Comments on: Michael Schmidt, raw milk producer, is a hero

By: Charles Anthony

Charles Anthony — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:34:10 +0000

More hysteria from the dairy marketing cronies.

By: Lorraine Weiler

Lorraine Weiler — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:46:35 +0000

My husband and I drank raw milk as children on the farm and we never got sick from raw milk. We would never even think of buying store bought milk that has been pasteurized and “whatever” put into the milk. What is wrong with our government?????????

By: George

George — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:55:00 +0000

If Schmidt wants to change the law, he should do it legally and not put people at risk. Yes, raw milk is safe 95% of the time, including on Schmidt’s farm. That’s not good enough. It’s NOT a matter of personal choice since pathogens that can be present in ANY raw milk cause transmissible diseases. He is putting children at risk by breaking the law. He is doing this to make money. He feigns altruism but he is selling over $400,000 in milk at $3 per litre to devout followers. Does he declare this cash income and pay taxes? He admits NO HE DOES NOT. Schmidt is NOT Gandhi or Martin Luther King as he suggests, he is just an arrogant man who believes he is right and that society and science are wrong. So stop kidding. Schmidt was once licenced, inspected with quota.. Now he fleeces $45,000 from his flock each year plus more than $400,000 in undeclared income. How much did Gandhi make for his salt?

By: Ryan DeJager

Ryan DeJager — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:52:29 +0000

“What could a person POSSIBLY benefit from drinking unpasteurized milk?”

http://www.realmilk.com/

paticularly

http://www.realmilk.com/docume.....sponse.pdf

By: RD

RD — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:34:36 +0000

This is such a strange subject. Why the huge demand for unpasteurized milk?
What could a person POSSIBLY benefit from drinking unpasteurized milk?
When you pasteurize milk, Vitamin C and thiamine are partially eliminated. This is easily replaced in other foods. The bacteria that can remain in raw milk though is not a joke.
Some hardy farm hands may have grown up on the stuff but allowing this guy to push this product on large scale is a recipe for disaster.

Walkerton
Mad Cow
Maple Leat Meats

Do we really have any confidence in our ability to keep bacteria in check?

This raw milk issue has created the weirdest marriage of Libertarians and holistic new age medicine types.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:18:01 +0000

This is about freedom of choice. I would like to be free to choose how I drink my milk, pasteurized or not.
I understand the reason why government doesn’t like that, but how can we make the change? There are so many people agreeing that this is not right in a free country. If they care about people welfare then stop smoking for good, take all the drugs and dump them in the garbage. Of course they are taking the taxes for these. OK, I am OK to pay taxes for raw milk.
Best Regards,
Alina

By: Charles Anthony

Charles Anthony — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:09:02 +0000

A government’s job is to be responsible for the welfare of the people it represents. It’s why our politicians spend so much time trying to convince us that they’ll do the best job looking out for our welfare.

You are convinced of that, are you? Bizarre.
Seriously, how do you convince yourself of such a bizarre belief system??

According to your peculiar beliefs, abuse of power and government corruption can not possibly exist. Are you really that blind to reality???

By: Robert McClelland

Robert McClelland — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:45:53 +0000

It’s not my fault that an absurd statement was presented for mocking. A government’s job is to be responsible for the welfare of the people it represents. It’s why our politicians spend so much time trying to convince us that they’ll do the best job looking out for our welfare. It’s also one of the reasons our world has been shifting from monarchies to democracies. The old monarchies weren’t responsible for the welfare of the people. And everyone, including the naysayers here, want the government to be responsible for their welfare in one form or another.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:35:20 +0000

Nice catch, Robert. Just chuck everything. Because it’s all or nothing when it comes to government isn’t it? Either they control EVERY aspect of our lives or none. Nice dichotomy. Glad it advanced the debate.

By: Charles Anthony

Charles Anthony — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:14:33 +0000

Thanks, C-Mom! RobMcC, How do you convince yourself that those markets -- "the military, police and fire brigades" -- are economically non-viable without being government enforced monopolies?

By: Crazymamma

Crazymamma — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:26:47 +0000

Nice post Cha Cha!

By: Robert McClelland

Robert McClelland — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:03:18 +0000

Stop demanding that the government is responsible for everybodyâ€™s welfare!

I agree. Disband the military, police and fire brigades. It’s everyman for themselves.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:39:51 +0000

Wow! That last link I have been looking for all over the web. I’ve been interested to explore whether my adult onset allergy to milk has anything to do with the way industrial milk is processed and originated. I have been wanting to try raw milk and see what happens. No I know where I can get cow shares! Awesome!