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Raw Milk Freedom Riders Ride Again

Posted by Kevin Brown on November 29, 2011

*** Action Alert***
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Raw Milk Freedom Riders Ride Again

On November 1, 2011 the Raw Milk Freedom Riders made their inaugural run from PA to MD eliciting a statement from the FDA. http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2011/11/4/in-accomplishing-their-goals-michael-schmidt-and-the-raw-mil.html Subsequently, federal and state authorities have launched an all out assault from coast to coast, targeting farmers, buying clubs, and individuals involved with the production or distribution of real milk and other local foods. Over a dozen people or businesses now face various charges, orders, and other enforcement actions; some are even under “federal criminal investigation” and face a trial by grand jury.

Actions:

1.  Join the Raw Milk Freedom Riders as we defy the FDA and transport raw milk across state lines and agents distribute the milk!  www.RawMilkFreedomRiders.com for additional details

2.  Spread the word. Post to facebook, email, and call local news stations about this deliberate act of Civil Disobedience (see below invitation)

3.  If you are unable to make it, please donate to help cover expenses. http://tinyurl.com/6tduy7a

For additional information, see www.RawMilkFreedomRiders.com

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Raw Milk Bill

Posted by Kevin Brown on November 29, 2011

Please watch for NJ Raw Milk Bill S2702 emails.  We expect a hearing for the bill soon — possibly on Thurs, Dec 1 or Mon, Dec 12.

Your presence at the hearing will be invaluable as we expect more opposition.

Please call or email:
Senator Raymond Lesniak (D)
Chairman, Economic Growth Committee
(908) 624-0880
SenLesniak@njleg.org

Please email:
Senator Stephen Sweeney (D)
Senate President
SenSweeney@njleg.org

Talking points:
- Please tell the personal story of your positive experience with raw milk.
- Important economic opportunity for NJ farmers.
- Please post bill to committee for action.

Thank you to everyone who helped getting the Assembly version of the bill, A743, passed with an overwhelming majority.  Now we need to deal with health department objections and get the bill through committee in the Senate.

More information:
A743 / S2702
www.njleg.state.nj.us

If you are interested in carpooling to Trenton for the hearing, please contact carolrice@optonline.net with your name, email, home & cell numbers, town name, and number of people you can bring.

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Raw Milk Freedom Riders

Posted by Kevin Brown on November 29, 2011

Mothers, Acting As ‘Agents,’ To Defy FDA Warning

Mothers, Acting As ‘Agents,’ To Defy FDA Warning

Against FDA Prohibitions, Freedom Riders Will Publicly

Distribute over 100 gallons Raw Milk to Waiting Mothers

Chicago, IL—On December 8, a group of mothers and others will defy the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on “distributing” fresh milk across state lines by transporting 100 gallons of raw milk from Wisconsin to Chicago’s Independence Park and distributing it to customers waiting at the park. Rally time is 11:30am – 2:00pm.

Federal law 21 CFR § 1240.61 prohibits interstate movement and distribution of raw milk for human cons

umption. The FDA regulation applies to individuals, or “agents” acting on their behalf.

Over the past year, the FDA and state authorities have conducted undercover sting operations on, raided and prosecuted farmers, buying clubs, and individuals who help distribute raw milk and other farm fresh foods. Over a dozen people and businesses currently face charges, orders, and other enforcement actions; some are under “federal criminal investigation” and face possible indictment by a grand jury. Several small cheese producing dairies with no history of making anyone sick have been put out of business by the FDA’s actions.

“It is a God-given, inalienable right to engage in direct, private transactions with our food producers,” says Max Kane, director of a Chicago area local-food-buying club.  “Americans deserve to know that the FDA is using their tax dollars to target and prosecute independent, peaceful, farmers and their customers.”

Mothers from around the country, determined to protect their families’ food supply, launched the Raw Milk Freedom Riders with an inaugural ride on November 1 when they transported raw milk from Pennsylvania to the FDA’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, and distributed the milk to crowds gathered for a protest.  In response the FDA issued a statement saying it does not “intend” to take “enforcement action against an individual who purchased and transported raw milk across state lines solely for his or her own personal consumption.”

The Freedom Riders say that the FDA’s statement leaves the door open for FDA to pursue farmers, buying clubs and individuals acting as “distribution agents.”  The Wisconsin to Chicago Raw Milk Freedom ride will challenge the FDA’s use of force against raw milk distribution.

Media are invited to ride along as embedded reporters to witness the FDA’s reaction to the Freedom Riders’ standing up for their rights.

Info about farm raids www.FarmFoodFreedomCoalition.org For additional information on raw milk www.westonaprice.org

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Food Safety

Posted by Kevin Brown on November 25, 2011

 FDA CONCEDES RAW MILK ACROSS STATE LINES OK FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION

But continues to broadcast misinformation about unpasteurized dairy

Washington, DC ( November 17, 2011)—

In a statement issued on November 1, concurrent with a raw milk freedom rally held outside FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, the agency conceded that it “has never taken, nor does it intend to take, enforcement action against an individual who purchased and transported raw milk across state lines solely for his or her own personal consumption” [www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Product-SpecificInformation/MilkSafety/ucm277854.htm]. This statement reverses FDA‟s prior position in which the agency reserved the option of taking action against individual consumers crossing state lines with raw milk. Federal regulation 21 CFR § 1240.61 prohibits the introduction of raw milk for human consumption into interstate commerce.

A caravan of moms brought raw milk across state lines on November 1 and served it to rally participants in front of FDA headquarters.

“Unfortunately, FDA‟s announcement allowing individuals to transport raw milk across state lines is filled with the same misinformation that the agency has spread in the past,” says Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, an organization that sponsors A Campaign for Real Milk, aimed at universal access to clean raw milk. “FDA continues to insist that raw milk is dangerous, when even the agency‟s own exaggerated list of outbreaks shows that raw milk is safer than other foods.”

“FDA lists outbreaks associated with raw cheese, produced in less than sanitary conditions, as „outbreaks caused by raw milk,‟ thereby inflating the number of illnesses associated with raw milk,” says Fallon Morell. “The actual number of illnesses associated (but not necessarily proved) with raw milk is about forty-two per year, which makes raw milk a very safe food given the large number of raw milk consumers. No deaths have been associated with raw milk during the past twelve years, but three people have died from tainted pasteurized milk.”

FDA insists that raw milk drinkers constitute less than 1 percent of the population. Yet a 2007 government survey found that about 3 percent of the population consumes raw milk, or about nine million people. This number is likely to be higher today as raw milk consumption is growing rapidly. Even in the state of Maryland, where raw milk sales are illegal, over 3 percent of respondents stated that they drank raw milk.

“This milk is coming from Pennsylvania, where raw milk sales are legal,” says Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, “to the great detriment of Maryland farmers.” According to Kennedy, hundreds of thousands of dollars of farm sales each year flow from Maryland to Pennsylvania.

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is currently representing citizens challenging the interstate ban on raw milk in an Iowa federal district court .

According to Fallon Morell, “FDA continues to insist that no science exists to substantiate the nutritional and health benefits of raw milk, yet we now have five European studies, published in peer reviewed journals, showing that raw milk provides powerful protection against asthma and allergies. And there is copious scientific research showing that pasteurization of milk denatures and diminishes the effectiveness of enzymes and vitamins in the milk.”

Moreover, raw milk is designed to build the immune system—the components that do this are denatured by the heat process of pasteurization. FDA claims that the elderly, the immune-compromised, children and pregnant women especially should avoid raw milk. “These are the very people who need it the most,” says Fallon Morell.

 

 

The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nutrition education non-profit with 550 local chapters worldwide, and close to 13,000 members. The organization works to educate the public about the health benefits of unprocessed milk from grass-based dairies through its Campaign for Real Milk, http://realmilk.com.

CONTACT: Kimberly Hartke, press@westonaprice.org, 703-860-2711, cell 703-675-5557

URL: http://www.westonaprice.org/press/fda-concedes-raw-milk-across-state-lines-ok-for-personal-consumption

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Freedom Riders

Posted by Kevin Brown on November 25, 2011

Raw Milk Freedom Riders to Ride Again

December 8th 2011 IN CHICAGO!

more info at RawMilkFreedomRiders.com

You are invited to join the Raw Milk Freedom Riders, Food Freedom Advocates from around the country, local and national press and Maybe the FDA and law enforcement* at our next Freedom Ride coming to Chicago IL.

Who:      Raw Milk Freedom Riders and Speakers from around the U.S.

What:     100 gallons of Raw Milk and Cookies to be distributed in support of Food Freedom

Where:  From Wisconsin to Chicago.  Rally at Independence Park, 3850 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL. 60618

When:   Thursday, December 8, 2011   (11:30am-2:00pm)

Why:     After the first freedom Ride on November 1st in Maryland, the FDA issued a statement saying, in part, they did not “intend” to target individuals transporting raw milk across state lines for their own, individual use.  Implicit in this, FDA is admitting their intent to criminally target agents, buying clubs, coops and farmers in their pursuit of raw milk prohibition.

Join us as we call for an end to the prohibition and criminalization of raw milk consumers!

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The caravan of Freedom Riders will include embedded reporters to broadcast what we are doing and why—to shed light on the FDA’s violent and failing policies.  We are informing the FDA of our intentions and inviting them to the party as we caravan over 100 gallons of raw milk from Wisconsin and then distribute in Chicago at Independence Park.   It is time to challenge the FDA on the law that turns honest parents and farmers into criminals for transporting raw milk across state lines.

Food Freedom heroes Max Kane, David Gumpert, Liz Reitzig, Kathy Pirtle, John Moody, Jim Marlowe and many others dedicated to raw milk choice and food freedom will join us for a rally and peaceful demonstration at Independence Park in Chicago.

We welcome EVERYONE to join us at the rally and help make a HUGE statement to the FDA on our movement toward personal choice, dietary privacy, and food freedom!  Please email questions to the Freedom Riders at rawmilkfreedomriders@gmail.com

For additional information, see www.RawMilkFreedomRiders.com

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Raw Milk Freedom Riders Ride Again!

Posted by Liz Reitzig on November 18, 2011

After a hugely successful freedom ride from Pennsylvania to Maryland, here come the Raw Milk Freedom Riders Chicago!

 

Raw Milk Freedom Rally November 1, 2011

 

The Freedom Rides are organized, in part by the Farm Food Freedom Coalition.

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News Release

Posted by Kevin Brown on November 17, 2011

NEWS RELEASE

NHF APPOINTS DEE NICHOLSON AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NHF CANADA

November 12, 2011

The National Health Federation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dee Nicholson as the Executive Director of the NHF Canada, based in Toronto, Ontario.

Ms. Nicholson has been one of our three Canadian executive directors since 2009, so she is not new to the NHF.  With the departure of Marilyn Nelson and Candace Hill to pursue other endeavors, Dee will be stepping up to fill that gap, and carry forward the efforts of the National Health Federation in assuring health freedom in both our nations.

A public relations consultant as well as a seasoned activist who has achieved public honors for her work in both Canada and the USA, Dee is determined to stand firm against government control of our health options.  For nearly a decade, she has spearheaded the drive to warn Canadians how trade agreements are threatening our health freedom, and allow international standards like those of Codex Alimentarius to be enforced upon us, instead of our own free choices.

“It is a critical time in both our countries right now, as the squeeze is being applied to all our innovators in natural health,” she says.  “We have fabulous advances in formulations, but no way to get them to market, thanks to both the FDA and Health Canada.  Then they tell us we live in a free country,” laments Nicholson.

Dee believes it’s time for us all to challenge government’s assumption of control over our health choices, and points to the recent successes of actions by ordinary people, standing and speaking together.

“I believe the people are only beginning to flex their muscles, and take up their responsibility to govern our governors.  We have great power, if we only would realize it.  I hope that the NHF Canada can help stimulate Canadians and others to use their voices and declare themselves. If we want to guarantee a healthy future to ourselves and our children, we have no time to waste,” says Dee.  “It is a battle for our lives, truth be told, and it’s one we must win.”

Dee intends an immediate focus on how international pressures are being brought to bear on our health freedoms, as our health agencies monkey-wrench our legislation to allow for more and more harmonization, and less freedom of choice.   In addition, as always, NHF Canada will both lead and support efforts to defend the rights of the millions of Canadians who use natural health products, and the industry that provides them.

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National Health Federation: Established in 1955, the National Health Federation is a consumer-education, health-freedom organization working to protect individuals’ rights to choose to consume healthy food, take supplements and use alternative therapies without unnecessary government restrictions. The NHF is the only such organization with recognized observer-delegate status at Codex meetings.

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Hunger Strike

Posted by Kevin Brown on November 7, 2011

CANADIAN RAW MILK CRUSADER ENDS THIRTY-SEVEN DAY HUNGER STRIKE

MEETS WITH ONTARIO PREMIER DALTON MCGUINTY

Raw milk crusader Michael Schmidt has abandoned his hunger strike after meeting with Premier

Dalton McGuinty on November 4, 2011.

Schmidt began his hunger strike in late September after he was found guilty on 15 of 19 charges related to the sale and distribution of raw milk.

The Durham farmer, who has been fighting for years for the right to sell unpasteurized milk, had a meeting with the premier’s chief of staff when McGuinty decided to join in.

A spokeswoman for McGuinty says:

the meeting went well, and Schmidt was invited to speak to the Liberal caucus, but the government will not change its position to allow the sale of raw milk….’

MICHAEL WILL BE A SPEAKER AT WISE TRADITIONS 2011.  Don’t miss Michael’s talk on biodynamic bovine health on Friday, November 11, and to meet and talk with Michael throughout the conference.

TO REGISTER for the conference and for details, visit http://www.westonaprice.org/2011-conference/2011-conference .
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Raw Milk Freedom Riders!!

Posted by Liz Reitzig on November 6, 2011

Here is the video from one of our embedded reporters, Adam Kokesh and a true American Hero!

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70 New Paleo, Low-Carb & Health Blogs For November 2011

Posted by Jimmy Moore on November 5, 2011

It’s that time again for me and Christine to get away for a few days for some much-needed rest and relaxation. It’s been quite the year for us and we’ve been looking forward to this week of vacation for a while. Christine’s 39th birthday is this Friday, November 11, 2011 (11-11-11) and she asked specifically if we could get away…and so we are. I’ve been joking her that she’s almost “old” now and that usually gets me the look. I’m turning 40 next month when I’ll officially be old. Naaaahh, I’m just getting started baby!

I actually got a pretty cool early birthday present mysef when I discovered this Wikipedia page about my work promoting low-carb diets. It’s an honor to be recognized like this and I’m grateful for the chance to live up to that expectation level. THANK YOU to all of you my readers for helping me make “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” possible! I’m having the time of my life sharing with you about healthy low-carb living and don’t have any plans of giving it up anytime soon. I guess you’re stuck with me for a while longer.

Earlier this week I shared about a 4-disc DVD set of lectures from the 2011 Wise Traditions UK Conference and a special giveaway contest for three lucky readers. To be eligible to win, all you had to do was leave a comment. Here are my three winners–Daytona, Ginger and Kim Gundry Christman! CONGRATULATIONS and you’ll be hearing from Philip Ridley about how to redeem your prize. THANK YOU for reading!

Didn’t win that contest? That’s okay! I’ve got another one to announce to you today featuring the low-carb chocolate chips available from CarbSmart.com called Nevada Manna Sugar Free Chocolate Chips. With the holiday baking season coming up, what a great way to have a nice sweet treat without all the sugar. These coveted sugar-free chocolate chips have been out of stock for a while, but now they’re back! And two lucky readers will receive 6 FREE BAGS of these chocolate chips just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas. All you gotta do is take a look at the blogs listed below and share in the comments section who your favorite one was. There are a lot to choose from, so make your way through the list carefully this next week. When I return back from vacation on Monday, November 14, 2011, I’ll pick the two winners. GOOD LUCK!

Believe it or not, there are so many brand new Paleo, low-carb and health blogs coming out it’s almost impossible for me to keep up with them all! But I’m doing my best to highlight as many as I find out there in the blogiverse…they never seem to be in short supply. There are no repeats from previous listings in the 70 blogs I’m presenting to you today in this post–these are all newly-featured here at “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb.” And I can’t help but smile at the way this community has grown over the past few years. Please visit as many of these blogs as you can, leave them a comment, write them an e-mail, and bookmark their page if you liked what you saw. Here’s a list of all my previous blog listings–check ‘em out here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

Here are 70 Paleo, low-carb and health blogs for November 2011:

1. MARIA’S NUTRITIOUS AND DELICIOUS JOURNAL
2. KYLE’S LOW CARB BLOG
3. LO CARBOLICIOUS
4. LUCAS TAFUR
5. MIDWEST PRS: DR. S. ANDREI OSTRIC
6. ANCESTRAL WELLNESS
7. CARBGENIE
8. LOW CARB DIVA
9. THOUGHT-FUEL COMPANY
10. QUITTING SUGAR
11. MAKE MINE PALEO
12. PROVING THE PYRAMID WRONG
13. DAN’S LOW CARB JOURNEY
14. FAT GUY WEIGHT LOSS
15. FROM PROCESSED TO PURE
16. SUGAR DADDY MOVIE
17. MISS CAVEGRRL
18. BIG TIM’S PRIMAL JOURNEY
19. PJ’s PALEO JOURNEY
20. THE BLOG OF BRUCE BRADLEY
21. THREE NEW LEAVES
22. PALEO EATER
23. PALEOMOMRX
24. WORDS & COCONUTS
25. THE PRIMAL JUNK FOODIE
26. MODERN PALEO WARFARE
27. KEEP CALM AND GROK ON
28. THE BACON DIARIES
29. AMELIA’S HEALTHY LIFE
30. I SPEAK PALEO
31. YOLKS, KEFIR, & GRISTLE
32. VORACIOUS EATS
33. ALL DAY I DREAM ABOUT FOOD
34. CAVEMAN STRONG
35. PRIMAL EVOLUTION
36. QUIT SODA
37. CAVEMAN HOME COMPANION
38. STEPHANIE MCCORMACK
39. LOSIN’ IT LOW CARB
40. RANTYGOBSHYTE
41. BETTER IS BETTER
42. FAST PALEO
43. HEALTH-SEEKER
44. MAC-NUTRITION
45. THE CAVE LESBIAN
46. SAM SNYDER
47. PRETTY IN PRIMAL
48. FIFTY TO LIVE
49. PALEOWORKS
50. THE CLAIMING LIBERTY BLOG
51. THE SUGAR DIVORCE
52. PCOSANDPRIMAL
53. EAT2BEE HEALTHY
54. THE ONE DIET
55. ENGREVO
56. KICKIN’ INTO KETO
57. DEGUZMANS ON THE GAPS DIET BLOG
58. UNCOMMON WELLNESS
59. LUTHERAN LOW CARB
60. HEALTHGUYNEWS
61. ELANA’S PANTRY
62. PALEOFIT, M.D.
63. THE PALEO PROJECT
64. PALEO BLOCKS
65. EAT REAL THINGS
66. THE M-FILES
67. CRYSTAL NELSON
68. MONKEYFOOD (Finnish)
69. VIDA PALEO (Spanish)
70. PALEO SOPHIE (German)

I’ll be gone all next week, so this should keep you busy for a long while. If you or someone you know has a low-carb, Paleo or health blog or web site that you’d like to see featured in a future blog post here at “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb,” then I’d love to know about it. E-mail me the name of the blog and the URL to livinlowcarbman@charter.net so I can add it to my next big blog update. If you’ve been successful in your weight and health by eating a healthy high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb diet, then you should DEFINITELY consider starting your own low-carb blog to pass the message on to a world desperate for answers. THANKS so much for reading!

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Jimmy Moore is the popular blogger, podcaster and author of Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb who lost 180 pounds on the Atkins diet in 2004 and quickly established himself as a highly influential layperson in the field of health and nutrition. His wildly successful Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Blog has been educating, encouraging and inspiring readers since 2005 and his accompanying iTunes podcast The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore is one of the most listened to health broadcasts online today featuring hundreds of enchanting interviews with the leading voices in the world of diet and healthy living! Jimmy’s latest book compiling all the knowledge he has learned along his journey is called 21 Life Lessons From Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb: How The Health Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew. He lives in Spartanburg, SC with his beautiful wife Christine and their three cats!

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