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New Zealand leads the way on the issue of raw milk being available for human consumption

Merely the largest dairy farm in the world … where raw milk has always been legal for sale at the farm gate, and distributed to buying clubs in the cities. What is it they know about dairying so as to … Continue reading

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Urban market for raw milk a surprise

Ann Thompson | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Federated Farmers believes the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) should allow farmers to sell unpasteurised or raw milk beyond the farmgate. The Federation has made a sub- mission to this affect and … Continue reading

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Raw milk activist launches civil suit

VANCOUVER - another front in the fight for freedom of choice with respect to food has opened with the latest salvo from Gordon Watson, a co-founder and shareholder in the Our Cows herdshare in Chilliwack. Watson, who faces charges for … Continue reading

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Worse than DDT: When You Eat This, it Ends Up Lingering in Your Gut

By Dr. Mercola Dr. Don Huber is an expert in an area of science that relates to the toxicity of genetically engineered (GE) foods. (Alternative terms for GE foods include genetically modified (GM), or “GMO” for genetically modified organism.) His … Continue reading

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This “Scary Drink” May Resolve Your Troubling Health Issues

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have long claimed that between 1998 and 2008, there were two deaths from raw milk. This number is often used in media reporting about raw milk. But those illnesses actually appear to have come … Continue reading

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Karen Selick: When it comes to raw milk, the best expert is you

Raw-milk crusader Michael Schmidt finally got to meet with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty last month after a 37-day hunger strike. But the Premier told him the government had no plans to change the law to legalize raw milk sales, and … Continue reading

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Store is first to tap into ‘raw milk’ market

Londoners will be able to buy un-pasteurised milk from a department store from today after Selfridges became the first retailer in Britain to stock it. Previously, those wanting “raw milk” - which is sold untreated - could only buy it … Continue reading

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Digesting the meaning of food A culture’s eating rituals define it. What do ours - or the lack thereof - say about Canada?

North America, it seems to me, is missing the food-love gene. Oh sure, the blogosphere crackles with foodies. Streets rumble under the hoof beats of diners speeding to restaurant openings. The Food Network is a phenomenal success. But do we … Continue reading

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What is milk?

Filtered, homogenised, standardised, raw, full fat, low fat - what is milk? Sheila Dillon teases out this seemingly simple question with Professor Peter Atkins, author of Liquid Materialities: A History of Milk, Science and the Law, who charts the changing … Continue reading

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