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Additional information about raw milk

All consumers and producers should educate themselves about the health risks and benefits of raw milk. Raw milk consumers should know how to identify dairy farms that follow safe production guidelines and should seek out raw milk from pasture-fed cows; in states where legal production is not allowed, consumers should ask producers to get their milk tested regularly for bacteria, coliform, and somatic-cell count levels.

Links to further information on raw milk and raw milk cheeses from both proponents and opponents are listed below.

Organizations and website with lots of information

• The Weston A. Price Foundation's Real Milk website promotes raw milk from a nutritional viewpoint and lists producers in different states, as well as local Weston Price chapter heads who can provide a good source of raw milk information in your area.
• Raw Milk Facts
• Raw Milk Truth
• Organic Pastures sells raw milk retail in California and is one of the premier raw milk dairies in the country.
• An anti raw milk presentation from the FDA and a point-by-point rebuttal from the Weston A. Price Foundation.
• Destruction of Milk's Built-In Safety Systems by Pasteurization
• The Safety of Raw versus Pasteurized Milk
• Wikipedia page on raw milk
• Nina Planck on raw milk
• Email Listserv: RawDairy

Articles

• An article from NOFA's magazine, The Natural Farmer on the history of pasteurization and its impact on concentration in the dairy industry, as well as a discussion of raw milk safety and comparative food safety regulations in the U.S. and E.U.
• The Revolution Will Not Be Pasteurized: Inside the raw-milk underground, Harper's magazine, April, 2008
• Raw Milk Renegade, Mother Earth News, 8/08
• Raw milk commentary in emagazine.com
• Raw Milk Rebellion: How much business does the government have in the barnyard?, Reason magazine, 5/16/08
• An article from Farm Aid about raw milk
• Got Raw Milk?, Boston Globe, 3/23/08
• Got Raw Milk? Be Very Quiet , Time, 3/13/07
• Milk Wars, The Nation, 3/5/08
• Should This Milk Be Legal? , New York Times, 8/8/07
• Raw Milk: Udderly Foolish? , Washington Post, 8/7/07
• The Udder Truth [http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/01/19/raw_milk/], Salon.com, 1/19/07
• Demand for raw milk growing, despite dangers, MSNBC, 3/10/08
• Raw Milk: Panacea or Poison?, NPR, 6/25/08

Videos

• Raw Milk Ninja, video interview with Mark Mcafee
• The Whole Truth About Milk, video interview with Mark Mcafee
• The Raw Milk Controversy: Fact & Fiction Chapter 1, Prt. 1
• The Raw Milk Controversy: Fact & Fiction Chapter 1- Prt. 2
• Raw Milk Controversy: Fact & Fiction; Chptr 1, Prt 3
• The Raw Milk Controversy: Fact & Fiction Chapter 2, Prt. 1
• The Whole Truth About Milk: Raw vs. Pasteurized

State campaigns and organizations

• Raw Milk Association of Colorado
• Garden State Raw Milk campaign
• Missouri Raw Milk campaign
• Tennessee Raw Milk campaign
• Washington Raw Milk

THE NOFA/MASS RAW MILK NETWORK

If you are a consumer or dairy producer wanting to be part of The Raw Milk Network to help make safely-produced raw milk available throughout Massachusetts, contact Kate Rossiter, Organic Dairy Coordinator, at winton@nofamass.org, or at (413) 634-5728.

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