R. Ted Reich of Winfield writes that he has been working with dairy milk producers of various sizes since 1985 and can no longer sit by when the economy continues to slide downward and food costs escalate without looking at one food aspect that really impacts the lower income families and others as well. That is milk, a staple that we all need.
Organic and rBST free milk has been overrated and many times misrepresented by the large corporate food supplier. It has been proven by surveys that mothers who are concerned about food safety for their children are the major customers of Organic- and rBST Free- labeled milk and milk products. Read the facts as presentd by Dr. John Fetrow, professor of dairy medicine at the University of Minnesota, and Dr. Terry D. Etherton, Professor of Animal Nutrition, Penn State. More complete info is available at www.FeedstuffsFoodLink.com.
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