The War on Raw Milk
Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 8 months ago to Legislation
The distribution of raw milk has been banned in the U.S. since inception of the pasteurization laws in the 1920s. The American Medical Association together with the FDA brought about this ban of raw milk because of its susceptibility to being a carrier for certain infectious microbes such as salmonella.
The error here is that it was never “raw milk” that was a problem. It was “warm raw milk” produced in crowded, unsanitary conditions from grain-fed cows instead of grass-fed that was prone to an unhealthy level of microbes. Grass-fed cows produce a milk with natural “inhibins,” anti-microbial agents that keep pathogens low, while grain-fed cows do not produce high “inhibin” levels in their milk.
The error here is that it was never “raw milk” that was a problem. It was “warm raw milk” produced in crowded, unsanitary conditions from grain-fed cows instead of grass-fed that was prone to an unhealthy level of microbes. Grass-fed cows produce a milk with natural “inhibins,” anti-microbial agents that keep pathogens low, while grain-fed cows do not produce high “inhibin” levels in their milk.
SOURCE URL: http://afr.org/the-war-on-raw-milk/
It is sort of like the "organic" claim. My comrades at the food co-op blank out on the fact that their organic local apples are the result of genetic modification. It is difficult to paint this with a broad brush.
the Co-op supermarket in Berkeley.
It cost slightly more than pasteurized.
Now, with all that you'd think we grew up to be real porkers, but that just wasn't true. There were chores after school from the time we could carry a bucket or dig with a shovel or scoop with a coal scoop. If we got our chores done, it was play time, not before. We ran and played Army or cowboys and indians, we actually played dodge ball and real sandlot football - without pads - and sometimes we'd go swimming in the river that bordered our property and there was never a lifeguard on that beach. We went home when we were too tired to go on or it was just too dark to see.
Why are kids fat and subject to allergies we never suffered? Why are they weak and why do they not understand the basics of mechanics or lack the ability to create their own pastimes? It's because they live 24/7 in their bedrooms playing with a computer or Ipod or texting their friends. The only muscles they develope are in their thumbs.
That's also why they need their milk pasteurized, homogenized, strained of all fat content, wholesome natural cream and any of the good stuff bossy could pass to her baby calf's. Today's kids would curl up and die if they drank what made us strong.
I just found a farmer who is willing to pass along an occasional gallon of real milk to me. I've got one in our refrigerator right now and I can almost taste the cream in my coffee, just like Dad made.
I too had similar experiences on my grandparent's dairy farm in north central MN. In addition to the chores you mention, there was always spring rock picking, round about this time of year. How many kids nowadays use Absorbine jr on a regular basis? And were happy to do so.