Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
I'm currently in California, and this evening I went to Whole Foods with my sweetheart to buy supplies for a get together she's planning for my cousins. I walked by the dairy aisle and found "raw bovine colostrum dietary supplement" for sale in the same case as the organic milk. What a hoot! The Amish farmer should have labeled his product accordingly! robert ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
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see? if he had labeled it as pet food they couldnt have done anything. i hope Mr. Stutzman wins, then it wont matter what the label says. Jason ICQ#: 154998177 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (most likely to get me) - Original Message - From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? > http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/28/amish.rawmilk.ap/index.html > CNN.com - - Jun 28, 2006 > Amish farmer fights milk law after sting > > Wednesday, June 28, 2006; Posted: 5:38 p.m. EDT (21:38 GMT) > > MOUNT HOPE, Ohio (AP) -- Arlie Stutzman was busted in a rare sting > when an undercover agent bought raw milk from the Amish dairy farmer > in an unlabeled container. > > Now, Stutzman is fighting the law that forbids the sale of raw milk, > saying he believes it violates his religious beliefs because it > prohibits him from sharing the milk he produces with others. > > "While I can and I have food, I'll share it," said Stutzman, who is > due in Holmes County Common Pleas Court on Friday to tell a judge his > views. "Do unto others what you would have others do unto you." > > Last September, a man came to Stutzman's weathered, two-story > farmhouse, located in a pastoral region in northeast Ohio that has > the world's largest Amish settlement. The man asked for milk. > > Stutzman was leery, but agreed to fill up the man's plastic container > from a 250-gallon stainless steel tank in the milkhouse. > > After the creamy white, unpasteurized milk flowed into the container, > the man, an undercover agent from the Ohio Department of Agriculture, > gave Stutzman two dollars and left. > > The department revoked Stutzman's license in February. In April, he > got a new license, which allows him to sell to cheese houses and > dairies, but received a warning not to sell raw milk to consumers > again. > > "You can't just give milk away to someone other than yourself. It's a > violation of the law," said LeeAnne Mizer, spokeswoman for the > department. > > Organizations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the > American Dairy Association have said that raw milk contains health > risks because it has not been heated to kill bacteria, such as E. > coli. > > Regulators want Judge Thomas D. White to formally order Stutzman to > comply with dairy laws. Stutzman said he is fighting the request on > principle, saying he should be able to share his milk. > > Stutzman's Amish faith places an emphasis on the community. To > preserve their lifestyle, the Amish avoid the use of electricity and > automobile ownership, which would allow the outside world to enter > unabated into their culture. > > The Amish typically do not get involved in politics, unless laws > impede their ability to make a living or follow their religious > beliefs. Stutzman said he is getting some community support. > > "It shows he's not going to be intimidated and he's going to do what > he thinks is the right thing," said his attorney, Gary Cox. > > State officials said they sent the agent to his farm because they > received a tip from an anonymous neighbor about raw milk sales. > > Stutzman, however, said he believes he was targeted because his cows > are partly owned by a group of 150 families in what is known as a > herd share agreement. Members pay him a fee for the cows and are > entitled to a portion of the milk. > > Sales of raw milk are illegal in Ohio and 24 other states. But herd > share agreements take advantage of a loophole because the group is > buying the cows, not the milk. > > Groups such as the Weston A. Price Foundation, which is dedicated to > restoring nutrient-dense foods to people's diets, advocate the > consumption of raw milk, saying pasteurization diminishes vitamin > content and kills beneficial bacteria. > > For Stutzman, the herd share agreement gives him an outlet for his > extra milk. He also enjoys sharing his product with others who would > otherwise not have access to it. > > "We know people are deprived of this real food," he said. > > > >>raw milk is not illegal per se, it is illegal to market and sell it as a >>consumable item for humans, call it a cat/dog/other mammal pet food >>supplement and sell it in litre or 2 litre jars with the proper labels and >>noone can say a word. >>there are ways around just about every law. >>Jason >>ICQ#: 154998177 >>MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (most likely to get me) >> >>- Original Message - >>From: "mark manchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: &g
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/28/amish.rawmilk.ap/index.html CNN.com - - Jun 28, 2006 Amish farmer fights milk law after sting Wednesday, June 28, 2006; Posted: 5:38 p.m. EDT (21:38 GMT) MOUNT HOPE, Ohio (AP) -- Arlie Stutzman was busted in a rare sting when an undercover agent bought raw milk from the Amish dairy farmer in an unlabeled container. Now, Stutzman is fighting the law that forbids the sale of raw milk, saying he believes it violates his religious beliefs because it prohibits him from sharing the milk he produces with others. "While I can and I have food, I'll share it," said Stutzman, who is due in Holmes County Common Pleas Court on Friday to tell a judge his views. "Do unto others what you would have others do unto you." Last September, a man came to Stutzman's weathered, two-story farmhouse, located in a pastoral region in northeast Ohio that has the world's largest Amish settlement. The man asked for milk. Stutzman was leery, but agreed to fill up the man's plastic container from a 250-gallon stainless steel tank in the milkhouse. After the creamy white, unpasteurized milk flowed into the container, the man, an undercover agent from the Ohio Department of Agriculture, gave Stutzman two dollars and left. The department revoked Stutzman's license in February. In April, he got a new license, which allows him to sell to cheese houses and dairies, but received a warning not to sell raw milk to consumers again. "You can't just give milk away to someone other than yourself. It's a violation of the law," said LeeAnne Mizer, spokeswoman for the department. Organizations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the American Dairy Association have said that raw milk contains health risks because it has not been heated to kill bacteria, such as E. coli. Regulators want Judge Thomas D. White to formally order Stutzman to comply with dairy laws. Stutzman said he is fighting the request on principle, saying he should be able to share his milk. Stutzman's Amish faith places an emphasis on the community. To preserve their lifestyle, the Amish avoid the use of electricity and automobile ownership, which would allow the outside world to enter unabated into their culture. The Amish typically do not get involved in politics, unless laws impede their ability to make a living or follow their religious beliefs. Stutzman said he is getting some community support. "It shows he's not going to be intimidated and he's going to do what he thinks is the right thing," said his attorney, Gary Cox. State officials said they sent the agent to his farm because they received a tip from an anonymous neighbor about raw milk sales. Stutzman, however, said he believes he was targeted because his cows are partly owned by a group of 150 families in what is known as a herd share agreement. Members pay him a fee for the cows and are entitled to a portion of the milk. Sales of raw milk are illegal in Ohio and 24 other states. But herd share agreements take advantage of a loophole because the group is buying the cows, not the milk. Groups such as the Weston A. Price Foundation, which is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to people's diets, advocate the consumption of raw milk, saying pasteurization diminishes vitamin content and kills beneficial bacteria. For Stutzman, the herd share agreement gives him an outlet for his extra milk. He also enjoys sharing his product with others who would otherwise not have access to it. "We know people are deprived of this real food," he said. >raw milk is not illegal per se, it is illegal to market and sell it as a >consumable item for humans, call it a cat/dog/other mammal pet food >supplement and sell it in litre or 2 litre jars with the proper labels and >noone can say a word. >there are ways around just about every law. >Jason >ICQ#: 154998177 >MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (most likely to get me) > >- Original Message ----- >From: "mark manchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 10:45 AM >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? > > > > Keith's link shows that raw milk is illegal in lots of places. We used to > > get it in Switzerland, but even there it was a sort of co-op arrangement > > among farmers and clients. You go to the barn with your little tin and > > buy > > a couple litres, and let that stand to separate. Resulting cream so thick > > you couldn't pour it! And the happy cows! Each one with a name and > > recognizable as an area resident.The dinging of their cowbells as they > > strolled home along the road in the evening from pasture! Okay, now I'm > > getting nostalgic. Thirty-five years ago I lived on a great farm where > &
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
raw milk is not illegal per se, it is illegal to market and sell it as a consumable item for humans, call it a cat/dog/other mammal pet food supplement and sell it in litre or 2 litre jars with the proper labels and noone can say a word. there are ways around just about every law. Jason ICQ#: 154998177 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (most likely to get me) - Original Message - From: "mark manchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? > Keith's link shows that raw milk is illegal in lots of places. We used to > get it in Switzerland, but even there it was a sort of co-op arrangement > among farmers and clients. You go to the barn with your little tin and > buy > a couple litres, and let that stand to separate. Resulting cream so thick > you couldn't pour it! And the happy cows! Each one with a name and > recognizable as an area resident.The dinging of their cowbells as they > strolled home along the road in the evening from pasture! Okay, now I'm > getting nostalgic. Thirty-five years ago I lived on a great farm where > sustainability and responsible use of resources was part of life. Now I > live downtown in a big dirty city, go figure. Jesse > >> From: Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:26:27 -0400 >> To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? >> >> Yeah, except raw milk is illegal here in the land of the free. >> Cigarettes, no. Milk from the cow? Yes. >> >> Keith Addison wrote: >> >>>> Hi Keith, >>>> Last year I saw video footage of these cows with their poor infected >>>> udders >>>> that was EXTREMELY convincing never to drink milk again... We do get >>>> the >>>> organic butter and coffee cream but whew, is it really much better. >>>> Jesse >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Hi Jesse >>> >>> Well, that's the same mistake militant vegetarian cultists make when >>> they point at factory farms as the reason for not eating meat, as if >>> there's no good way of doing it. >>> >>> Yes, real milk really is much better - in fact it's not the same >>> thing, they're both white and that's about where it ends. Raw milk >>> from a healthy cow on fertile pasture is great food! >>> http://www.realmilk.com/why.html >>> Campaign for Real Milk >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Keith >>> >>> >>> >> > > > ___ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.4/375 - Release Date: 6/25/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.4/375 - Release Date: 6/25/2006 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
Keith's link shows that raw milk is illegal in lots of places. We used to get it in Switzerland, but even there it was a sort of co-op arrangement among farmers and clients. You go to the barn with your little tin and buy a couple litres, and let that stand to separate. Resulting cream so thick you couldn't pour it! And the happy cows! Each one with a name and recognizable as an area resident.The dinging of their cowbells as they strolled home along the road in the evening from pasture! Okay, now I'm getting nostalgic. Thirty-five years ago I lived on a great farm where sustainability and responsible use of resources was part of life. Now I live downtown in a big dirty city, go figure. Jesse > From: Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:26:27 -0400 > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? > > Yeah, except raw milk is illegal here in the land of the free. > Cigarettes, no. Milk from the cow? Yes. > > Keith Addison wrote: > >>> Hi Keith, >>> Last year I saw video footage of these cows with their poor infected udders >>> that was EXTREMELY convincing never to drink milk again... We do get the >>> organic butter and coffee cream but whew, is it really much better. Jesse >>> >>> >> >> Hi Jesse >> >> Well, that's the same mistake militant vegetarian cultists make when >> they point at factory farms as the reason for not eating meat, as if >> there's no good way of doing it. >> >> Yes, real milk really is much better - in fact it's not the same >> thing, they're both white and that's about where it ends. Raw milk >> from a healthy cow on fertile pasture is great food! >> http://www.realmilk.com/why.html >> Campaign for Real Milk >> >> Best >> >> Keith >> >> >> > ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
Fantastic site! Thanks Keith. Jesse > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:47:35 +0900 > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? > >> Hi Keith, >> Last year I saw video footage of these cows with their poor infected udders >> that was EXTREMELY convincing never to drink milk again... We do get the >> organic butter and coffee cream but whew, is it really much better. Jesse > > Hi Jesse > > Well, that's the same mistake militant vegetarian cultists make when > they point at factory farms as the reason for not eating meat, as if > there's no good way of doing it. > > Yes, real milk really is much better - in fact it's not the same > thing, they're both white and that's about where it ends. Raw milk > from a healthy cow on fertile pasture is great food! > http://www.realmilk.com/why.html > Campaign for Real Milk > > Best > > Keith ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
Yeah, except raw milk is illegal here in the land of the free. Cigarettes, no. Milk from the cow? Yes. Keith Addison wrote: >>Hi Keith, >>Last year I saw video footage of these cows with their poor infected udders >>that was EXTREMELY convincing never to drink milk again... We do get the >>organic butter and coffee cream but whew, is it really much better. Jesse >> >> > >Hi Jesse > >Well, that's the same mistake militant vegetarian cultists make when >they point at factory farms as the reason for not eating meat, as if >there's no good way of doing it. > >Yes, real milk really is much better - in fact it's not the same >thing, they're both white and that's about where it ends. Raw milk >from a healthy cow on fertile pasture is great food! >http://www.realmilk.com/why.html >Campaign for Real Milk > >Best > >Keith > > > >>>From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:30:45 +0900 >>>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>>Subject: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? >>> >>>http://www.precaution.org/lib/06/prn_a_little_more_than_milk.060616.htm >>> >>>Rethinking Schools Online, June 1, 2006 >>> >>>Got A Little More Than Milk? >>> >>>Students get a glimpse into the corporate-controlled food system by >>>looking at the politics of food >>> >>>[Rachel's introduction: After several days of discussion, the 11th- >>>grade global studies class decided to follow the "precautionary >>>principle," http://www.precaution.org/lib/pp_def.htm which guides >>>policy in many European nations, and institute a worldwide moratorium >>>on genetically modified (GM) foods until they could be proven safe, >>>and to require labeling of any GM foods that were approved for >>>consumption. Furthermore, the summit voted to take away the right of >>>any person or corporation to patent food.] >>> >>>By Tim Swinehart >>> >>>"Got milk? Want strong bones? Drink milk. Want healthy teeth? Drink >>>milk. Want big muscles? Drink milk." >>> >>>"The glass of milk looks nice and cold and refreshing. If I had a >>>warm, homemade chocolate chip cookie, it would make my day. They go >>>perfect together." >>> >>>Ari and Colin could have been writing radio spots for the Oregon >>>Dairyman's Association, but instead they were writing about the glass >>>of milk I had set out moments earlier in the middle of the classroom. >>>My instructions to the students were simple: "Describe the glass of >>>milk sitting before you. What does it make you think of? Does it >>>bring back memories? Do you have any questions about the milk? An ode >>>to milk?" >>> >>>From the front row, Carl said, "M... I'm thirsty. Can I drink it?" >>> >>>"Why don't you wait until the end of the period and then I'll check >>>back with you on that, Carl," I responded. >>> >>>We had spent the last couple weeks discussing the politics of food in >>>my untracked 11th grade global studies classes. And while students -- >>>mostly working class and European American -- were beginning to show >>>signs of an increased awareness about the implications of their own >>>food choices, I wanted to find an issue that they would be sure to >>>relate to on a personal level. One of my goals in designing a unit >>>about food was to give students the opportunity to make some intimate >>>connections between the social and cultural politics of globalization >>>and the choices we make as individual consumers and as a society as a >>>whole. A central organizing theme of the unit was choice, which we >>>examined from multiple perspectives: How much choice do you have >>>about the food that you eat? Do these choices matter? Does knowledge >>>about the source/history of our food affect our ability to make true >>>choices about our food? How does corporate control of the global food >>>supply affect our choices and the choices of people around the world? >>> >>>I wanted to encourage my students to continue asking critical >>>questions about the social and environmental issues surrounding food, >>>even outside the confines of the classroom. I wanted to develop a >>>lesson that would stick with them when they grabbed their afternoon >>
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
>Hi Keith, >Last year I saw video footage of these cows with their poor infected udders >that was EXTREMELY convincing never to drink milk again... We do get the >organic butter and coffee cream but whew, is it really much better. Jesse Hi Jesse Well, that's the same mistake militant vegetarian cultists make when they point at factory farms as the reason for not eating meat, as if there's no good way of doing it. Yes, real milk really is much better - in fact it's not the same thing, they're both white and that's about where it ends. Raw milk from a healthy cow on fertile pasture is great food! http://www.realmilk.com/why.html Campaign for Real Milk Best Keith > > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:30:45 +0900 > > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > Subject: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? > > > > http://www.precaution.org/lib/06/prn_a_little_more_than_milk.060616.htm > > > > Rethinking Schools Online, June 1, 2006 > > > > Got A Little More Than Milk? > > > > Students get a glimpse into the corporate-controlled food system by > > looking at the politics of food > > > > [Rachel's introduction: After several days of discussion, the 11th- > > grade global studies class decided to follow the "precautionary > > principle," http://www.precaution.org/lib/pp_def.htm which guides > > policy in many European nations, and institute a worldwide moratorium > > on genetically modified (GM) foods until they could be proven safe, > > and to require labeling of any GM foods that were approved for > > consumption. Furthermore, the summit voted to take away the right of > > any person or corporation to patent food.] > > > > By Tim Swinehart > > > > "Got milk? Want strong bones? Drink milk. Want healthy teeth? Drink > > milk. Want big muscles? Drink milk." > > > > "The glass of milk looks nice and cold and refreshing. If I had a > > warm, homemade chocolate chip cookie, it would make my day. They go > > perfect together." > > > > Ari and Colin could have been writing radio spots for the Oregon > > Dairyman's Association, but instead they were writing about the glass > > of milk I had set out moments earlier in the middle of the classroom. > > My instructions to the students were simple: "Describe the glass of > > milk sitting before you. What does it make you think of? Does it > > bring back memories? Do you have any questions about the milk? An ode > > to milk?" > > > > From the front row, Carl said, "M... I'm thirsty. Can I drink it?" > > > > "Why don't you wait until the end of the period and then I'll check > > back with you on that, Carl," I responded. > > > > We had spent the last couple weeks discussing the politics of food in > > my untracked 11th grade global studies classes. And while students -- > > mostly working class and European American -- were beginning to show > > signs of an increased awareness about the implications of their own > > food choices, I wanted to find an issue that they would be sure to > > relate to on a personal level. One of my goals in designing a unit > > about food was to give students the opportunity to make some intimate > > connections between the social and cultural politics of globalization > > and the choices we make as individual consumers and as a society as a > > whole. A central organizing theme of the unit was choice, which we > > examined from multiple perspectives: How much choice do you have > > about the food that you eat? Do these choices matter? Does knowledge > > about the source/history of our food affect our ability to make true > > choices about our food? How does corporate control of the global food > > supply affect our choices and the choices of people around the world? > > > > I wanted to encourage my students to continue asking critical > > questions about the social and environmental issues surrounding food, > > even outside the confines of the classroom. I wanted to develop a > > lesson that would stick with them when they grabbed their afternoon > > snack or sat down for their next meal, something they might even feel > > compelled to tell their friends or family about. > > > > Milk turned out to have the sort of appeal I was looking for. For > > almost all my students, milk embodies a sort of wholesome, pure > > "goodness," an image propped up by millions of dollars of advertising > > targe
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
I like the way woody Harrelson put it in his movie 'Go Further' IIRC (I hope I'm not miquoting from a faulty memory here) He said drinking milk from a factory farm is basically drinking blood and puss. Yeah that pretty much says it doesn't it? Joe mark manchester wrote: > Hi Keith, > Last year I saw video footage of these cows with their poor infected udders > that was EXTREMELY convincing never to drink milk again... We do get the > organic butter and coffee cream but whew, is it really much better. Jesse > > >>From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:30:45 +0900 >>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>Subject: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? >> >>http://www.precaution.org/lib/06/prn_a_little_more_than_milk.060616.htm >> >>Rethinking Schools Online, June 1, 2006 >> >>Got A Little More Than Milk? >> >>Students get a glimpse into the corporate-controlled food system by >>looking at the politics of food >> >>[Rachel's introduction: After several days of discussion, the 11th- >>grade global studies class decided to follow the "precautionary >>principle," http://www.precaution.org/lib/pp_def.htm which guides >>policy in many European nations, and institute a worldwide moratorium >>on genetically modified (GM) foods until they could be proven safe, >>and to require labeling of any GM foods that were approved for >>consumption. Furthermore, the summit voted to take away the right of >>any person or corporation to patent food.] >> >>By Tim Swinehart >> >>"Got milk? Want strong bones? Drink milk. Want healthy teeth? Drink >>milk. Want big muscles? Drink milk." >> >>"The glass of milk looks nice and cold and refreshing. If I had a >>warm, homemade chocolate chip cookie, it would make my day. They go >>perfect together." >> >>Ari and Colin could have been writing radio spots for the Oregon >>Dairyman's Association, but instead they were writing about the glass >>of milk I had set out moments earlier in the middle of the classroom. >>My instructions to the students were simple: "Describe the glass of >>milk sitting before you. What does it make you think of? Does it >>bring back memories? Do you have any questions about the milk? An ode >>to milk?" >> >>From the front row, Carl said, "M... I'm thirsty. Can I drink it?" >> >>"Why don't you wait until the end of the period and then I'll check >>back with you on that, Carl," I responded. >> >>We had spent the last couple weeks discussing the politics of food in >>my untracked 11th grade global studies classes. And while students -- >>mostly working class and European American -- were beginning to show >>signs of an increased awareness about the implications of their own >>food choices, I wanted to find an issue that they would be sure to >>relate to on a personal level. One of my goals in designing a unit >>about food was to give students the opportunity to make some intimate >>connections between the social and cultural politics of globalization >>and the choices we make as individual consumers and as a society as a >>whole. A central organizing theme of the unit was choice, which we >>examined from multiple perspectives: How much choice do you have >>about the food that you eat? Do these choices matter? Does knowledge >>about the source/history of our food affect our ability to make true >>choices about our food? How does corporate control of the global food >>supply affect our choices and the choices of people around the world? >> >>I wanted to encourage my students to continue asking critical >>questions about the social and environmental issues surrounding food, >>even outside the confines of the classroom. I wanted to develop a >>lesson that would stick with them when they grabbed their afternoon >>snack or sat down for their next meal, something they might even feel >>compelled to tell their friends or family about. >> >>Milk turned out to have the sort of appeal I was looking for. For >>almost all my students, milk embodies a sort of wholesome, pure >>"goodness," an image propped up by millions of dollars of advertising >>targeted especially toward children. My students had been ingrained >>with the message that "milk does a body good" for most of their lives >>and had been persuaded by parents, teachers, celebrities, and >>cafeteria workers to include milk as a healthy part o
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
Hi Keith, Last year I saw video footage of these cows with their poor infected udders that was EXTREMELY convincing never to drink milk again... We do get the organic butter and coffee cream but whew, is it really much better. Jesse > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:30:45 +0900 > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk? > > http://www.precaution.org/lib/06/prn_a_little_more_than_milk.060616.htm > > Rethinking Schools Online, June 1, 2006 > > Got A Little More Than Milk? > > Students get a glimpse into the corporate-controlled food system by > looking at the politics of food > > [Rachel's introduction: After several days of discussion, the 11th- > grade global studies class decided to follow the "precautionary > principle," http://www.precaution.org/lib/pp_def.htm which guides > policy in many European nations, and institute a worldwide moratorium > on genetically modified (GM) foods until they could be proven safe, > and to require labeling of any GM foods that were approved for > consumption. Furthermore, the summit voted to take away the right of > any person or corporation to patent food.] > > By Tim Swinehart > > "Got milk? Want strong bones? Drink milk. Want healthy teeth? Drink > milk. Want big muscles? Drink milk." > > "The glass of milk looks nice and cold and refreshing. If I had a > warm, homemade chocolate chip cookie, it would make my day. They go > perfect together." > > Ari and Colin could have been writing radio spots for the Oregon > Dairyman's Association, but instead they were writing about the glass > of milk I had set out moments earlier in the middle of the classroom. > My instructions to the students were simple: "Describe the glass of > milk sitting before you. What does it make you think of? Does it > bring back memories? Do you have any questions about the milk? An ode > to milk?" > > From the front row, Carl said, "M... I'm thirsty. Can I drink it?" > > "Why don't you wait until the end of the period and then I'll check > back with you on that, Carl," I responded. > > We had spent the last couple weeks discussing the politics of food in > my untracked 11th grade global studies classes. And while students -- > mostly working class and European American -- were beginning to show > signs of an increased awareness about the implications of their own > food choices, I wanted to find an issue that they would be sure to > relate to on a personal level. One of my goals in designing a unit > about food was to give students the opportunity to make some intimate > connections between the social and cultural politics of globalization > and the choices we make as individual consumers and as a society as a > whole. A central organizing theme of the unit was choice, which we > examined from multiple perspectives: How much choice do you have > about the food that you eat? Do these choices matter? Does knowledge > about the source/history of our food affect our ability to make true > choices about our food? How does corporate control of the global food > supply affect our choices and the choices of people around the world? > > I wanted to encourage my students to continue asking critical > questions about the social and environmental issues surrounding food, > even outside the confines of the classroom. I wanted to develop a > lesson that would stick with them when they grabbed their afternoon > snack or sat down for their next meal, something they might even feel > compelled to tell their friends or family about. > > Milk turned out to have the sort of appeal I was looking for. For > almost all my students, milk embodies a sort of wholesome, pure > "goodness," an image propped up by millions of dollars of advertising > targeted especially toward children. My students had been ingrained > with the message that "milk does a body good" for most of their lives > and had been persuaded by parents, teachers, celebrities, and > cafeteria workers to include milk as a healthy part of their day. But > I believe that my students, along with the vast majority of the > American public, hasn't been getting the whole story about milk. I > wanted to introduce them to the idea that corporate interests -- > oftentimes at odds with their own personal health -- hid behind the > image of purity and health. > > Growth Hormones and Milk > > I wanted to help my students reexamine the images of purity and > health that milk evoked by presenting them with some unsettling > information about the Monsanto corporat
Re: [Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
Yeah, Google "mile and somatic cell count" Keith Addison wrote: >http://www.precaution.org/lib/06/prn_a_little_more_than_milk.060616.htm > >Rethinking Schools Online, June 1, 2006 > >Got A Little More Than Milk? > >Students get a glimpse into the corporate-controlled food system by >looking at the politics of food > >[Rachel's introduction: After several days of discussion, the 11th- >grade global studies class decided to follow the "precautionary >principle," http://www.precaution.org/lib/pp_def.htm which guides >policy in many European nations, and institute a worldwide moratorium >on genetically modified (GM) foods until they could be proven safe, >and to require labeling of any GM foods that were approved for >consumption. Furthermore, the summit voted to take away the right of >any person or corporation to patent food.] > >By Tim Swinehart > >"Got milk? Want strong bones? Drink milk. Want healthy teeth? Drink >milk. Want big muscles? Drink milk." > >"The glass of milk looks nice and cold and refreshing. If I had a >warm, homemade chocolate chip cookie, it would make my day. They go >perfect together." > >Ari and Colin could have been writing radio spots for the Oregon >Dairyman's Association, but instead they were writing about the glass >of milk I had set out moments earlier in the middle of the classroom. >My instructions to the students were simple: "Describe the glass of >milk sitting before you. What does it make you think of? Does it >bring back memories? Do you have any questions about the milk? An ode >to milk?" > > From the front row, Carl said, "M... I'm thirsty. Can I drink it?" > >"Why don't you wait until the end of the period and then I'll check >back with you on that, Carl," I responded. > >We had spent the last couple weeks discussing the politics of food in >my untracked 11th grade global studies classes. And while students -- >mostly working class and European American -- were beginning to show >signs of an increased awareness about the implications of their own >food choices, I wanted to find an issue that they would be sure to >relate to on a personal level. One of my goals in designing a unit >about food was to give students the opportunity to make some intimate >connections between the social and cultural politics of globalization >and the choices we make as individual consumers and as a society as a >whole. A central organizing theme of the unit was choice, which we >examined from multiple perspectives: How much choice do you have >about the food that you eat? Do these choices matter? Does knowledge >about the source/history of our food affect our ability to make true >choices about our food? How does corporate control of the global food >supply affect our choices and the choices of people around the world? > >I wanted to encourage my students to continue asking critical >questions about the social and environmental issues surrounding food, >even outside the confines of the classroom. I wanted to develop a >lesson that would stick with them when they grabbed their afternoon >snack or sat down for their next meal, something they might even feel >compelled to tell their friends or family about. > >Milk turned out to have the sort of appeal I was looking for. For >almost all my students, milk embodies a sort of wholesome, pure >"goodness," an image propped up by millions of dollars of advertising >targeted especially toward children. My students had been ingrained >with the message that "milk does a body good" for most of their lives >and had been persuaded by parents, teachers, celebrities, and >cafeteria workers to include milk as a healthy part of their day. But >I believe that my students, along with the vast majority of the >American public, hasn't been getting the whole story about milk. I >wanted to introduce them to the idea that corporate interests -- >oftentimes at odds with their own personal health -- hid behind the >image of purity and health. > >Growth Hormones and Milk > >I wanted to help my students reexamine the images of purity and >health that milk evoked by presenting them with some unsettling >information about the Monsanto corporation's artificial growth >hormone, rBGH. Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH -- also known >as Bovine Somatrotropin, bST, or rBST) is a genetically engineered >version of the growth hormone naturally produced by cows, and was >approved by the federal Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA) in 1993 >for the purpose of increasing a cow's milk production by an estimated >5 to 15 percent. Monsanto markets rBGH, under the trade name Posilac, >as a way "for dairy farmers to produce more milk with fewer cows, >thereby providing dairy farmers with additional economic security" >(see www.monsantodairy.com). But with an increased risk of health >problems for cows stressed from producing milk at unnaturally >enhanced levels -- including more udder infections and reproductive >pr
[Biofuel] Got A Little More Than Milk?
http://www.precaution.org/lib/06/prn_a_little_more_than_milk.060616.htm Rethinking Schools Online, June 1, 2006 Got A Little More Than Milk? Students get a glimpse into the corporate-controlled food system by looking at the politics of food [Rachel's introduction: After several days of discussion, the 11th- grade global studies class decided to follow the "precautionary principle," http://www.precaution.org/lib/pp_def.htm which guides policy in many European nations, and institute a worldwide moratorium on genetically modified (GM) foods until they could be proven safe, and to require labeling of any GM foods that were approved for consumption. Furthermore, the summit voted to take away the right of any person or corporation to patent food.] By Tim Swinehart "Got milk? Want strong bones? Drink milk. Want healthy teeth? Drink milk. Want big muscles? Drink milk." "The glass of milk looks nice and cold and refreshing. If I had a warm, homemade chocolate chip cookie, it would make my day. They go perfect together." Ari and Colin could have been writing radio spots for the Oregon Dairyman's Association, but instead they were writing about the glass of milk I had set out moments earlier in the middle of the classroom. My instructions to the students were simple: "Describe the glass of milk sitting before you. What does it make you think of? Does it bring back memories? Do you have any questions about the milk? An ode to milk?" From the front row, Carl said, "M... I'm thirsty. Can I drink it?" "Why don't you wait until the end of the period and then I'll check back with you on that, Carl," I responded. We had spent the last couple weeks discussing the politics of food in my untracked 11th grade global studies classes. And while students -- mostly working class and European American -- were beginning to show signs of an increased awareness about the implications of their own food choices, I wanted to find an issue that they would be sure to relate to on a personal level. One of my goals in designing a unit about food was to give students the opportunity to make some intimate connections between the social and cultural politics of globalization and the choices we make as individual consumers and as a society as a whole. A central organizing theme of the unit was choice, which we examined from multiple perspectives: How much choice do you have about the food that you eat? Do these choices matter? Does knowledge about the source/history of our food affect our ability to make true choices about our food? How does corporate control of the global food supply affect our choices and the choices of people around the world? I wanted to encourage my students to continue asking critical questions about the social and environmental issues surrounding food, even outside the confines of the classroom. I wanted to develop a lesson that would stick with them when they grabbed their afternoon snack or sat down for their next meal, something they might even feel compelled to tell their friends or family about. Milk turned out to have the sort of appeal I was looking for. For almost all my students, milk embodies a sort of wholesome, pure "goodness," an image propped up by millions of dollars of advertising targeted especially toward children. My students had been ingrained with the message that "milk does a body good" for most of their lives and had been persuaded by parents, teachers, celebrities, and cafeteria workers to include milk as a healthy part of their day. But I believe that my students, along with the vast majority of the American public, hasn't been getting the whole story about milk. I wanted to introduce them to the idea that corporate interests -- oftentimes at odds with their own personal health -- hid behind the image of purity and health. Growth Hormones and Milk I wanted to help my students reexamine the images of purity and health that milk evoked by presenting them with some unsettling information about the Monsanto corporation's artificial growth hormone, rBGH. Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH -- also known as Bovine Somatrotropin, bST, or rBST) is a genetically engineered version of the growth hormone naturally produced by cows, and was approved by the federal Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA) in 1993 for the purpose of increasing a cow's milk production by an estimated 5 to 15 percent. Monsanto markets rBGH, under the trade name Posilac, as a way "for dairy farmers to produce more milk with fewer cows, thereby providing dairy farmers with additional economic security" (see www.monsantodairy.com). But with an increased risk of health problems for cows stressed from producing milk at unnaturally enhanced levels -- including more udder infections and reproductive problems -- critics argue that the only true economic security resulting from the sale of Posilac (rBGH) is the $300-500 million a year that Monsanto makes fro
