US): Pesticide Found in Milk in the ‘80s May Be Linked to Signs of Parkinson’s
- 2015-12-07(US): Pasteurized Despite FDA Alarm Bells
- 2015-10-06(US): For decades, the government steered millions away from whole milk. Was that wrong?
- 2015-10-02(Canada): Canadians Just Prevented Full Dairy Raid On Michael Schmidt
- 2015-9-30(Video): Documentary: Farming In Fear
- 2015-9-24(US): New Congressional Bills Aim to Protect Consumer Access to Raw Milk
- 2015-7-01(US): The U.S. Is Producing a Record Amount of Milk and Dumping the Leftovers
- 2015-6-22(NZ): The Milkman Returns: NZ Approves Raw Milk Sales and Delivery
- 2015-5-16(US): The Case for Drinking Whole Milk
- 2015-3-13(Texas): FDA Investigates Listeria monocytogenes in Ice Cream Products from Blue Bell Creameries
- 2015-3-11(Minnesota): Government Suppression of Dairy Farms that Produce and Sell Raw Milk
- 2015-3-3(Wyoming): Governor Signs Wyoming Food Freedom Act
- 2015-2-26(US): What’s Behind the Government’s Hatred of Raw Milk?
- 2015-2-9(US): Grocery Stores Are Running Out of Organic Milk
- 2015-2-2(US): The Risk of Raw Milk
- 2015-1-26(US): The Non-GMO Dairy Revolution
2014
- 2014-12-14(US): Human milk has a microbiome - and the bacteria are protecting mothers and infants!
- 2014-12-11(US): “Factory Farms” Producing Massive Quantities of Organic Milk and Eggs
- 2014-11-30(Europe): New study proves raw milk protects children from respiratory infections, fever, and inflammation of the middle ear!
- 2014-11-29(Europe): European study finds raw milk boosts immunity, prevents colds and infections
- 2014-11-26(US): Why we pass on the semi-skimmed and low-fat dairy
- 2014-11-25(US): Coca-Cola enters dairy market with ‘Milka-Cola’
- 2014-11-03(Europe): (Pasteurized) Milk Does Not Do A Body Good
- 2014-10-29(US): 7 Reasons To Choose Only Organic Dairy Products
- 2014-10-20(US): Raw Milk – Hazardous to Healthcare Industry
- 2014-09-25(US): Nostalgia for an old-fashioned milk bottle
- 2014-08-22(US): Scientists Developing Cow Free Milk
- 2014-07-28(UK): The conspiracy to stop us drinking real milk
- 2014-07-23(US): Butter Surges to 16-Year High as U.S. Exports Cut Reserve
- 2014-07-23(Michigan): Michigan Forces Farmer to Destroy 248 Gallons of Organic Milk and 100 Dozen Free Range Eggs
- 2014-07-22(Video): Mercola: Raw Milk versus Pasteurized—Which Is Safer?
- 2014-07-09(US): Children on dairy farms run one-tenth the risk of developing allergies; Dairy farm exposure also beneficial during pregnancy
- 2014-07-08(Vermont): Vermont Farmers Markets to Allow Raw Milk Delivery
- 2014-07-07(US): Historic Approach to Raw Milk Regulation Comes Back Again
- 2014-07-03(US): 9 Reasons To Stop Drinking Any Kind of Pasteurized Milk
- 2014-06-10(US): The Government Is Cracking Down on Artisanal Cheese
- 2014-05-16(US): The Milkman Cometh: An Old-Fashioned Tradition Revived
- 2014-04-18(US): Left-Right Coalition Introduces Two New Raw Milk Freedom Bills
- 2014-04-10(Illinois): Illinois Legislators Back Off Raw Milk Ban After Consumer Outrage
- 2014-03-25(US): Butter Is Back
- 2014-03-12(US): You're Drinking the Wrong Kind of Milk
- 2014-02-16(Europe): Europe embraces healthy raw dairy by unveiling fresh milk vending machines
- 2014-02-05(US): More people ignoring government propaganda, choosing raw milk over pasteurized
2013
- 2013-12-10(Video): The largest U.S. study offers insight into the benefits of organic whole milk.
- 2013-08-15(Maine): State Threatens to Take Baby Over Homemade Goat Milk Formula
- 2013-06-22(Wisconsin): Jurors at Raw Milk Trial Feel Misled and Haunted by Case
- 2013-06-17(US): New Studies Confirm: Raw Milk A Low-Risk Food
- 2013-05-28(Wisconsin): Jury: Hershberger free to produce healthy food for neighbors
- 2013-04-05(US): Flawed Government Report Used to Block State Raw Milk Freedom
- 2013-03-27(Montana): Montana Passes Raw Milk Bill With “Big Sky” Size Loophole
- 2013-03-26(US): Poorly titled, but good article on strategic actions by raw milk producers
- 2013-03-05(Minnesota): Raw Milk Farmer Needs Jury Nullification Again
- 2013-02-28(Iowa): Raw Milk May Soon Be Legal In Iowa
- 2013-02-23(US): Big Dairy Wants Artificial Sweeteners in Milk, Not on Label
- 2013-02-14(Minnesota): Judge Won't Drop Acquitted Charges in New Trial Against Raw Milk Farmer
- 2013-02-13(US): Country’s Largest Raw Milk Supplier Sues FDA for Ban on Interstate Sales
- 2013-01-25(Video): Final FDA Raid and Takeover of Morningland Raw Milk and Cheese Dairy
- 2013-01-18(Europe): American Milk Banned in Europe Because it Does No Body Good
- 2013-01-07(Minnesota): After Victory, Raw Milk Farmer Faces Same Charges in Different County
2012
- 2012-12-30(US): With Milk Prices Set To Increase, Lawmakers Agree To Farm Bill Compromise
- 2012-12-28(US): Without subsidies, milk costs would be double the store prices
- 2012-12-27(US): Milk at $8 a Gallon Within Weeks Due to Washington Gridlock
- 2012-11-12(US): USDA list of chemicals allowed in meat, poultry and egg products.
- 2012-10-22(NZ): Pasteurization of milk causes allergies, raw milk doesn't. Solution: create a genetically modified mutant cloned cow which produces a reduced-allergen milk
- 2012-09-20(Minnesota): Minnesota farmer cleared in milk case
- 2012-08-29(Missouri): Farmer Wins Stressful 3-Year State Legal Battle -- Raw Dairy Sales Upheld
- 2012-07-16(US): Non-Dairy Milk Additive Could Make You Sick
- 2012-05-09(US): Raw Milk Reality: Is Raw Milk Dangerous?
- 2012-05-08(US): Pig Blood Safer than Fresh Milk?
- 2012-03-21(US): 7 Recent Victories for Raw Milk Freedom Advocates
- 2012-03-05(California): No Justice Allowed? Raw Milk Provider Held on $1 Million Bail
- 2012-02-26(VIDEO): Illegal Everything - 43 minute report by John Stossel on the over-abundance of laws. Includes limits on milk, lemonade stands, food imports, land improvements drugs, prostitution, etc.
- 2012-02-29(Wisconsin): Vernon Hershberger ready to go to jail over food rights
- 2012-02-24(Wisconsin): Hershberger Faces Possible 3-year Prison Term for Feeding Community
- 2012-02-22(NaturalNews): Pasteurized milk 150 times more contaminated with blood, pus and feces than fresh milk
- 2012-02-13(Pennsylvania): Feds shut down Amish farm for selling fresh milk
- 2012-01-01(Video): Dr Mercola contrasts the health benefits of raw milk to the problems of pasteurized milk
2011
- 2011-12-07(Indiana): Sheriff protecting his voters, including raw milk farmer, from Fed goons
- 2011-11-17(California): Raw Milk Products Recalled + Recall Upheld After Children Sickened in California
- 2011-09-15(Wisconsin): Judge: No fundamental right to own a cow or consume its milk
- 2011-09-07(Wisconsin): FDA Says You Have No Fundamental Right to Grow or Eat Healthy Food, It’s a Privilege
- 2011-08-11(VIDEO): The Last Farm in the City - California thinks milking goats is a criminal activity
- 2011-08-05(General): Monsanto’s FDA Goes After the Country’s Only Safe Milk
- 2011-08-04(VIDEO): ReasonTV reports on Rawesome raid
- 2011-08-03(VIDEO): Amateur video of Rawesome raid
- 2012-07-07(UK): It's not all white: The cocktail of up to 20 chemicals in a glass of milk
- 2011-06-30(VIDEO): Agenda 21 Coming to a Farm Near You! U.S. Government OPENLY Destroying America!
- 2011-06-29(VIDEO): ReasonTV: The Unseen War on American Farms
- 2011-06-03(VIDEO): Political control Freaks take over Farmers Market
- 2011-05-25(VIDEO): Dr Ron Paul on Raw Milk Freedom
- 2011-05-18(VIDEO): Judge Napolitano addresses federal raids on raw milk providers
- 2011-05-16(VIDEO): Political "Moovement" on Capitol Hill
- 2011-03-24(VIDEO): TEDxAustin: Robyn O'Brien shares her personal story and how it inspired her current path as a "Real Food" evangelist
2010
- 2010-02-28(US): Why skin milk will make you fat and give you heart disease
- 2010-10-06(VIDEO): Stephen Colbert's humorous report on original Rawesome raid
2009
- 2009-11-07(Slovenia): Milk-O-Matic raw milk vending machine a big hit in Slovenia
2008
- 2008-06-13(VIDEO): Your Milk on drugs
- 2008-06-03(VIDEO): FOX News bows to Monsanto and kills story on milk hormone
- 2008-02-08(VIDEO): Monsanto's Toxic Milk - Banned in Europe