Police Raids On Organic Food Stores

bore. we need to evolve past this cattle (dairy and beef) based culture...

Let them eat cake...er...drink milk!

I'm sure the dairy industry is really behind this, why wouldn't they want the government to step in and deal with their only competition!!!!

Yet the government allows Monsanto to poison the world with impunity and factory farms to run with little enforced regulation. Perhaps a little consistency would be in order.

I appreciate the gov doing their job. Raw milk is great until it makes you sick. Science is a good thing. Food regulation is a good thing. If some of you clowns did a little research about the dangers of unpasteurized dairy you would be singing a different tune.
Wake up hipsters.

Is everything wholesome is prohibited in US?

This is all about protecting the corporations that own and run this country. Be prepared for more and more of this.

it's all about money. shocking abuse of power AGAIN!

hmmm but the government let's Monsanto run free..guess its cuz they have Kerry and Thomas among others in the FDA on the payroll..while millions of Americans consume genetically modified food that are not required to label them as such....and other countries pass laws to ban them.

I'm sorry for being late on this... but there are locations in this country, where the food is pure.. but is not open for the public... only rich and government officials are allowed to buy from there...

so much for transparency...

money money money muuuuuney.... monaaaaaaaay!

The FDA should just make the natural growers and such put a crappy label on the natural stuff, warning the consumer of possible problems. I mean it's okay for Tobacco product, and we all know they kill thousands every year! What I want to eat and drink is my business. Besides informing me, the government and big agro needs to step off.

where is america? gone?

well, what if someone drinks this milk, gets sick, and then gets you sick... is that fair/free? This is something that can impact everyone, not just those who choose to drink raw milk. Yea it does seem ridiculous/inhibiting but it might be for the good of everyone....but then again it could be about profit control/other reasons. I'm not sure if we all know enough about this to really make a fair judgement

This is why ive got my own cow, raise my own calf, good friends with the lady who raises the pigs we eat, and have a garden that grow most of my familys veggies. Governtment food is so sterile and chemicalized it just cant be healthy.

to this day i will only drink raw milk, i do not get it nearly as often as i did when i was a kid growning up on a farm. but i tell you there is nothing like the taste of unpasteurized milk, the rich sweet taste is truly one of natures gifts

the fact that people can not choose what they want to eat and drink, shows everyone the fact, we are not free, this so called freedom is a lie

Don't cry over spilled milk. Its funny what the feds will raid.

"In the case of Rawesome, the group broke the law by failing to have the proper permits to sell food to the public."

Few of us are old enough to remember the dangers of drinking raw milk. Would you eat poisonous blow fish from an unlicensed sushi chef? Yes, you can say that people should be able to put whatever they want into their own mouths, but should the rest of the general public then be required to pay for their health care when they become sick? The guns drawn was over the top, but I have no problem with this otherwise.

Monsanto will pay for this bullshit!

We are not , apparently , as "free" as we Like to think .

Has the people gone OUT OF THERE MINDS ???????

Okay, 1) armed policemen for raw milk? How much taxpayer money was spent that day keeping foodies from enjoying something that, while potentially risky to those who consume it, has proven health benefits and in no way harms those who do not consume it?

2) Have you seen what food companies put into our food? Do you realize what they pump into cows and chickens before it enters our mouths? Have you seen the scientific research that proves what that "federally mandated pasteurization process that uses...chemical(s) to kill off salmonella and other possible contaminants" can do to the health of a human being?

Little girls reach puberty a full year earlier than before, women have proportions that aren't physically possible without the aid of food stuffed with hormones, and chemicals that haven't even been approved by the FDA enter our bodies all the time so that food companies can sell us more product, cheaper, faster.

The truth is that the pricetag on that more expensive food represents the true cost of food. Farmers are run like slaves, the soil is rapidly depleted, and harmful chemicals and radiation treatments are carried out every day so that we can have cheaper food in the short-term at the expense of long-term agriculture and human health.

So forgive the hippies for wanting the real deal. They (read: we) have science on our side too. It's just a matter of finding balance.

What happened to our country?

If we drink too much water we'll drown. Will they ban that next?

It IS about control and profit. I can only hope that eventually, enough people will be enraged that this corporate-led industry reverts back to local ma-and-pa establishments.

Even though I'm fortunate enough to live near a co-op and a farmers market, I still grow some of my own food. My garden started a trend; some of my neighbors saw my vegetables and decided to grow some of their own. Wouldn't it be wonderful if my entire block grew different foods that we could all share and trade with each other? I think that's what it will need to come to again, because it's gotten to the point where I can't trust what the FDA is approving as food in my local grocery store... or if my "organic" soy milk is coming from thousands of miles away. I'd be willing to pay more if I knew the money was going directly to the farmer who provided the goods. Interestingly enough, farmers markets are CHEAPER than grocery stores.

Madness!

yea , this story was well written thanks for the lively report i was enthralled with unpasteurized words

This sounds like the FDA or USDA. This has happened before with people who own "shares" in a cow whereby the owners get a percentage of the raw milk and cheese produced by the cow. I have read stories where raw milk was able to be consumed by people who could not drink the pasteurized variety. We grow our own food and only eat organically grown chickens, meat etc. I don't see where it is a crime to not sign on to the gov sponsored food products. This is absurd.

But homemade cheese is so much better.