A good friend dropped by this beautiful bounty of raw cow milk. I even got the cows name and she's local. Now what's really lame is that raw milk is illegal in much of America. Seems that if we drank raw milk - complete with all the enzymes in it to aid digestion of it - we might stop buying all those pills for lactose sensitivity. Hummm. Interestingly, I just got back from Los Angeles where I found raw milk in the markets. In keeping with the law I fed it to my pets and they were so happy they could barely believe it. Now I'd never drink it myself (gulp) or say, uh, make cheese. Eh heeemmm.
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Being a survivor of the academic field of Biology, I tend to disagree with you... there's lots of nasty pathogens that can be carried in milk. The three big ones being Listeria, Brucella and E. coli.
I support your desire to have access to raw milk if you really want it, as long as you accept the responsibility for risking infection that can result should a pathogen be passed from the milk producing animal to the human.
Simplified translation: raw milk should be legal to sell to anyone who signs a waiver.
As long as what a person may want cannot harm anyone else, and they understand the risk, then there should be a legal exemption in the law, for raw milk or other public health/safety issue with legislated standards.
I personally can't stand milk. I'll eat it in yogurt or cheese form, but I haven't had any in straight milk form since I was 11 years old.
opinions on this are all over the place. i was just in LA staying at a friends home, he happens to be an MD, urologist to be specific. anyway he's all about raw milk and they easily obtain it there in S. Cal.
I like your suggestion of "for those who want it." it invites people to be smart and know what choice their making rather than protected by laws that assume we're all to dumb to make up our own mind.
Rather than having a blanket ban, there should be provisions to be exempted from public safety laws, for those who accept personal responsibility for whatever consequences.
Ultimately when society has at least warned the person of the potential harm, then it is no longer morally responsible for the consequences. A waiver form explaining the specific risks in opting to exempt one's self from a protective law, should be sufficient, in my opinion.
Plus it legally protects the government from litigation in the case of a bad outcome.
I personally wouldn't choose to ingest unpasteurized milk, and I can see why the government would restrict access to it, but neither do I see the need to outlaw it entirely.
Write your local government representatives and suggest the option, the worst that could happen is they reject the idea and keep the status quo.
There is a farm south of Albuquerque that provides raw milk, think it's in Bosque Farms, called Sunshine Farms. We got the number from La Montanita Co-op, they have it posted in their dairy aisle for customers that wish to obtain raw milk locally.
I live in Maine where raw milk is legal and easily purchased. I grew up on it. My parents even had it delivered from a local farmer - right up through the early 1980s. I think that it should be available to anyone who wants it. In Maine all raw milk is clearly labeled, and folks can make an educated purchase from a quick glance at the label.
Also - Raw milk Kefir is out of this world.
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