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Here is a little bit of the history of the conversion of whole milk to pasteurized milk
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So called “milk trains” were an attempt to get clean, fresh milk from traditional dairymen in the countryside into the cities. Yet compared to the high volume distillery dairies this was nothing but a trickle.A well known fact even at that time is that the cow’s diet determines the healthfulness of the milk. If fed a diet unfit for cows then they can only produce milk that is unfit for human consumption. Many people knew this but the swill milk industry thrived because it was plentiful and cheap.Slop milk was bluish in color and very thin so dealers added different things to make it look like white, whole milk including starch, sugar, flour, plaster of paris, and chalk!
So called “milk trains” were an attempt to get clean, fresh milk from traditional dairymen in the countryside into the cities. Yet compared to the high volume distillery dairies this was nothing but a trickle.A well known fact even at that time is that the cow’s diet determines the healthfulness of the milk. If fed a diet unfit for cows then they can only produce milk that is unfit for human consumption. Many people knew this but the swill milk industry thrived because it was plentiful and cheap.Slop milk was bluish in color and very thin so dealers added different things to make it look like white, whole milk including starch, sugar, flour, plaster of paris, and chalk!People knew that bad milk could lead to disease. “Nothing can be more certain than that the quality of milk is greatly influenced by the state of the health of the animal producing it”. So said the reformer Robert Hartley in his book on the state of milk production at that time in 1842 (pg 38).Not much has changed in 160 years. While the worst of the distillery diseases are gone, today in America cows live in confinement dairies, living in stalls they never leave, stalls sometimes welded shut, where they are fed “scientific” diets devoid of fresh grass, diets designed to maximize milk production with little thought to quality. These diets are high in grains, soybeans and “bakery waste” (bread, cakes, pastries- even candy bars) and citrus peel cake loaded with pesticides. These cows are not producing the kind of milk America’s children and adults need and deserve.
Distillery dairies continued to sell milk up into the 1900’s. The last one closed in New York in 1930. Even though reformers and medical groups called for an end to this practice of selling milk not fit for human consumption, the government did nothing.
So called “milk trains” were an attempt to get clean, fresh milk from traditional dairymen in the countryside into the cities. Yet compared to the high volume distillery dairies this was nothing but a trickle.
A well known fact even at that time is that the cow’s diet determines the healthfulness of the milk. If fed a diet unfit for cows then they can only produce milk that is unfit for human consumption. Many people knew this but the swill milk industry thrived because it was plentiful and cheap.
Slop milk was bluish in color and very thin so dealers added different things to make it look like white, whole milk including starch, sugar, flour, plaster of paris, and chalk!
People knew that bad milk could lead to disease. “Nothing can be more certain than that the quality of milk is greatly influenced by the state of the health of the animal producing it”. So said the reformer Robert Hartley in his book on the state of milk production at that time in 1842 (pg 38).
Not much has changed in 160 years. While the worst of the distillery diseases are gone, today in America cows live in confinement dairies, living in stalls they never leave, stalls sometimes welded shut, where they are fed “scientific” diets devoid of fresh grass, diets designed to maximize milk production with little thought to quality. These diets are high in grains, soybeans and “bakery waste” (bread, cakes, pastries- even candy bars) and citrus peel cake loaded with pesticides. These cows are not producing the kind of milk America’s children and adults need and deserve.
measures. The cows died at unusually high rates.
Distillery dairies continued to sell milk up into the 1900’s. The last one closed in New York in 1930. Even though reformers and medical groups called for an end to this practice of selling milk not fit for human consumption, the government did nothing.
So called “milk trains” were an attempt to get clean, fresh milk from traditional dairymen in the countryside into the cities. Yet compared to the high volume distillery dairies this was nothing but a trickle.
A well known fact even at that time is that the cow’s diet determines the healthfulness of the milk. If fed a diet unfit for cows then they can only produce milk that is unfit for human consumption. Many people knew this but the swill milk industry thrived because it was plentiful and cheap.
Slop milk was bluish in color and very thin so dealers added different things to make it look like white, whole milk including starch, sugar, flour, plaster of paris, and chalk!
People knew that bad milk could lead to disease. “Nothing can be more certain than that the quality of milk is greatly influenced by the state of the health of the animal producing it”. So said the reformer Robert Hartley in his book on the state of milk production at that time in 1842 (pg 38).
Not much has changed in 160 years. While the worst of the distillery diseases are gone, today in America cows live in confinement dairies, living in stalls they never leave, stalls sometimes welded shut, where they are fed “scientific” diets devoid of fresh grass, diets designed to maximize milk production with little thought to quality. These diets are high in grains, soybeans and “bakery waste” (bread, cakes, pastries- even candy bars) and citrus peel cake loaded with pesticides. These cows are not producing the kind of milk America’s children and adults need and deserve.
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The history of the conversion of wholesome milk to pasteurized milk has nothing to do with an unstable product, but everything to do with shabby big business practices, money and politics. The results is lobbyists sponsored politicians, all but wiping out a God giving super food in return for campaign donations. ( If it looks like a bribe, feels like a bribe, taste like a bribe, a—nd benefits the donor it’s probably a bribe …….in my opinion )
In all fairness the big conversion happened long before most the the politicians were drinking any kind of milk themselves. But they are not totally off the hook as they need to do their homework and they have not. If they did, they would know they Raw milk is not a dangerous product. They also need to realize that people have the right to choose when it comes to their health and the health of their families. If someone chooses to do something for health reasons, particularly for the health of their children, that is against sponsor wisdom , They have probably done THEIR homework.
More and more people are buying raw milk . Not because they are rebels, are in some kind of a weird cult or just want to live on the wild side , but FOR HEALTH REASONS ! We need to get more involved in health freedoom issues for the sake of our health and the health of our childrens . The two biggest weapons we have is our voice and our vote. Please use both , and remember , the United States of America is a country of, the people, by the people, and for the people, not of, by, and for the lobbyist and their employers.
Got Milk ? What Kind ?
Roger Francoeur
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