Re: Support your local Farmer and THANK YOU

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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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> 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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> I absolutely disagree with you there. ANYONE is capable, with

support and

> education, of learning to handle and produce raw milk.

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I do NOT aggree!!!!! Yes, maybe, a majority of folks (ie 51% or more

of the population) can learn how to handle raw milk safely. After

almost a year of reading what people subject raw milk to on this list,

I question even that!

But, to 'produce?' As in having the responsibility for welfare of a

living creature? Absolutely, totally NOT everybody!!! Give me

nightmares even to consider!!

The inborn gift of successfully dealing with livestock is exactly that-

A GIFT!!! Not everybody has it and it cannot be learned.

I mean, get a clue, look at all the child abuse, spouse abuse, and

animal abuse that goes on in the world!!!

Donna

Safehaven Nubians

Dandridge, TN

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> I absolutely disagree with you there. ANYONE is capable, with

support and

> education, of learning to handle and produce raw milk.

>

>

I do NOT aggree!!!!! Yes, maybe, a majority of folks (ie 51% or more

of the population) can learn how to handle raw milk safely. After

almost a year of reading what people subject raw milk to on this list,

I question even that!

But, to 'produce?' As in having the responsibility for welfare of a

living creature? Absolutely, totally NOT everybody!!! Give me

nightmares even to consider!!

The inborn gift of successfully dealing with livestock is exactly that-

A GIFT!!! Not everybody has it and it cannot be learned.

I mean, get a clue, look at all the child abuse, spouse abuse, and

animal abuse that goes on in the world!!!

Donna

Safehaven Nubians

Dandridge, TN

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