- Elmore, Alabama

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Hello to all Members,

My name is Mayes-Cleckler and I live in

rural Elmore, Elmore County Alabama. My e-mail is

Grandmagoat4@....

I am new to raw dairy products. My interest is

for health reasons for my husband () who is

a Type II diabetic and for my self. I have

Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, myofacial

pain syndrome, asthma, COPD, osteoarthritis,

selective immunodeficency syndrome (NOT HIV OR

HERPIES!)which is from the fybromyagia and I have

just been tested for systemic lupus. I don't know

the results yet.

I am not looking for a miracle cure but raw dairy

has to be healthier that the products we have

consumed in the past. We are currently switching

to all organic produce and meat when available

also. No more packaged and boxed products for us.

A good friend of mine was treated for

fibromyalgia for years with no positive result

until another friend asked if she used products

with aspertame in them. She did. The friend

suggested she elimminate those products from her

diet. She did so and all her symptoms disapeared.

Come to find out she was suffewring from

aspertame poisoning!!

It is my understanding that it is illegal to sell

raw dairy products in Alabama but not to consume

them from your own animals. However, Mississippi

can sell raw dairy if picked up at the farm.

We have no animals of our own yet. The plan is to

buy sufficient land to support a jersey milk cow

and a few nubian dairy goats, chickens and

perhaps a pig or too so we can have our own

organic meat, eggs etc. Also a house for us to

live in in the next 2-3 years. I am very excited

about this. We have found a farmer's market in

Birmingham that sell organic produce from small

farmers from May - October.

I am very excited to be able to converse with

others who already know of the benefits of

natural, organic foods and healthy living styles.

I look forward to being a part of this group and

learning and sharing knowledge.

I learned of this group from a cheesemaking group

that I belong to. They also introduced me to the

Weston A Price Foundation whose web site I found

intriguing.

I also am learing artisan cheese making from raw

milk (or any milk actually as raw may be used in

any recipe).

Please let me know if further information is required.

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