by Kimberly Hartke, Publicist Weston A. Price Foundation
Mark McAfee, owner of the largest raw dairy in the nation, Organic Pastures, dropped me a surprising email last night. Whole Foods Market, with six hours notice, is dropping raw milk products from its dairy case. Not only in Mark’s state of California, but in Washington state, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. They already removed raw milk from Florida stores, where it was labeled and sold as “pet milk.” Read More »
Consumer Choice Threatened, Family Farm Defends Rights to Private Transactions
by Kimberly Hartke, Publicist, Weston A. Price Foundation
Wayne and Kay Craig’s troubles began last Spring, when their farm store’s retail license was up for renewal. At that point, they had been doing business for 5 years, and the license had been renewed before, with no problems.
They had never hidden the fact that they sold raw milk, direct from their bulk tank, which was permitted by a 2002 ruling from an administrative law judge interpreting the exemptions contained in Wisconsin statutes to the state’s general prohibition on the sale of raw milk. They had always had both an inspector and his supervisor make periodic visits to the farm. Read More »
Rudy was a sickly little boy in a Russian orphanage. Family farmers, Wayne and Kay Craig adopted him, and helped him grow into a hardy, intelligent little boy, with farm fresh foods, and a good life on the farm.
After watching this video, one needs to question. Is raw dairy really the food consumers should be told to be afraid of?
Kay Craig and her husband are currently suing the Department of Agriculture, asking for an injunction to prevent the state from taking legal action against them. Any day now, they expect a response from the state.
Another farm family, the Brunners have lost 90% of their farm’s income due to interference by the state. To meet more of the family farmers whose livlihoods have been upended by government actions, see the other videos shot by Cathy on her recent trip to Wisconsin.
Campaign for Real Milk Gets Unprecedented Public Hearing
by Kimberly Hartke, Weston A. Price Foundation Publicist
“Wisconsin has never seen anything like this,” enthuses Max Kane, raw milk proponent as he debriefs me on yesterday’s raw milk hearing in Eau Claire. House and Senate committees took public comments on the raw milk bills currently before both legislative bodies. Kane estimates that around 600-700 people showed up at the hearing. “The auditorium was packed and standing room only. Three other rooms with live video feeds of the proceedings filled up, and a fourth room had to be opened.”
While news reports like this one, Hundreds Pack Raw Milk Hearing, cite much lower attendance numbers, the state’s records show that 167 people registered to testify at the hearing, and 600 more registered at the event as supporters of the legislation, which brings the number of attendees close to 800. Read More »
There’s something revolutionary about real food, something subversive about traditional foods. There shouldn’t be.
Real food, traditional food, is nothing extraordinary. There should be no cultural shock to enjoying fruits and vegetables, grains and beans, milk and meat grown, raised and prepared through the time-honored practices and traditions that nourished human health for millennia. But there is. Read More »
What’s not to love about chocolate? As we study more about plant biology and human physiology, we are learning some really cool things about one of my favorite foods. For example:
• A 2008 study found that people who ate a small amount of dark chocolate a day (about 6.7 grams) had lower levels of a protein that is associated with inflammation in their blood. Read More »
Scott Trautman and his daughter in the Milking Barn
Food Activists Take Message to Politicians in Wisconsin and Washington
by Kimberly Hartke, Publicist, Weston A. Price Foundation
This week a lot is happening on the food front. In fact, on the same day this Wednesday, March 10, Wisconsin holds historic public hearings on raw milk legislation, and in Washington, D.C., NICFA is holding their annual Farm Food Voices lobby day on Capitol Hill. Read More »
by Janice Curtin, Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader
In the November 2009 issue of Men’s Health a small article is titled FATTEN UP TO SLIM DOWN. It says “You don’t have to go whole hog on a low-carb diet to see results. Simply swapping in fat for a few hundred calories of carbs may help you lose weight and reduce your blood-insulin levels, according to researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Read More »
I was talking today to my friend, John McCormick, a grass farmer who lives in Wilmore, PA about the reactions of some few people who were attending the Lactose Intolerance Conference at NIH this past week and stopped by the Weston Price exhibit, which was manned, or should I way womaned, by Kim Hartke, publicist for the non-profit organization. One lady was angry and demanded that Kim leave because raw milk was illegal in Maryland. Read More »
Grassfed strip loin roast from U.S. Wellness Meats, cut from strip loin primal
Stan Fishman, author of Tender Grassfed Meat has written this guest blog about the need for animal fat in our diet, and how it helps you to achieve culinary greatness.
Bringing Back the Fat Cap – Restoring the Fat of the Land
“Living off the fat of the land” used to mean living the good life. For most of history, eating fat was associated with wealth, luxury, the best food, robust good health, privilege and success. Animal fat was the most prized of all foods, often reserved for nobles, the wealthy, and the privileged. The less fortunate and the great mass of the people had their access to meat and animal fat restricted, and could never get enough. America became known as the nation where even the poor could hunt freely, and get all the fat and meat they wanted. Many immigrants came to America for this reason alone. America developed a meat industry that could provide cheap and nutritious meat and fat to all, which continued to attract immigrants even in the 20th century. Read More »
If you live in Northern Virginia or the DC Metro area, please join our
local Whole Foods Nutrition meetup group to find out about local lectures, food demos and tastings, farm buying clubs, and to meet others who love healthy food!
There are other meetup groups in other parts of the country so check meetup.com for a Whole Foods Nutrition group near you!
FTC & FDA Disclosure Statements
Kimberly Hartke is a homemaker, not a health professional. She also serves as the publicist for a nutrition education non-profit, the Weston A. Price Foundation.
This information is designed to amuse, challenge, even provoke you to explore beyond the conventional food and health system.
We each need to make and be responsible for our own lifestyle choices by doing our own research and consulting with our family and other trusted advisors.
And, if it is a medical opinion you seek, by all means, call a doctor (maybe two or three)!
--Kimberly Hartke,
blogger and health advisor to my own family
Please Note: Any statements or claims about the possible health benefits conferred by any foods or supplements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
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