The raw milk revolution
Subtitle: behind America's emerging battle over food rights
By: David E. Gumpert ; foreword by Joel Salatin.
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: White River Junction, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781603582193
Subjects: Milk -- Microbiology -- United States; Bacterial diseases -- Prevention; Medical policy -- United States; Food law and legislation -- United States; Milk -- Sterilization -- Law and legislation -- United States; Milk -- United States; Bacterial Infections -- prevention & control -- United States; Health Policy -- United States; Legislation, Food -- United States; Milk -- microbiology -- United States; Sterilization -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : why the sudden concern about food rights?; title: Introduction : why raw milk so inflames the passions; title: Why is the government kicking around a bunch of small dairy farmers?; title: Raw milk and the upside-down world of food-borne illness; title: Why are we still debating pasteurization?; title: Picking up the pieces; title: Raw milk and the cases of the disappearing pathogens; title: What are we to make of so much anecdotal evidence?; title: Is raw milk really healthier?; title: How dangerous is raw milk, really?; title: E. coli O157:H7 and the education of Mary McGonigle-Martin; title: When it comes to food, how much freedom should we have to take risks?; title: Nine words ignite a raw milk battle, California-style; title: A test of belief systems.