My family has been drinking grass-fed raw milk for almost 20 years now. Since that time, I have watched the war against farm-fresh dairy evolve from something the government basically ignored (because there were so few people doing it) to the present day policy which is to harass and illegally shut down small dairy farms across the county essentially bankrupting them in the process.
Remember the old quotation from Gandhi?
First they ignore at you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
We are clearly in the last phase of the war against raw milk and there is no doubt that the right for the consumer to choose healthy farm fresh foods will win. But there is still a long way to go.
This new phase of the raw milk war now involves consumers as well as farmers. Considered off-limits in the past, consumers are being harassed and threatened with trumped-up charges like allowing local farmers to deliver on their property.
Government officials are writing up phony cease and desist letters in the name of the FDA even where the FDA has absolutely no jurisdiction in order to frighten consumers away from procuring dairy from their own privately owned cows tended by farmers contracted with via herd share agreements.
Clearly these are desperate measures by a government that realizes they are losing the battle to scare consumers away from this healthy, nutrient-dense food.
In the early days of the war, government warnings that raw milk would make you sick and that those who drank it were playing Russian roulette with their health were enough to scare the majority of consumers away from seeking and trying it for themselves. With distrust of the government at an all-time high, these tactics are no longer working.
One gal new to farm-fresh dairy told me recently that if the government was against raw milk, that must mean she should drink it and that it was good for her!
With the old battle strategies ineffective, this new phase against raw milk involves trying to reason with consumers to dissuade them logically from consuming raw milk. This “I’m one of you and here are my concerns” approach seems very real and sensible at first, but in reality, it is the propaganda snake simply shedding its skin and taking a new form all in the name of confusing the consumer into inaction.
Take a look at the slick, professional video below by “Food Poison Expert” and attorney Bill Marler. This short clip demonstrates this new approach to divert consumers away from raw milk very clearly. His website “Real Raw Milk Facts” even goes so far as to use the lingo of the Real Food movement.
Be warned if you are new to raw dairy. This tactic is just the same old raw milk propaganda repackaged in a more subtle and insidious way to infiltrate and fight the raw milk war from the inside and on the fringes of the Real Food Movement. Will it work?
Not a chance. Consumers are becoming way to savvy nowadays to fall for this type of baloney. But it is helpful to expose the new tools of war just the same.
I hope he has that video linked up to his phony real raw milk page. So far the comments won’t be helpful in making his point, lol.
I am new to the whole real food movement and after watching food Inc, reading about FDA shutting down small farms etc etc, I wonder if there is a way for tax payers to sue the fda/epa and other governmental agencies/reps for not working in the people’s best interest by 1) knowingly allowing harmful substances into our food chain 2) disallowing healthy things. There must be a way for us Tax payers to have a say in how the fda uses those tax dollars of ours. I am sure even the people who don’t know about *dangers or raw milk* will not make it a priority over let say GMO foods, chemicals, excess sugar/salt in our food.. like seriously!!
even if they are not sued for money – at the very least we should be able to change the hiring policies of the gov. organizations that work for us. stipulate something like no one from monsanto or the like can work here due to conflict of interest. ofcourse word it more appropriately.
There certainly needs to be! Pretty much, if FDA or USDA says something is healthy or unhealthy, you can bet the opposite is true! Raw milk, pharma drugs, herbs, the food pyramid–they get it wrong every. single. time.
I agree. There should be something we can do about how our tax dollars are spent and how organizations that are funded by them are run. There are just way too many greedy vultures out there to simply turn a blind eye. Think it’s high time we start doing our own regulating!
I just love it. These bozos never differentiate grass fed small farm cow’s milk from industrial dairy milk. That junk HAS to be pasteurized. I don’t even want to think about it. Okay, require small raw dairies to submit samples, go through inspections, whatever, but don’t criminalize the act of drinking raw milk! As I read elsewhere, cigarettes are known to kill people, but anyone over 16 can waltz in a store and get as much as they want. All I want is to be able to do the same with my raw milk!
I love that he compares raw milk to salad! Maybe we should all stop eating salad. Hilarious. Or maybe we should all know where our food is coming from and what the farmers are doing to it! I trust Mark McAffee way more than Brand X milk made by No Name.
As if any of us think we will cure autism with a glass of raw milk. Grant us some common sense, please. Don’t stereotype us as quack healers! Raw milk is one (very important) component of a healthy traditional diet, which will cure autism!
Mr. Clark looks like he could loose a few pounds… it would be highly beneficial for him to switch to a real food diet 😉 haha
Hahaha *like!*
Love the video. Everything should be heated up and the nutrients destroyed! It’s not safe to eat things raw with nutrients! Rolling my eyes. The government needs to butt out and let citizens have the right to make their own food choices (including not having GMOs in our food!)
I refuse to watch the video and give him the time of day. One thing I will say is the way things have been going lately, and while we were asleep thinking that the FDA was looking out for us, the big sharks have been feeding the FDA lies and have been destroying our food supplies, from milk to anything that can be grown on this earth. Monsanto and some chemical companies have been destroying seeds by genetically modifying them and then patenting them. the seeds that God has provided for us to grow and eat have been taken over and soon one after the other will be GM. Whole foods has just given up on this battle and is now on the same boat selling natural, organic but genetically modified everything. it is really sad, but, here is some food for thought. We have found a way to go around the milk issue with ownership shares. how do we go around saving non genetically modified seeds. we need to do this. all of us concerned about the issue need to get on board and grow our own crops. any thoughts about how to do this?
E. coli? That is what he is worried about? I could go to McDonalds or some other fast food chain and eat one of their “hamburgers” and get E. coli or go to the grocery store and eat their packaged spinach and get E. coli. Yeah, I’m pretty sure that happened not to long ago. I was raised on raw milk and I NEVER got sick from it and after a short period of drinking the other stuff, I am happy to say I have returned to raw milk. My aunt is allergic to the “safe” milk and the ONLY milk she can drink is raw milk. This is proof enough for me. They take an “expert” wrap him in a nice suit, get him to spout off “facts” and end it with pretty music to try to con people into believing this garbage. It makes me sick 🙁 Sadly, alot of people do believe this stuff.
Simply put we should have the right to make our own choices when it concerns what we eat and drink.
Love my raw milk!!!!! America needs to wake up and keep the govt out of our lives when it comes to what we can consume. By golly dont purchase raw milk and lets make it illegal but for goodness sake walk into any store purchase your booz and go home and drink that. raw milk is not destroying my liver, leaving me hung over and destroying my family in the process! However beer and other alcholic drinks are killing people but that is ok apparently. Cmon get it together America!!!!!!