My family drinks "raw milk" that is to say unpasteurized milk. Or as I like to call it, milk from the cow. Why, pray tell would we do something so strange? Well if you must know, here are some interesting facts on the benefits of raw milk. So it tastes better and is better for you, so why is the state of Wisconsin trying to shut down small farmers selling raw milk? I mean this is a free country, right? Riiiiiiight?Currently there is legislation in the Wisconsin supported by our own Sen. Dan Kapanke to allow for the sale of raw milk.
Kapanke said he has no problem signing onto a bill that would make it legal to sell raw milk in Wisconsin, as it is in more than half the states in the union.I never understand those laws which protect citizens from themselves in the name of the holy god Safety. Interesting tangent, the Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité de salut public) during the French Revolution was the body responsible for slaughtering tens of thousands of Catholics and the Genocide in the Vendée.... all for public safety.... I'm just sayin!
"I grew up on it," said Kapanke, who drank a glass of raw milk at the meeting at Western Technical College in Viroqua. "How can I sit in Madison and say you can't drink it?"
Update: From St. Brigid's Meadow on the Ridge
Some more good news on the legal front: Senator Dan Kapanke of La Crosse has signed on as a cosponsor to LRB 3242/3, which would legalize sales of raw milk. Below is an email he sent out yesterday:
This is an update to let you know that I signed on as a co-sponsor last week to the Raw Dairy Milk Bill (LRB 3242/3) introduced by Senator Pat Kreitlow, Senator Glenn Grothman and Representative Chris Danou. As you know, this bill will allow for the sale of raw milk in certain controlled conditions. It provides consumers the freedom to purchase raw dairy milk directly from farms if they so chose. Plus, it will invest money back into our local economy while giving small dairy farms a much-needed economic boost.
I look forward to the bill’s swift advancement in the legislature and will keep you posted on further developments.
Sincerely,
Dan Kapanke
State Senator, 32nd District
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Another article on the milk debate...
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/article_ba91363e-de35-11de-8b92-001cc4c03286.html
You also forgot to mention how our son has never once been sick since starting to drink raw milk, however, during the time he was drinking pasteurized milk he was sick numerous times. It's good stuff!!
Great quote from that article:
The organic farm movement “has been one of the best vehicles for economic justice for small farmers, and it’s under attack by factory farms and corporate farmers,” Kastel said.
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