FRESH MILK HEARING MARCH 17
Come support HB 1080

Where: Room 241 Lowe House Office Building 6 Bladen Street Annapolis MD
When: March 17, 1:00 pm. Please come early to testify-you'll need to sign in.

ACTIONS:

1. Please attend the hearing for HB1080. NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT and Delegates
care when people attend. We especially need doctors and farmers to testify.
Contact Liz if you will testify, liz.reitzig@...

2. Please submit written testimony for the hearing whether or not you attend.
Send testimonies to Liz Reitzig; liz.reitzig@... . Please send
testimonies to Liz by Friday, March 13. Include your name, address and phone
number.

BACKGROUND: In Spring of 2006, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene (DHMH) redefined a cow-share (agistment) as a "sale" of raw milk, making
cow-shares illegal and forcing Maryland residents to seek fresh milk in other
states. For the past two years, MICFA has supported legislation to restore
access to fresh milk in MD. These bills were not allowed out of committee.
Delegate Jennings' current bill, HB1080, will restore cow shares if passed. The
economic benefits to farmers who have agistment agreements are increasingly
important in this economy. Help us convince the committee members and
especially the chairman.

NOTE: Delegate Jennings has another bill that would allow HIGHLY regulated sales
of raw milk, but no farmer would be able to comply with these regulations and
sell fresh milk. We OPPOSE this bill-HB1015. Please come prepared to speak
against this bill if necessary.

Link to 1080: http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/hb1080.htm
Link to 1015: http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/hb1015.htm

Information: Liz Reitzig 301-860-0535 liz.reitzig@...

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