My Letter of Protest to Organic Valley

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Organic Valley, the largest organic milk company in America decides, as of January 2011, to purge itself of raw milk farmers in a decision controversial even amongst its own leaders. Please join me in sending a letter of protest their way. In a free market economy, this sort of monopolistic bullying should not stand.

Dear Organic Valley,

I am much dismayed at the shabby treatment you are giving to farmers in
your coop that have a fresh milk business in addition to working with you.

There are people like myself who need fresh milk for therapeutic
reasons. We go out of our way to buy it. It takes considerable
investment and energy that most people are unwilling to do. We are not a
threat to your business except for when you seek to destroy our access
to the food of our choosing.

Every time you try to hurt raw dairy, you will invariably get a media
backlash that fuels the interest in raw milk, and more people will learn
of its superior nutritional quality. If you would leave well enough
alone, the raw milk market could peacefully coexist with your store
bought milk.

What a shame. And, shame on you. You discredit your name by penalizing
farmers for offering another organic product. And how utterly
un-American are your actions.

Kimberly Hartke
Reston, VA

Kimberly Hartke is the publicist for The Campaign for Real Milk , a project of the nutrition education non-profit, Weston A. Price Foundation. She drinks raw milk as part of a dietary protocol to overcome severe knee joint pain. Her great grandmother was also healed of tuberculosis on a diet of raw milk and raw eggs in the 1920′s.

See today’s other post:

Organic Valley Raw Milk Policy Endangers Pro-Family Farm Image.

What you Can Do

Please join me in letting this large dairy cooperative know that you disapprove:

To contact Organic Valley to register your concern about their anti-competitive practices, here is their email:

organic at organicvalley.coop

Or, visit the Organic Valley contact page for their phone number or snail mail address.