Digest – News: So Monsanto, going to take on Wal-Mart? Meanwhile, raw milk’s...
It ain't over until the biotech giant screams: Wal-Mart says its private-label milk will be produced with no artificial growth hormones, aka Monsanto's rBST drug Posilac. (Globe and Mail) Related:...
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California raw milk: Headed for a HACCP?
California legislators, food safety experts, and raw milk advocates met this evening in Sacramento to discuss improving raw milk safety. Legislators passed new language in October that required...
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Digest – News: GM soy underperforms conventional, food riots, raw-milk...
OK, please bear with us while we catch up on the last few weeks' worth of news and remember how to pun. The links in the Digest that got deleted are gone forever, however; apologies to readers who'd...
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California’s raw-milk bill — skimmed?
California’s ongoing drama about permitting raw (unpasteurized) milk to be sold in stores has turned sour once again this week. Just when it looked like proposed legislation palatable to the raw dairy...
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A whole lot of drama: Raw milk, Hollywood celebrities, and a politically...
The raw milk debate is heating up in California -- and pasteurization has nothing to do with it. California’ raw milk community is continuing the fight to reform a draconian bacteria standard passed...
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Schwarzenegger goaded into raw milk veto, dairies may have to lose to win
Interest groups across California got their feathers ruffled this week as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger systematically vetoed a record number of bills — including the Farm Fresh Milk Act. Authored by...
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Take the Raw Milk Consumer Survey
As many as 3% of consumers may prefer their milk unpasteurized, a growing trend that has spurred federal legislation to allow raw milk to cross state lines. As demand grows, we have seen an increase in...
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Memo to raw-milk advocates: Improve information, or get sued
Fifty veterinarians and others concerned with food safety gathered at a raw milk symposium last Sunday in Seattle. Sponsored by the American Veterinarian Medical Association (AVMA), “The Raw Milk...
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Memo to raw-milk advocates: Improve information, or get sued
Fifty veterinarians and others concerned with food safety gathered at a raw milk symposium last Sunday in Seattle. Sponsored by the American Veterinarian Medical Association (AVMA), “The Raw Milk...
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Special Digest: Have a raw milk shake, “he said/she said” style
These are frothy days for the debate over access to unpasteurized milk. Business-reporter-turned-raw-milk-blogger David Gumpert has a new book out, "The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging...
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