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To: Calpernia
....dairy farmer who sold raw milk from his farm in Chino, Calif....

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.

33 posted on 02/05/2006 9:00:13 AM PST by Poincare
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To: Poincare
demand is much higher than current supply.

Uh... demand is never higher or lower than supply in a free market. What you mean is that demand would be higher at lower prices competitive with substitutes achieved through greater supply.

I'm such a pedant when I see economic terms abused :-)
42 posted on 02/05/2006 9:40:08 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: Poincare

This is what http://www.cremedelamoo.com did. They were able to sell in stores last year, then the dairy union came after them.


70 posted on 06/28/2006 9:43:45 AM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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