Raw Milk vs. Pasteurized milk
February 21, 2010
Is Raw milk safe? Should farmers have the right to sell it? To me the bigger picture dictates this is a property rights issues and the government has no business pro-actively regulating use or sale of milk. That is if you believe in liberty vs a proactive, keep you safe, type government.
I think the real question people should be asking is, is pasteurized milk safe and how about any milk that comes from cows feed genitally altered food, shot up with hormones, antibiotics, or feed recycled meat. The solution of course has been to sanitize the milk by killing the organic value of the milk. Defeating the purpose of milk in my opinion. Raw milk is just the scape goat. The real problem is the unhealthy cows.
The place where I sometimes get raw milk has modern testing equipment to make sure the milk is safe. Not because they are forced to but because they will be held liable through the courts if something did happen. But my concern is not the milk I drink, it’s the stuff you buy in the grocery store store. Even the pasteurized organic stuff, witch seems to be ‘ultra’ pasteurized. What’s the point if you kill the enzymes in the milk? You know if people liked the taste of industrial waste we could just nuke it, infused in some vitimin D and call it milk 2.0 ….
February 22, 2010 at 4:18 am
We agree to a large extent what you say here. Many people feel this way. Now is the time to do some things about this. Like; start businesses that can offer raw milk as another type milk product. Many farmers take the pasteurized milk route because they feel more protected. Now, raw milk farmers have to protect themselves and work with standards, guidelines. Sanctioned by an outside agent, maybe the USDA. There are bad laws and good laws. The bad laws need to be ratified, amended or changed.
Consumers, citizens make change and not the government. People forget that the government is supposed to work for you all and not against. There are good and bad in all professions, agencies, etc.. Our job is to work with the good ones and stay away from the bad ones. Many a government official or inspector is really a nice person. They have a job and they need to be understood; their objectives, viewpoints.
Anyway, the Milkman is Back!
Ed Hartz
The Milkman Company
Ed Hartz
The Milkman Company