April 12th farm update
April 12, 2008
Things have been busy here – our cows have had over 70 babies in the last 4 weeks. Except for one backwards one, everything has gone well. If you can, stop at the farm to see the baby calves in their paddocks. We have 2 paddocks right by the barn. Each paddock has a large shelter bedded with warm straw, for those rainy days. The paddocks are large each so that the calves can run around as needed. Like little children, they can only sleep so much before they have to run around and play. It’s so good to see the babies outside kicking up their heels and hopping about. If you are lucky, you will be here when we move calves around. Nothing like a new paddock to get the crew running with glee.
The raw milk issue continues to gain attention. We were privilaged to speak to an Associated Press journalist from Milwaukee, who wanted to write an article about raw milk. I know the article was picked up by several local newspapers. Being an AP article, it could be picked up national wide. The misinformation about the safety record of raw milk continues to frustrate. Please go to the westonaprice.org web site and check out the “Raw Milk” site. They have a rebuttal against the FDA powerpoint against raw milk. Also on the wesonaprice.org web site is a PowerPoint presentation put together by Lee Dexter and Sally Fallon entitled “Raw Milk and Raw Milk Products, Safety, Health, Economic and Legal Issues”.
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