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Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 7:21 AM

Subject: Action Alert - Urge your Rep to Protect Raw Milk!

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*Action Alert

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Urge your Representative to

Protect Raw Milk

Call Your U.S. Rep. & Fax through HR 1830 petition

The movement to protect raw milk in Congress is beginning to gain steam!

Three Representatives have co-sponsored the raw milk bill originally filed

by Ron (R-TX): Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Tom

McClintock (R-CA).

If passed, HR 1830 would legalize the interstate shipment of raw milk and

raw milk products for human consumption, reversing the FDA's current

regulations that prohibit the interstate transport of raw milk for human

consumption.

The FDA has harassed raw milk farmers and buying clubs across the country

under its current regulations, for example through its one-year undercover

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an Amish farmer.

We need HR 1830 to stop FDA harassment! We need more co-sponsors to help

create pressure for a hearing on the bill and move it forward. Will you

please help?

[image: A] TAKE ACTION #1

Call your U.S. Representative and urge him or her to co-sponsor HR 1830 and

to work for a quick hearing.

To find out who represents you, go to

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866-220-0044.

When you call your Representative, ask to speak to the staffperson who

handles agricultural and food issues. If you get their voice mail, leave a

message.

SAMPLE MESSAGE:

" Hi, my name is ____ and I am a constituent of Representative ___________.

I am calling to urge the Representative to co-sponsor HR 1830, to legalize

the interstate transport of raw milk. The FDA should stop wasting taxpayer

dollars pursuing our farmers and interfering with individuals' right to

obtain the foods of our choice. I hope the Representative will co-sponsor

the bill and work to help get a prompt hearing by the Energy & Commerce

Committee. Please call me back at __________ to let me know where my

Representative stands on this issue. Thank you. "

[image: A] TAKE ACTION #2

After you call your Representative, please sign the petition in support of

HR

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*This online petition will send a fax *to your U.S. Representative,

Senators, and local newspaper, multiplying your impact.

It also allows us to know how many people have called in support of HR

1830, holding legislators' accountable to their constituents.

[image: B] MORE INFORMATION

While the consumption of raw milk is legal in all fifty states, the sale of

raw milk is illegal in about half the states. Passage of HR 1830 into law

would enable everyone to exercise their right to consume raw milk, whether

they live in a state where the sale of raw milk is illegal or in a state

where the sale is legal but sources are limited.

Growing numbers of consumers are crossing state lines to obtain raw milk

and raw milk products. It is time to recognize that the federal ban is an

unjust, unworkable law.

You can read FDA's response to the FTCLDF's lawsuit at *

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*Ask your Legislators to uphold freedom of food choice through the petition

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And spread the word to all your friends and family!

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