Thought you all should see this.
Hi All,
Lynn asked me to post this so that everyone is aware of the latest
tactic the state of GA seems to be taking with respect to dairy.
They have stated that cow shares are their next target and last week at
the Southern Dairy Conference they seem to have taken a shot across the
bow.
The original agenda for the Conference included a segment on raw
dairy and several dairy farmers were there from different states only
because of that segment. The fee to be there was $250.00 so they had
paid their money and taken their time to come to hear what was being
said about raw dairy.
Apparently the speaker for the raw dairy segment was Tim Roberts, Academy Farms from Calhoun GA. Tim Roberts runs
a cow share in GA.
All of a sudden shortly before the raw dairy part was supposed to
start the agenda changed and there was going to be no raw dairy
discussion. Instead someone other than Tim Roberts took that time
segment and spoke about organic (not raw) milk.
According to what Tim Roberts reported to dairy farmers there, he
was approached by the State Dept of Health people right before the raw
dairy piece was supposed to start and basically threatened. He was
told that what he was doing (cow shares) was illegal and that if he got
up and spoke about that or raw dairy the state would shut down his
dairy.
So he declined to take that risk and speak.
This seems to be the state starting to show it's muscle on the cow
share issue. As Lynn said, the state needs to understand there will
be push back on this.
It is really important that those of you who are farmers doing cow
shares join the legal defense fund in order to have an added layer of
protection and that those of you who are purchasers of raw dairy
through a cow share or other means, also join the legal defense fund in
order to support your farmers.
Alison
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