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You've never actually been on a local dairy farm, have you. The big conglomerates are filthy because they know they don't HAVE to be clean because they'll boil the hell out of their milk.

I grew up on a chicken ranch in an area full of dairy farms, cattle ranches, sheep farms, etc., etc. As an exchange student in France, I lived with a family who owned a small farm--13 cows, 3 pigs, rabbits, chickens, plus a kitchen garden. I do *not* have this idyllic image of cows grazing in pristine pastures completely free of disease-ridden wild animals, parasites, mosquitoes, biting flies, etc. Animals are naturally dirty, there is just no other way to put it. I guess if you're from the city and have never lived on or visited a farm, those Disney fairy tales might seem like reality to you.

Also, FYI, I've never seen a "conglomerate" dairy farm; I've only seen the local ones. They're all over. And they're dirty and stinky, too.

My brother drives a semi. He picked up a load of pickles and got to tour the "factory". What he saw would make you puke. Government doesn't "protect" us. It controls.

I have no idea what you're talking about. What did your brother supposedly see that would make me puke? Unsanitary conditions in violation of local, state, and federal food safety regulations? If he saw such unsanitary conditions, why didn't he report them to the local health department? Are you being contradictory here, trying to blame what I assume are filthy conditions (because you didn't actually say) on the very government that makes it a crime to process foods in those same filthy conditions?

We don't have Disney farms around here. We have working dairy farms and apparently they know more about keeping equipment clean than you do.

I have no idea what you're talking about. What did your brother supposedly see that would make me puke? Unsanitary conditions in violation of local, state, and federal food safety regulations?

Sorry but you're a naive idiot. You have no idea what your buddies in government allow in your food while still calling it "clean". Stop reading liberal, pro-government crap and get some truth. YOU live in Disneyland and think that government gives a crap what you eat.

In compliance with law, the major pickle plant had dead squirrels, birds and other detritus floating in the vats. They skim off the dead animals and bottle them. Dan will not touch pickles anymore. Grow up.