legalize sales of raw milk in florida
- by: Rena Marvin, Progressive Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
- recipient: Florida lawmakers
I believe that we have a fundamental right to consume the foods of our choice. This freedom of food choice includes the right to consume raw milk. We demand the termination of any laws that interfere with the exercise of our legal right to consume raw milk.
We, the undersigned, believe that there is a fundamental right to consume the foods of our choice. This freedom of food choice includes the right to consume raw milk. We should be able to obtain raw milk from sources in our local community. We demand termination of any laws that interfere with our ability to exercise our legal right to consume raw milk.
Clean, raw milk has sustained human populations for thousands of years and is nutritionally sound. Raw milk contains lots of vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, and disease-fighting immunoglobulins, most all of which are destroyed by pasteurization. Raw milk is also an important source of calcium for those who are lactose-intolerant because the raw milk retains lactase, making the milk digestible. Pasteurization destroys health-protecting properties of milk.
Modern raw milk comes from cows that are healthy--it has to in order for it to be fit for production and sales. Pasteurization was instituted in the 1920s to combat TB, infant diarrhea, undulant fever and other diseases caused by over-confinement, dirty production methods and feeding cows with distillery wastes. But raw milk from grass-fed cows is infinitely healthier than those that are kept in confinement dairies. Times have changed and modern stainless steel tanks, milking machines, refrigerated trucks and inspection methods make pasteurization absolutely unnecessary for public protection.
Raw milk is so hard to get, and those who wish to buy it go to great lengths to obtain it. Raw dairy farmers have a vested interest in maintaining the highest quality possible to ensure that strong consumer demand for their niche product. Pasteurization, in contrast, allows dairies to be lax in their cleanliness and sanitation, as they rely on the pasteurization process to "clean" the milk.
Raw milk is not just good for consumers and cows, however. It is also good for local economies as it favors small farmers and dairies, allowing them to make a living, even from small herds, rather than sending our dollars and jobs to giant mega-corporations in far-off states.
Raw milk from local sources is also good for the environment because it requires fewer fossil fuels to transport it to market than milk from giant conventional dairies in distant states.
We request legalization of raw milk sales in Florida and support for raw dairy farming.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Ký thỉnh nguyện thưKý thỉnh nguyện thưClean, raw milk has sustained human populations for thousands of years and is nutritionally sound. Raw milk contains lots of vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, and disease-fighting immunoglobulins, most all of which are destroyed by pasteurization. Raw milk is also an important source of calcium for those who are lactose-intolerant because the raw milk retains lactase, making the milk digestible. Pasteurization destroys health-protecting properties of milk.
Modern raw milk comes from cows that are healthy--it has to in order for it to be fit for production and sales. Pasteurization was instituted in the 1920s to combat TB, infant diarrhea, undulant fever and other diseases caused by over-confinement, dirty production methods and feeding cows with distillery wastes. But raw milk from grass-fed cows is infinitely healthier than those that are kept in confinement dairies. Times have changed and modern stainless steel tanks, milking machines, refrigerated trucks and inspection methods make pasteurization absolutely unnecessary for public protection.
Raw milk is so hard to get, and those who wish to buy it go to great lengths to obtain it. Raw dairy farmers have a vested interest in maintaining the highest quality possible to ensure that strong consumer demand for their niche product. Pasteurization, in contrast, allows dairies to be lax in their cleanliness and sanitation, as they rely on the pasteurization process to "clean" the milk.
Raw milk is not just good for consumers and cows, however. It is also good for local economies as it favors small farmers and dairies, allowing them to make a living, even from small herds, rather than sending our dollars and jobs to giant mega-corporations in far-off states.
Raw milk from local sources is also good for the environment because it requires fewer fossil fuels to transport it to market than milk from giant conventional dairies in distant states.
We request legalization of raw milk sales in Florida and support for raw dairy farming.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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