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Message From Michael (Day 11) |
Dear Friends of Glencolton Farms
As expected, health officials using their power as specialists to irritate people with scary scenarios. Do not be afraid. Just look at all the food recalls from so called Government inspected food plants. Walkerton is now the big link, to the scare.
Walkerton, as you know, has been under the supervision of the Grey Bruce Owen Sound Health unit. Still it happened. Whatever they drum up as proof is so limited and shallow that every time you turn around there are different arguments. Most of the cases are linked and not proven.
Let us be clear about the real issues here and ask what are the real issues they might want to hide. I don’t know them but they must be big; otherwise they would react more rationally, constructively and openly.
The track record in countries with regulated Farm Fresh Milk is outstanding and easily researched if you use the Internet. We have documents of German District Hospitals using certified Farm Fresh Milk in their facility.
Do you really think that Canada has so much more research done to be able to back up its claims?
I know there is some sanity somewhere inside the Government .. . we just need to be positive and understanding about what the position of most of those people is.
Cheers, my friends. The darkest hours are before the sun rises . . .
Freedom of Choice
Be well and rest assured that I know I am not alone.
Love Michael
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This press release is what is being quoted by health professionals.
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Unpasteurized milk poses great health risk
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By Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Associate Chief Medical Officer of
Health Dr. Karim Kurji, Acting Medical Officer of Health for York Region
Dr. Hazel Lynn, Medical Officer of Health for Grey and Bruce Counties
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TORONTO, Nov. 29 /CNW/ - As you may have read or heard, the selling of
raw or unpasteurized milk has been in the news recently. Different viewpoints
have been reported leaving many to wonder about the health dangers surrounding raw milk.
Make no mistake about it - drinking unpasteurized milk is not good for you.
It can lead to mild illnesses, long-lasting serious diseases, and even
death. This is because disease-causing bacteria found in raw milk include E.
coli O157, the same bacteria found in the water that caused the deadly
outbreak in Walkerton.
People who drink unpasteurized milk can suffer from severe diarrhea,
stomach cramps or abdominal pain, vomiting, fever, weakness and chills.
Certain people - such as young children, the elderly, people who are ill,
pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems - are especially
vulnerable to becoming seriously ill.
What makes drinking raw milk even more dangerous is that these bacteria
(which also include salmonella and campylobacter) can infect other people who
haven't even consumed this unsafe product. The infection can be passed on from
person-to-person by hand-to-mouth contact.
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There is a long list of reports of what happens when people drink
unpasteurized milk, including:
- four cases of E. coli O157 linked to raw milk sold from unmarked
trucks in Ontario in April 2005
- twenty-three cases of campylobacter from an organic dairy farm in
Wisconsin in December 2001
- five children with E. coli O157 at a co-operative farm in Nanaimo,
B.C. in August 2001. Two of these children developed hemolytic uremic
syndrome, which is a serious complication that can lead to kidney
failure.
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It's because of these serious and sometimes fatal consequences that it is
illegal to sell, offer to sell, deliver or distribute raw milk. Anyone who is
aware of this happening should report it to the Ministry of Agriculture and
Food's complaint line at 1-888-466-2372 (ext. 64391).
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For further information: A.G. Klei, Ministry of Health and Long-Term
Care, (416) 314-6197; Jennifer Mitchell-Emmerson, York Region Health Services,
(905) 830-4444 (ext. 4016); Drew Ferguson, Grey Bruce Health Unit, (519)
376-9420 (ext. 269)
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The Milkman Cometh
Crusading farmer Michael Schmidt touts the benefits of raw milk from a rural oasis where happy cows listen to Mozart and produce dairy products with 'soul'
MARGARET PHILP - Globe and Mail
The Christmas decorations will soon be hung at Michael Schmidt's farm, angels and stars fashioned out of straw and a pine wreath nailed to the front door. Moss has been gathered for the nativity scene, its wooden baby Jesus hard-carved and miniature sheep made of wool sheared from the farm's own flock. In the next few weeks, the family will trudge into the forest to chop a majestic pine, standing in worshipful silence around the tree before cutting it down.
In the lofty, century-old barn, life will be just as festive for the cows: old-fashioned tin oil lamps hanging from the ceiling, pine boughs tied with bright red ribbons draped over rafters and doors. A Christmas tree with straw decorations will stand in the corner. On an unusual farm where the animals are respected as part of the family, tradition holds that the herd be lavished with holiday trappings like everyone else.
This odd show of Christmas cheer is hardly surprising for an eccentric and wildly charismatic farmer who talks to his cows like children, a towering heavy-set man in straw hat and Birkenstocks who makes a habit of strolling through the barn every evening to bid "good night" to the animals, a professionally trained orchestra conductor who's known to play Mozart recordings to his cows.
"When you come into the barn, you look at it and you can't believe how clean it is," Mr. Schmidt boasts, with a thick German accent. "Not that I'm totally fanatic. It's just that we share with the cows the same thing we have in the house."
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Message from Michael (Day 10) |
Dear Friends of Glencolton Farms
As this week comes to an end, I am surprised how the issue has affected so many people. People who have been struggling for a long time to find a way back to healthy unaltered food. People who fought relentlessly to protect all of us from the genetic modified nightmare. People who do not conform because they have seen too often the hypocrisy of health officials protecting the “not educated” citizens. People who have been working inside the bureaucracy been and left with no illusions because there is no willingness at all to try to understand why our public health costs are exploding without control. People who woke up realising prevention is more important than fixing. This well oiled machinery of bureaucracy has absolutely no sense of reality and no ear to listen to its citizens.
It has been 10 days since my last meal. As I am moving towards the unknown , I feel clearer every day that this is not a small battle we have to fight. This is a battle that we did not choose but will fight with honour, honesty and passion.
This is a battle that needed to be fought one way or the other. This is a battle of basic human rights. The needs of the people are not being heard.
Government policy is decided by those who can afford lobbyists for the industry and not by the concerns of the people. The voice of the people needs to be heard.
Freedom of Choice
Be well . . . I know that I am not alone
Love Michael
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Biodynamic Farm in the UK |
Community Spirit
from waitrose.com
Old Plaw Hatch Farm is noteworthy not only because it employs
biodynamic methods, but also because its financing involves the local
community in the food production process, says Sarah Freeman.
Photographs by Lisa Anders.
Old Plaw Hatch Farm, near Sharpethorne in West Sussex, is one of
about 90 farms in the UK to be run according to Rudolph Steiner's
agricultural principles, known today as biodynamics. In addition to its
farming methods, Old Plaw Hatch is remarkable for the way in which it
is managed. Along with another farm in the area, Tablehurst, it is one
of only a few examples in this country of community-supported farming.
The land and buildings of both farms are owned by a local charitable
trust, in return for which the farms have educational obligations, such
as offering work experience to students and showing the public around.
To raise money for improvements and expansion, Tablehurst sold its
day-to-day business, including the animals, to a co-operative, while
Old Plaw Hatch's business was sold to a few large shareholders. In both
cases, the backers are more interested in good food than profit.
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Udder terror: Riding with Pasteur Patrol |
Udder terror: Riding with Pasteur Patrol
Dec. 1, 2006. 01:00 AM
LINWOOD BARCLAY
As I write this, I have been embedded for three days with one of this country's most elite law enforcement agencies, so elite, in fact, that many Ontarians were unaware, until recently, of its existence. Comprised of top officers and agents from such organizations as the RCMP, CSIS, the OPP, and the printers of the Milk calendar, this agency works relentlessly to bring to justice those who would dare to traffic in unpasteurized milk.
There are about 20 of us, parked in a dozen or so unmarked cars at 3 in the morning along a gravel township road somewhere in rural Ontario. (Security rules prevent me from telling you I'm 6.2 kilometres southwest of Markdale.)
I'm riding shotgun in a car with the leader of the Pasteur Patrol task force, known to me only as Louis.
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