Raw Milk

• Raw milk sales are spiking in the U.S. despite bird flu warnings

  Amid a bird flu outbreak in the United States an unexpected trend emerges: sales of the unpasteurized products seem to be on the rise.

  Health

  May 17
  
• Alberta dairy industry watching impact of B.C. floods and landslides, raising funds for farmers

  Alberta's dairy industry is watching the situation in B.C. as farmers there are forced to dump raw milk they can't move due to destroyed highways.

  Economy

  Nov 19, 2021
  
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• Ontario farmer fights order to stop selling, distributing raw milk

  An eastern Ontario farmer who has been ordered to stop selling raw milk is hoping to persuade the province to let him continue the practice.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2017
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• Pennsylvania dairy farm’s raw milk linked to listeriosis death

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one person died while another was infected from drinking raw milk from Miller's Organic Farm in 2014.

  Consumer

  Mar 21, 2016
• U.S. lawmakers celebrate raw milk law by chugging product, deny becoming violently ill

  Some West Virginia lawmakers and Capitol staffers had a very bad weekend after drinking raw milk to celebrate a law loosening restrictions on the product. Now state health officials are investigating whether the milk was to blame for their fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and weighing allegations the raw-milk party broke the law.

  Health

  Mar 9, 2016
• Ontario raw milk farm raided, equipment seized by public health officials: farmer

  An Ontario farmer who has long fought for the right to sell unpasteurized milk says public health officials have raided his farm northwest of Toronto and have seized raw milk and dairy equipment.

  Oct 2, 2015
• Raw milk farmer not deterred by losing Supreme Court bid

  The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from an Ontario farmer who has long championed the right to sell and drink unpasteurized milk, but he says "it's not the end of the road."

  Health

  Aug 14, 2014
• Ontario raw milk crusader Michael Schmidt loses conviction appeal

  Ontario's top court has slapped down an Ontario farmer who has long championed the right to sell and drink unpasteurized milk.

  Mar 11, 2014
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• Ontario’s highest court to hear farmer’s battle over raw milk sales

  A farmer and his supporters take their self-professed right to drink unpasteurized milk to Ontario's top court today.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2014
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• Raw milk crusader takes fight to Ontario’s top court

  A crusading farmer and his supporters are taking their self-professed right to drink unpasteurized milk, which the government calls a "significant public health risk," to Ontario's top court this week.

  Feb 4, 2014