Michael Schmidt, the Ontario farmer who got in trouble for distributing raw milk to cow shareholders was acquitted of the charges last Friday. The National Post did a great bit on it:
I've waffled a bit on where I stand on this *broad* issue; I mean, Michael Schmidt has my full support, and I wholeheartedly believe that if well-informed individuals want to drink unpasteurized milk from Schmidt's farm, then they should not be prohibited from doing so. However, Schmidt is raising cows in the right way, not in a large-scale conventional way that makes pasteurization necessary - it does kill disease, after all. And when everyday citizens don't choose to seek out a safely produced raw milk (and face it, most people won't), then pasteurization is good.
And for the rest, options are good too. Way to go, Schmidt. This is food sovereignty at its best!
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