New member intro: Gordon from Belleville IL (next to St Louis, MO)

Posted July 4, 2012 · July 4, 2012

Hi,

My name is Gordon Brown. Me and my wife Jennaver are new WAPF local chapter

leaders for St Clair County in Illinois--in the northern part of the southern

part of the state

email: gordon@...

We are raw milk consumers. I also own 3 acres and live on land cleared by my

family who still own another 95 acres right next to us. So there is potential

for us to be farmers again at some point. I was raised as a farmer of

" traditional " corn/beans/wheat and we had horses and chickens when I was a kid.

Raw dairy sales are legal in Illinois with some stipulations. Currently, to my

knowledge, you can only buy direct from farmers and must provide your own

container. Aged raw cheeses are also legal (aged 60 day minimum and must be

licensed). A recently passed cottage food law also opens up more opportunity

for selling traditional foods--but excludes raw dairy and other " potentially

hazardous " food.

I look forward to learning from everyone here and sharing anything I can to help

others get and produce raw milk.

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