Oh! It is to sob uncontrollably.
Posted on 02/04/2006 6:31:13 PM PST by Calpernia
Could you please put me on your Weston A. Price ping list? Thanks a lot!
I have used raw milk, raw butter, cream, etc. off and on. It's still kind of hard to get, even in California, and it's expensive. I would welcome more producers of these kinds of products, as the competition would bring down the price.
Altadena Dairy (So. Cal.) used to sell raw milk products years ago, but I guess they got hassled out of doing so, and now all their stuff is pasteurized.
What I really wish I could get regularly and at a decent price is raw goats' milk. It's a lot harder to get than raw cows' milk.
"Defiant, Mr. Hettinga has taken his battle to the streets. Last year, he slapped about 50 giant stickers on the backs of all his milk tankers and trucks. They read: 'Stop the milk monopolies from raising your milk prices!'"
Go, Man! Go! Glad to see it. Good luck against Dean Foods, though. They are pretty powerful, so he's got quite the battle on his hands.
Milk here in Wisconsin is $2.99 a gallon and up, and I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a cow around here! Thanks again, politicians and government for taxing something to the hilt that should be very, very cheap for me in my state.
Gasoline is at $2.39 a gallon right now. 39-cents of each gallon is a combination of Wisconsin taxes.
Sure thing!
You are forgetting that if competition is allowed to grow the monopoly "cooperatives" will not be able to have all those lobbyists, lawyers and public relations consultants. Also there would be an end to all those programs about the government buying milk for schoolkids and the FEMA warehouses being awash in unwanted and unneeded cheese.
These small operations were initially excluded because they would be too much trouble to deal with but that doesn't mean they should be allowed to grow to a point wherein they can actually bring competition to the marketplace.
"...and the FEMA warehouses being awash in unwanted and unneeded cheese."
I was raised on that 'Free Government Cheese.' We were dead-broke when I was a kid. It makes the best Mac-n-Cheese on the planet. :)
But you're right. The whole system is totally corrupted.
>>>>>I would welcome more producers of these kinds of products, as the competition would bring down the price.
That is what the monopolies are fighting, err, lobbying against.
NJ milk is about a dollar more.
And contrary to popular belief, we have farms. Dairy too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563271/posts
Healthy People 2010
>>>>Mr. Hettinga is a standout in U.S. agriculture. He has figured out how to thrive as an independent farmer when the American farm belt is dominated by corporations. Cargill Inc. and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. have consolidated the business of grinding and milling grain. Tyson Foods Inc. has done the same in meat.
Cargill Inc. listed here as a member of the World Business
Council
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1572207/posts
Global Manipulators Move Beyond Petroleum
'Dairy Gets squeezed by the Feds'
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1414369/posts?page=1
In its 85 years of existence, Smith Brothers Dairy in Kent has survived all manner of misfortune and mistakes. There was the Depression, when milk sales plummeted. There were cow-killing floods. There were modern times, when it appeared the old-fashioned idea of fresh milk delivered to the doorstep had died. "None of that compares to this," says Alexis Smith Koester, 60, dairy president and granddaughter of the founder, Ben Smith. "This is the biggest threat we've ever faced." She's talking about the federal government.
Unless I am mistaken the WSJ reporter means by "raw", unprocessed bulk milk. It requires a special license to sell raw milk for human consumption and at last count there were only two dairies selling raw milk in California--one in Fresno and one in Watsonville.
Raw milk requires superior sanitation and animal health. Pasteurized milk can contain large amounts of dead bacteria killed by heat.
Raw milk (for human consumption) producers get very high prices for their milk, from $65 to $100 per cwt. and the demand is much higher than current supply.
"Jersey" cows are the prettiest...though that's a different "Jersey."
I live on a farm and raise laying hens for egg sales, as well as raising hens from chicks to sell to others in the area. I'm currently campaigning DH for a cow, or a few dairy goats. :)
In Wisconsin you should be able to find a fine Normande dairy cow. They give dellicious milk and are very easy to handle as a family cow. I imagine though that as cattle are social animals your cow will need a companion or two, steers perhaps. Jersey is also a good choice, but not as easy to handle. Stay away from Holstein--nice cows if you want gallons and gallons of watery milk.
Oh! It is to sob uncontrollably.
I believe it will be about $6.50 per chick for you to tag.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565481/posts
USDA steps up efforts to track livestock
http://nationalpropertyowners.org
National Property Owners
Full research sections on National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563271/posts
Healthy People 2010
Information on where the funding came from for NAIS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1561077/posts
Animal Tagging and SCHOOL LUNCHES???
Information on some of the partners on these posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564815/posts
Digital Angel and Microchip
Info on the technology that will be used for the tagging
Not complying with the microchipping is a Class C felony. You will lose your rights to bear arms and vote.
Thanks! I'll look into that breed. :)
"I imagine though that as cattle are social animals your cow will need a companion or two, steers perhaps."
Goats make good companion animals for both cows and horses, from what I've heard.
Get a female, then you could have cow and goat milk.
Yes, I know. I follow these threads. When they start enforcing it, it becomes Butchering Day. :)
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