Northeast Raw Milk Symposium to be Held in Massachusetts

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2010 Northeast Raw Milk Symposium

Friday, August 13, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

UMass Campus, Amherst, Massachusetts

Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union

Open to the public, admission $20 for NOFA members, $25 for non-members

Register online at www.nofasummerconference.org

Demand for farm-fresh, unpasteurized milk has grown dramatically in recent

years, as has the level of crackdowns on farmers' rights to sell it, and

consumers' rights to purchase it. Laws are inconsistently implemented and

enforced, false public safety claims are manipulated to scare people, and

efforts are made to marginalize consumers who seek out raw milk. Yet the virtues

of raw milk continue to be extolled by those who drink it, evidence of its

health benefits is mounting, and the public outcry to demand that our food

freedom be protected is growing by the day.

The 2010 Northeast Raw Milk Symposium will be an opportunity for raw milk

farmers, consumers and advocates to come together to learn and discuss the

issues around access to unpasteurized milk, and to strategize about how to work

together to defend and expand our rights. The Symposium will feature talks and

opportunities for dialogue with two of the leading voices in the field of raw

milk, Sally Fallon Morell and Pete Kennedy. Both have written and spoken

extensively about raw milk issues around the United States and internationally.

Sally Fallon Morell, MA, will talk about the health issues around raw milk.

Sally is the president of The Weston A. Price Foundation and founder of A

Campaign for Real Milk (www.realmilk.com). She is the author of Nourishing

Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the

Diet Dictocrats (with G. Enig, PhD), a well-researched, thought-provoking

guide to traditional foods. Sally is also a journalist, chef, nutrition

researcher, homemaker, and community activist. Her four healthy children were

raised on whole foods including butter, cream, eggs and meat.

Kennedy, Esq. will talk about legal and rights issues around raw milk.

Pete is president of the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund, an organization

devoted to defending the rights of farmers to sell what they produce, and of

consumers to have access to those products. He is also an attorney and works

primarily on the right of farmers to distribute raw milk and raw milk products

direct to consumers. He has represented or assisted in the representation of

dairy farmers facing possible state enforcement action in Florida, Wisconsin,

Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. He has helped farmers get started in the business of

distributing raw milk and raw milk products in many other states. He is

currently working with others to challenge the federal ban on the interstate

shipment of raw milk for human consumption.

The Symposium will also feature a Panel Discussion of raw milk farmers and

advocates from around the region, which will offer an opportunity for

participants to hear about specific issues around access to raw milk in the

Northeast. This discussion will give attendees a chance to brainstorm ideas for

how to work together to share resources and ideas aimed and broadening and

preserving access to raw milk.

Contact: Winton Pitcoff, Raw Milk Network Coordinator, at winton@...,

or at . For more info, visit:

http://www.marawmilk.org/