There are very few requirements here and nothing hard. Keep to the topic of water kefir or milk kefir. We have an off topic chat group for everything else you...
Hi, I got my water kefir grains and I think the cold zapped them. I put them in water with 1/3 cup of white sugar. Am I doing the correct things to bring them...
Hi Mark, Judge your water grains by their ability to make water kefir, not if they are growing. They may not grow for weeks. But they might be able to make ...
hi don't want to interrupt the talk but i would like to learn about this kefir business. can you tell me where i can find out all about it and what can i do...
What do you think people? How do I answer this? I went to their web-site. They seem harmless enough but what a threatening message to send to a fellow health...
Scare tactic?? Who are they to ask for proof of your license anyway. If they want to report you, why do they need to warn you? I'd ignore them if I were you!...
Hi Marilyn - Unless you receive a "cease & desist" from the FDA, I wouldn't worry about it. You do NOT need a license to sell food - what about bake sales?...
... I'd start with asking the state what requirements there are. If they don't mention federal requirements, ask them about it. Also the USDA should have the...
Well, I would go to the website for the Ohio Dept. of Agriculture and and the FDA and see if it's something you are required to have. Then again, I don't see...
It is up to the FDA to make the decision as to whether you need a food
license or not--though anyone can report you. As per one of the other
suggestions, I'd...
... I think the key here is to realize that the FDA does nothing with food/food supplements--that would fall under the USDA, unless something has changed...
On 1/5/2010 3:57 PM, sjc wrote: ... which should read: ....I've long been involved in the struggle to keep_the FDA_ (instead of "them", which looked like I...
Before I started seriously selling kefir grains and other cultures, I asked Betty at GEM Cultures if she gets inspections. She said that cultures are out of...
Hi Marilyn, Well, I have a lot to think about such a threat/bully tactic but will withhold my judgment as to the legality of it until I research it a bit...
Actually I do sell the kefir grains. It is not illegal to do so. I sell the culture, not the finished product. That you must steal from me because I do not...
I know this subject is closed but after studying their website I see what Marilyn means when she says, "They sell the same cultures I do but much more...
Actually the grains that you got came from me who obtained them from Marilyn and then gave them to Lilian! Boy, that was a mouthful.  Denise d'Entremont  ...
It's quite simple to make your own ginger bug. I've done it successfully and make some REALLY good ginger beer. Jennifer Roy Texas ... [Non-text portions of...
marilyn, that's awful. its probably a combination of jealousy and ignorance... i would ignore the warning. you have to, its blackmail.... it might be an...
As I did research on the ginger beer plant, I found that it is really water kefir grains but for some reason they didn't want to call them grains and since...
Hello Marilyn, Do you make your own sour cream with kefir grains? Is it as easy as putting kefir grains into cream? This is what I have done so far: I used...
Then they must make them look different in the pictures because they certainly don't look the same as the water kefir granules. I bid on some on ebay but was...
Hello, I am new to the list. Have recently purchased grains. Started off with ultra pasturized :-( and hope my grains are ok. What can happen to them? ...
you need to find some "local" goats ;) depending on where you live getting raw milk can be hard. try http://www.realmilk.com/where2.html we like our milk...
Ginger Beer Plant and water kefir grains are very different cultures. Though they could be used interchangeably, they are not the same. They each have *very*...
Hello Robin, I use regular store cow milk, not organic, since all of that seems to be "ultra" pasteurized. I cannot find goat milk, (and my husband wont let me...
http://www.realmilk.com/where2.html not sure where you live but i found a farm that sells shares in goats to get raw goats milk (i live in michigan) at the...
We've been able to get raw goats milk from local 4Hers. Although in CA you can't sell raw goats milk, the kids were happy to give it to us - they'd just been...
