Letter to PA Lawmakers

[Guest guest]

Thought I’d share my letter to PA

officials.

I hope others will take the time to

respond also.

Sincerely,

I want to express my dismay and deep concern over the harassment that

your state’s raw milk dairy farmers are undergoing at the hands of Bill

Chirdon and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

I have often purchased raw butter and other dairy products from some of

the farms in your state when I visit, and I seek them out primarily for their

sustainable agricultural methods, and the fact that they are minimizing grain

in feeding their cows, as well as maximizing pasture and forage feeding.

History and recent research shows that milk products from cows fed primarily

forage is dramatically safer and contains less pathogens then milk products

from confinement grain based operations. The sad fact is that the Federal

government and most states have largely ignored the potential benefits from

this type of agriculture and seem focused on the almost un-American task of

shutting these small sustainable family farms down.

I have personally seen a radical turnaround in my health since

beginning to consume raw milk and other raw milk products (primarily butter and

yogurt) in the last 7 years. The contention that raw milk and pasteurized milk

are identical in their health benefits to humans is simply wrong. I have seen

the evidence in my own life and it is dramatic!

There is no surprise that the FDA is against raw milk. The FDA,

unfortunately, has largely become an organization controlled by the large

corporate food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies. Americans

are realizing that if they want to achieve good health, they have to look

elsewhere for guidance.

I would really like your state, as well as other states, to take a role

in trying to find out why these farms and raw milk are so popular. Also, in

trying to develop testing standards that recognize that raw milk is a different

product than pasteurized milk. Why not help these small farms and their

consumers by developing policies that will protect consumers when there is a

real issue, but help these small diversified farms learn what it takes to get

their operations even more safe? I and others don’t want to have to feel

that we are completely ignored by a government that is supposed to be of and

for the people.

I also think the PDA should drop charges against Mark Nolt and Glenn

Wise and return all supplies and equipment illegally seized from them. Also,

what is Bill Chirdon, a former executive with Dean Foods, doing in charge of a

department overseeing raw milk?

Sincerely,

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