Deep down inside, I have known all along that the dairy industry was behind all of the raw milk bans and outright attacks on farmers selling it.
Big dairies cannot raise cows in a healthy environment, so they could not possibly sell raw milk because they rely on pasteurization to purify the milk from the unhealthy cows . You see, they keep the cows standing in the stalls or in lots, and feed them grain, hay, antibiotics and hormones. The cows do not have access to pasture because the big producers don’t own enough land to adequately pasture the number of cows they have. There is a logistics issue, too, since they are about production output and not quality. They want to sell millions of gallons of their milk beverage for a profit – not sell a wholesome, nutrient-dense product that promotes good health.
So they have no choice but to turn to the government and pay them money to bully the small guy out of business. Never mind the fact that the small farmer cares about the well being of his cow(s) and his customers.
And the FDA has come to the rescue of the Big AG corporations, by clarifying that THEY (the FDA) make all decisions about food choices for the American people.According to the FDA, we have no say about what foods we want to eat, or where those food should come from.
The FDA has stated (in their rebuttal to the lawsuit brought against them by the Farm-To-Consumer Legal Defense Fund), and I quote, in the briefs submitted by the FDA to the court:
So where do we stand, if the federal government says we have no rights to choose and consume the foods of our choice? Or even the right to make healthy choices for our children?