Actually, those folks are Mennonites, aren't they?
Since the Amish avoid pneumatic tires, or so I understand, it would
take them FOREVER to make their deliveries. ;-) -Allan

>Hi Tom, I see that I'm not the first person who
>answered your email, though haven't read the other one
>yet so hope this isn't totally redundant... I don't
>much look at the Weston Price email list, in fact I'm
>not sure how this one came through... but since it has
>and since I have some answers for you, I'm glad to
>oblige. My thinking is right along the same lines as
>yours, though I probably don't follow through as much
>as it seems you do. One thing I can offer is that
>there is an Amish farmer who provides raw milk
>products and has a delivery route which comes through
>Baltimore, which is where I am. I know that's pretty
>far for you, but it might be worth contacting him for
>possible other sources. Or you could probably pick up
>if it was worth it to you. I will forward you his
>latest email order form and you can contact him
>directly. Otherwise, welcome to the network, as loose
>as it is, maybe see you at the annual conference in
>DC? Julia
>
>--- "Thomas H. Harbold" <tharbold@...> wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> My name is Tom Harbold, and I've come to this group
>> by a rather
>> round-about route... I ran across a reference to the
>> "Campaign for
>> Real Milk" in an article in _Farming Magazine_
>> (David Kline, editor),
>> and from there found the website
>> (http://www.realmilk.org) and
>> thence, the Price Foundation. Have done a lot of
>> reading on there
>> since!
>>
>> I have a strong interest in
>> whole/natural/traditional foods,
>> traditional and sustainable farming, and related
>> issues (I work as a
>> naturalist and outdoor educator), and have always
>> been somewhat
>> suspicious of the government's food guidelines... as
>> well as strongly
>> suspicious of mega-corporations, whether in the food
>> industry (a
>> contradiction in terms?) or "industrial agriculture"
>> (a definite
>> contradiction in terms!). I buy local and/or organic
>> as much as
>> possible (read: when I can find and/or afford it),
>> but hope someday
>> to have a small farm or at least homestead of my
>> own.
>>
>> Being notably fond of dairy products, and finding
>> that the
>> information on raw milk "sits well" with me, I am
>> particularly
>> interested in any information anyone can provide on
>> the subject of
>> cow-shares or similar arrangements here in Maryland
>> -- central
>> Maryland in particular (I live in Westminster).
>>
>> Hoping I'm talking to people and not just air (this
>> group doesn't
>> appear to have been active for about a year), I
>> remain
>>
>> Yours respectfully,
>>
>> Tom Harbold
>>
>> --
>>
>> "Should we give up the kind of farming that has
>> been proven to
>> preserve communities and land and is ecologically
>> and spiritually
>> sound for a way that is culturally and
>> environmentally harmful?"
>> -- David Kline, _Great Possessions: An Amish
>> Farmer's Journal_
>>
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>> Thomas H. Harbold
>> P.O. Box 1537
>> tharbold@...
>> Westminster, MD 21158
>> tom_in_md@...
>> http://www.geocities.com/Tom_in_MD
>>
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