The FUTURE is ORGANIC - Raw Dairy Choice

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"It Used to be a Family with One Cow had a Business!"
Lora Lea Misterly
Quillisascut Farm
Rice, WA 99167
www.quillisascutcheese.com

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To the Editor,

All over the country, families like mine are becoming dairy farmers. We're buying shares in herds of dairy animals and contract with small family farmers to tend our herds and make our milk available to us. The “shareholder dairy” helps consumers obtain the freshest, most nutritious milk possible while helping support neighborhood dairies. Because the milk is not being “sold”, some state governments don’t require shareholder dairies to be licensed.

However, the Washington State Department of Agriculture claims only shareholder dairies licensed Grade “A” can legally operate in this state. This eliminates the economic viability of shareholder dairies in Washington. Reality is, Washingtonians continue to exercise their right to produce their own dairy foods (legal in Washington). WSDA forces underground consumers and producers who choose to cooperate with each other to do this. This is an untenable and unnecessary situation.

I have joined the Raw Dairy Choice Campaign to urge WSDA to stop rallying its forces against shareholder dairies which are no different than when a private family raises its own dairy animals. Shareholder dairies should be unfettered by WSDA allegations of illegality so that more consumers and producers can take advantage of the model.

For more information, visit:
http://www.thefutureisorganic.net/dairy/RawDairyChoice.htm

Yours truly,

Please join a growing up-swelling of Washingtonians and demand the official recognition of the private, unregulated shareholder dairy. To get involved, contact Chrys Ostrander at:

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