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Restore Herdshares & Property Rights in Utah

Use Email Petition & Contact Full House

 

UPDATE: Utah House Bill 104 (HB 104) passed the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee on March 3, 2015 and is now up for a vote in the full House at any time.

 

HB 104, Cow-Share Program Amendments, would restore property rights and allow herdshares in Utah that were outlawed in 2007.

 

Please contact legislators immediately with this Email Petition and follow up with phone calls!

 

See below for details and this Facebook page for updates. 


Spread the word and pass on this alert!
 Item1
Action #1 - Use Email Petition

Please send a message to members of the full House via this Email Petition and ask them to support HB 104. 

 

Remember to be courteous as this helps to build good relations with the legislature.
 

 Item2
Action #2 - Call Legislators

 

To be most effective, please follow up with phone calls and text messages to House Reps. 

The vote could come at any time!

 

Again, please be courteous as this helps to build good relations with the legislature.

Go to the House Roster and click on the names to find any cell number listed.

 

To contact your own state representative, look for your county in the roster or enter your address (Who Represents Me).

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Talking Points

 

Reportedly, the bill has been changed to allow for herdshare programs with no more than two milking cows, ten goats or ten sheep. Most any bill allowing shared ownership of dairy animals is a step forward.

  • There are only two licensed raw milk dairies in the state of Utah so the supply of legal milk is limited.
  • While consuming raw dairy products is legal throughout the U.S., many in Utah do not have access to exercise their right except via herdshares.
  • Access to raw dairy is a matter of consumer choice, not a public health issue.

 


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