New Studies Confirm: Raw Milk A Low-Risk Food

by Weston A. Price Foundation on June 15, 2013

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WASHINGTON, DC–June 11, 2013 –Three quantitative microbial risk assessments (QMRAs) recently published in the Journal of Food Protection have demonstrated that unpasteurized milk is a low-risk food, contrary to previous, inappropriately-evidenced claims suggesting a high-risk profile. These scholarly papers, along with dozens of others, were  [Read more]

Lawsuit over Monsanto GMO Seed Patents and Farmland Contamination

June 12, 2013

Appeals Court Binds Monsanto to Promise Not to Sue Organic Farmers
 
FALLS CHURCH, VA–(June 12, 2013)–A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Monday that a group of organic and otherwise non-GMO farmer and seed company plaintiffs are not entitled to bring a lawsuit to protect themselves from Monsanto’s transgenic seed patents “because Monsanto has made binding assurances that it will not take  [Read more]

North Dakota – Herdshare Bill Signed into Law

June 7, 2013
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On April 29 herdshares become officially legal in North Dakota when Governor Jack Dalrymple signed Senate Bill 2072 into law. SB2072 provides that “it is not a violation [of law] to transfer or . . .  [Read more]

Wisconsin Aims to Jail Amish Farmer

June 3, 2013
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Farmer Acquitted by Jury Now Threatened with Jail by DOJ
 
Baraboo, Wisconsin—June 3, 2013—Less than a week after the jury acquitted him of three criminal charges, Eric Defort and Phillip Ferris, attorneys for the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), move to have the judge revoke the  [Read more]

Michigan Adopts Policy on Herdshares

May 27, 2013
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The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has adopted a policy officially recognizing herdshares in Michigan and letting them operate unregulated. MDARD issued the document (Policy # 1.40) on March 12, 2013 – a key point in the department’s new policy states that  [Read more]

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