NEW YORK: Lodi farmers argue for right to sell raw milk - (Gannett News Service)
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WATERLOO Lawyers for Seneca County farmers and the state Agriculture and Markets Department were cited as arguingrs Thursday before an administrative law judge about whether the farmers are violating state law by distributing unpasteurized dairy products to a select group of people.
The owners of Meadowsweet Dairy LLC, Steve and Barbara Smith of Lodi, charge their 110 members small fees to maintain the company’s only asset, a herd of cattle, and in turn supply them with raw dairy products.
Gary Cox, lawyer for Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund who represented Meadowsweet, was quoted as telling Administrative Law Judge Susan Weber, These people have a fundamental right to produce their own food and to consume it. They’re going to nourish their bodies the way they want to.”
The story says that the Smith family has decided to abandon the state-regulated method for milk production and opted for the new communal approach because […]
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