Recommended Websites

• Hella Delicious:  Real Food for Health, Roots, Peace and Community
• The Healthiest Milk” - Video from Professor Ton Baars on the benefits of good grazing, the different quality of milk from green grass fed cows, and producing safe raw milk.
• Raw Milk Institute
• Weston A. Price Foundation
  
• A Campaign for Real Milk
• Raw Milk Facts
• Home on the Range Farms (Chilliwack, B.C.)
• http://www.freshmilkfoodpolitics.com/resources.htm - organization started by Alice Jongerden and Jackie Ingram in BC.  Lots of great information here.
• Bovinity:  Real Milk for British Columbia
• Practical Farmers of Ontario – Farmers Helping Farmers
• Glencolton Farms (Durham, Ontario)
• Our Cows Herdshare (Chilliwack, B.C.)
• Wild Thing Organics (Christina Lake, B.C.)
• Natural Milk
• Bundesverband der Vorzugsmilcherzeuger und Direktvermarkter von Milch & Milchprodukten (National Association of Certified Milk Producers and Direct Marketers of Milk & Milk Products, Germany)
• Raw Milk Association of Colorado

Recommended Blogs & Forums

• The Bovine: Freedom of Choice for Raw Milk Drinkers
• Balance Your Apple:  Health, Nutrition, and Sustainable Farming
• The Complete Patient: The Business of Your Health
• Canadian Consumer Raw Milk Advocacy Group Community Forum

Recommended Reports

• “Rebuttal to the FDA Article: ‘Raw Milk Misconceptions and the Danger of Raw Milk Consumption’” by the Weston A. Price Foundation, March, 2012  (view PDF file).

• Amish kids are less likely to suffer from allergies and asthma with one factor being raw milk consumption.  Read these two articles for more information:

1. Mark Holbreich, et al. “Amish children living in Northern Indiana have a very low prevalence of allergic sensitization” (PDF)  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (19 April 2012)
2. Georg Loss, et al. “The protective effect of farm milk consumption on childhood asthma and atopy: The GABRIELA study” (PDF) American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (16 July 2011.)

• On May 20, 2011, the first International Raw Milk Conference was held in Prague.  You can download the PDF of this report at this link:   First Raw Milk Conference Report.pdf
• Report of the Raw Milk Policy Working Group (PDF), Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, State of Wisconsin, March 2011
• Raw Milk and Children  (PDF)
• Position Paper on the Debate Over Raw Milk (PDF) by Pam Killeen (Press Conference, Queen’s Park, Toronto, November 18, 2008)

“Approximately 100 years ago, pasteurization was introduced as a way to combat tuberculosis, infant diarrhea and other diseases caused by poor animal nutrition and dirty production methods. However, today, thanks to advancements in science and technology, refrigerated trucks, stainless steel tanks, milking machines and inspection methods make it possible to produce local, safe, clean raw milk.” – Pam Killeen

Raw Milk Standards and Best Practices

Here is a link to the Standards and Practices for RAWMI in the USA.  Excellent! http://rawmilkinstitute.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/RAWMI-Common-Standards-20120716.pdf

• Chore Time: From Grass to the Glass; A Complete Guide to Raw Milk Production (Video Series) by the Farm to Consumer Foundation
• “Dairy Standards of the Raw Milk Association of Colorado:”
• “Raw Milk Production Handbook” by the Farm to Consumer Foundation

“We believe all food can be produced safely, including raw milk,” says Wightman. “These materials are the starting point for a collaborative effort to develop ‘best practices’ to guide dairy farms working to meet the rising demand for raw milk whether the legal framework is loose (as with voluntary farm-to-consumer standards for cow shares) or more formal (as with larger scale retail sales).” The information and educational material can be used by any size herd and cross over to all types of milking animals and are complimentary to any state raw milk program” - Farm to Consumer Foundation

• “Safe Handling – Consumers’ Guide Preserving the Quality of Fresh, Unprocessed Whole Milk” By Peggy Beals, R.N.
• “Seminar on the Best Practices for Raw Milk Production” by the Farm to Consumer Foundation
• Cow Share College (Ontario)

Sign these Petitions!

• Legalize Natural Milk in Ontario (over 2000 signatures!)
• Legalize Raw Milk in Canada (Federal government petition)

 

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