My son and daughter-in-law gave me a t-shirt last night that reads, "Raw Milk Outlaw". Very cute, especially coming at the end of such an eventful year affecting nutritional freedom.
For me, personally, this past year has been a time of important education, prompted in significant measure by the raw-milk crackdowns, as to the vast power that has accrued to the food and drug establishment. Every industry hates change–if it was up to horse-and-buggy makers, we wouldn’t be driving cars–so it shouldn’t be surprising that the dairy industry is fighting tooth and nail against even a hint of inroads by raw milk. If raw milk catches on further, it could force huge changes in that industry and, perhaps more signficant, expose shortcomings throughout the food-factory system.
I expect the coming year will be equally interesting in this arena. Raw milk will continue as a symbol of the regulatory and health problems created by the factory system. The pressure on this sytem will likely intensify, as more people become educated as to the problems of the existing system, and the opportunities for better health by going in new directions. And our legal system will be stretched by the challenges that will mount. The legal decision a few days ago in Ohio (described in my previous posting) provides encouragement that our system retains enough flexibility to change and adjust. (By the way, I finally figured out how to upload a copy of the decision and link to it.)
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