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Title

The raw milk revolution : behind America's emerging battle over food rights / David E. Gumpert ; foreword by Joel Salatin.

Author

Gumpert, David E.

Publication

White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2009.

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Description

xxix, 254 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The Raw Milk Revolution" takes readers behind the scenes of the government's tough and occasionally brutal intimidation tactics against small dairies producing raw milk.

Subject

• Bacterial Infections > prevention & control
• Bacterial diseases > Prevention
• Food law and legislation > United States
• Health Policy
• Legislation, Food
• Medical policy > United States
• Milk
• Milk > Law and legislation > United States
• Milk > Microbiology > United States
• Milk > microbiology
• Sterilization > legislation & jurisprudence
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface : why the sudden concern about food rights? -- Introduction : why raw milk so inflames the passions -- Why is the government kicking around a bunch of small dairy farmers? -- Raw milk and the upside-down world of food-borne illness -- Why are we still debating pasteurization? -- Picking up the pieces -- Raw milk and the cases of the disappearing pathogens -- What are we to make of so much anecdotal evidence? -- Is raw milk really healthier? -- How dangerous is raw milk, really? -- E. coli O157:H7 and the education of Mary McGonigle-Martin -- When it comes to food, how much freedom should we have to take risks? -- Nine words ignite a raw milk battle, California-style -- A test of belief systems.

ISBN

• 9781603582193
• 1603582193

LCCN

^^2009031406

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library