Re: Support your local Farmer and THANK YOU

[Guest guest]

I've got to put in my 2 cents here. Twelve years ago the only goats

I'd ever seen were in petting zoos.

Got a job working with a woman with goats. Learned to milk and now

have my own little herd of dairy and meat goats. Nobody got sick along

the way. Nobody gave me any " lessons " . I didn't do any great amount of

research. I just bought some goats from a fella who seemed awful nice

who milked his goats and the goats seemed healthy and away we went.

The idea that a body has to have experience doing something before

they can do it is insane. My first loaf of bread was made with a

cookbook and a good deal of cussing and laughing. There wasn't a

teacher around....

I firmly believe that a backyard cow, loved and cared for by a family

who drinks the milk, is going to produce better milk than any large dairy.

Belinda

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> I agree, they need the education just like you said. Training,

research, learning, ect, but to just pop off and start up a dairy with

no experience? That is going to cause the experienced farmer to catch

heat when some backyard neighbor mishandled something and made people

sick. The fact that it is raw, makes it more difficult, it must be

clean. We can't just kill everything through pasteurization after the

fact like the big folks do. Again, just my own personal opinion and

is not directed at any one.

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> Re:Support your local Farmer

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> Wow. Im getting prickly now too. I like to tell people

> who complain about the price. Oh, no problem Ill have

> plenty of extra kids in the spring, and I love to help

> people start up their own small dairy. Please give me

> a call and I'll freely consult your project. Thats

> wonderfull. Im so glad to support small farmers.

> UUURRRRGGGG!!!!!! Please!!!! I need not say

> more!!Peace. Jen

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[Guest guest]

All this darn sanitation is what's killing us. A friend's mom used to

say, " Ya gotta eat a ton of dirt before you die. " Run your kid to the

ER when they fall and cut their knee. Poor child sneezes twice and

they are at the dr's office in a heartbeat. They don't get a chance to

develop an immune system.

I will probably never be ready for every emergency that comes my way

with animals. They are like youngsters, always looking for something

to get into and finding new ways to make you crazy. Just when you

think you've seen it all they come up with a new twist, ailment, etc.

If you are scared to try without having ALL the knowledge, then you

are probably better off buying milk from those who know that no matter

how much research they do there'll always be something pop up that

stumps them.

Belinda

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> Amen, Belinda!

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> Where does one draw the line? Should you not make your own meatloaf?

Is home

> canning and drying dangerous? Or should we be more faithful in our

accepting

> that traditional foods are our best medicine?

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> Having grown up on Foxfire books, the original mother earth news, and

> grandparents that grew and canned and raised livestock, I don't

think things

> are intrinsically better now for all our sanitization and

> professionalization efforts.

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> www.Majesty Farm.com

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> " Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens

can change

> the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. "

>

> -Margaret Mead

er milk than any large dairy.

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[Guest guest]

All this darn sanitation is what's killing us. A friend's mom used to

say, " Ya gotta eat a ton of dirt before you die. " Run your kid to the

ER when they fall and cut their knee. Poor child sneezes twice and

they are at the dr's office in a heartbeat. They don't get a chance to

develop an immune system.

I will probably never be ready for every emergency that comes my way

with animals. They are like youngsters, always looking for something

to get into and finding new ways to make you crazy. Just when you

think you've seen it all they come up with a new twist, ailment, etc.

If you are scared to try without having ALL the knowledge, then you

are probably better off buying milk from those who know that no matter

how much research they do there'll always be something pop up that

stumps them.

Belinda

>

> Amen, Belinda!

>

>

>

> Where does one draw the line? Should you not make your own meatloaf?

Is home

> canning and drying dangerous? Or should we be more faithful in our

accepting

> that traditional foods are our best medicine?

>

>

>

> Having grown up on Foxfire books, the original mother earth news, and

> grandparents that grew and canned and raised livestock, I don't

think things

> are intrinsically better now for all our sanitization and

> professionalization efforts.

>

>

>

>

>

> www.Majesty Farm.com

>

> " Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens

can change

> the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. "

>

> -Margaret Mead

er milk than any large dairy.

>