mennonite dairy farmer arrested again

[naturelovr]

can't find the thread about this...think snowflake posted it a while back...but they've done it again....and again.....below is a very small bit from the article which is kinda' longish, but, in my opinion, worth readin'....... this is the kind of thing that folks who are tryin' to live simply and naturally need to stay aware of........

www.opednews.com/articles/More-raids-against-horse-a-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-081207-409.html

.....the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has raided this same man for a third time.

The second two raids have been led by a man who previously worked for Hersheys and Dean Foods, giant corporations with a vested interest in dairy farmers receiving little for their milk and in stopping the growing public move to NON-corporate, local, independent, straight to consumer sale of milk.

And what was the dairy farmer selling? Unprocessed, plain milk, which the USDA is working state to state to make illegal, using "food safety' as the argument and treating real milk as though it were a major threat to US public health.

Yet the reality is that raw milk greatly supports local farming and sustainable agriculture and is produced in ways consistent with reducing global warming and its growing popularity stems from people learning that it is especially healthy.

It contains real vitamin D which is critical to health but which the industry removes and substitutes with a synthetic that doesn't work.

Raw milk is also rich in bacteria that Yale University has shown to be protective against type 1 diabetes.

[SpyderLady]

If they stop him what is next, the roadside fruit stand?

[naturelovr]

naw Spydie.....

from the readin' i've done lately, believe it'll be the hand made wooden toys that ya can buy at craft fairs and such...they've implemented some real stringent regulations about pre-testing toys, due, in part, to the public response to the unbelievable number of toxic toys that were allowed to be sold without testing guidelines being followed.....

in one of the articles, hand crafted toys were mentioned as something that would be targeted....and it pointed out that it was likely that no craftsman would be able to afford the testing proceedures that will be necessary....

if i see anything else about it, i'll post it......

[WVsnowflake]

Just gotta love our governments way of doing things.... Heaven forbid it should be good for the people, and the craftmans point if view, my father makes toys , there is nothing that can be pulled off, nothing toxic, nothing that the child can get hurt on, no sharp edges, I have one of his rocking horses here I'll take a picture of, It belonged to my niece and her big brother ( age 10) took a hatchet
to the rockers, My dad has new rockers cut out for me just have to take the horse over to his toy shop to fix it. The horse pattern called for the tails and manes to be made of wood and he said no , a baby would get hurt on them, so he makes the tails out of yarn that he drills the holes and then glues and pushes each strand into. same with the manes. there are no screws to be seen, they are gorgeous !
He makes beautiful trains, just made an oven and a kitchenette for his step granddaughter ,

[naturelovr]

hand crafted toys.....

from the consumerist:

So what happened? Well, after last year's spate of killer lead toys and their subsequent recalls, the government stepped in with new legislation. Unfortunately, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act that they passed says that "manufacturers must now test for lead paint, and by Feb. 10 they must test for lead and certain chemicals anywhere in products made for children 12 and under." This means even small companies who, say, don't even use paint (much less import products from Chinese factories), will be required to shell out large sums of money to certify their toys are safe. The Los Angeles Times has a story out today that describes the grim future some of these small companies face:

"If they don't change the law, we'd have to close our doors," said Nick Christensen, owner of Little Sapling Toys in Eureka, Calif. "We won't be able to afford the testing."

His wooden rattles and building blocks, which retail for $20 to $40, would cost at least $1,500 per model to test, he said. Because he makes 20 models, his testing bill would be at least $30,000.

Christensen, who makes everything by hand, says the only things his products contain are wood and beeswax, and he's bitter about being forced to test them for lead.

Other manufacturers say they've been quoted testing prices of $24,000 for a telescope, $1,100 for a wooden wagon and $400 for cloth diapers, according to the toy alliance.

The Handmade Toy Alliance says that the law could be improved by exempting small businesses and by recognizing that certain manufacturing processes shouldn't require lead paint testing. (For instance, if your toys aren't painted or don't use plastic.) If the law stays unchanged, however (and if the fees for testing don't suddenly drop dramatically), then come this February you can expect either empty shelves in toy stores that specialize in handmade goods, or an explosion in toy "collectibles" that are labeled "not made for children."
consumerist.com/5117450/new-toy-safety-rule-has-collateral-damage-handmade-toy-manufacturers

[olhillbilly]

I can see a boom in cow pie sales.