FW: [GoatCheesePlus] Re: from the Washington dairy list re deaths from pasteurized milk

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YES Randy this is a Semi recent change in the past 5-10 years MEGA AG COMPANIES have been Merging and buying each other out and Bribing the FDA to help them !! this is why NAIS is being developed and Big famers have loopholes in how its enforced..... Its no Mistake Pal> To: GoatCheesePlus > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:04:43 +0000> Subject: [GoatCheesePlus] Re: from the Washington dairy list re deaths from pasteurized milk> > --- This is a pretty rash statement... having been one of the small > dairies for over 30 years (from 24-600 cows)I can tell you that there > is not a single statement that carries less truth.> > Why on God green earth would a big dairy want to put a small dairy > out of business. They have absolutly NO incentitive to do so. In > fact I will go so far as to say the big guys are the first to jump > on board if their SMALL dairy neighbor need help. While dairy > people tend to be independant, they also recognize the need to stand > beside each other and they DO IT WITH FORCE. Stands to reason..that > what ever benefits a large dairy also benefits a small one, I'm also > certain that the issues the dairies fight (ie government controls) > benefit each other as well. > > If anybody can name one single issue thats instigated by large > corporate dairies that makes life mizerable for the small ones PLEASE > be specific and give us that example. I'm still looking for a > reason, other than PUBLIC DEMAND (read consumer and tree huggers > there), that creates dairy trauma. I've been in the shoes !!!! Are > there any other REAL DAIRY people on this list thats walked the mile?> > I personally dont care if you milk one lame cow or 25,000, the issues > are the same. Fixed costs, government regulations (which the dairies > fight tooth and toenail), animal health, land and water quality, > labor, and the list goes on...its business and trust me I've yet to > see any attempt from BIG BROTHER to cancel out his smaller and in > many cases more productive smaller counterpart.> > Its a recognized fact that the smaller units are the back bone of > the dairy industry. Large corporate dairies as some call them, are > many, but they also have the capital investments from outside > influences to produce milk for the public when the prices are so low > that the smaller units can NOT continue to loose their lifes > work. Cuss as you may.. americans want cheap food....I fear those > days may be numbered. One might even do some research on economic > calculations for the future when all of our food stuffs go up 200% > in cost.. > > OK enough soap boxing as Bill would call it . PLEASE... if any list > reader has precise documented information of any large, or even > corporate dairy trying to close the small ones down......and I would > like to see specific data, something besides weak mental analysis > or why the smaller family farms choose to close.> > Randy> > **********************************> In GoatCheesePlus , Don Kern > wrote:> >> > > > Congrats Margie! we have a Winner! You! thats Exactly WHAT BIG > DAIRY INC. wants NO COMPETITION WHATSOEVER! and they use the GOVT as > thier LACKIES!!!!!!!!!> > > > > > To: RawDairy@...: daystar1952@...: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:00:06 -> 0800Subject: Re: from the Washington dairy list re deaths > from pasteurized milk> > > > > > > > Seems to me that they may be just going after the small dairies in > general (not raw milk in this case) so that eventually there will > only be the corporation dairies?> > > > Margie> > _________________________________________________________________> > Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live.> > http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?> ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_122007> > > >