| | Support Raw Milk in Texas Contact Your State Representative Now!  The raw milk bill, HB 91, is scheduled for a vote on the Texas House floor this Thursday, May 7! This is the first time that the full Texas House will debate the issue of raw milk. We know that there will be opposition, fueled by the big dairy industry and the health officials. We need the legislators to hear from their constituents, loud and clear, that you want them to support your right to legally access raw milk! Raw milk can be sold legally in Texas already - the problem is that regulations require consumers to drive to the farm every time they want to buy milk, burdening the consumers and unfairly limiting the farmers' options for marketing. HB 91 simply allows licensed farmers to sell raw milk at farmers' markets and through delivery arrangements. Please take action below. Then pass this alert on and ask others to do the same! |
Take Action
Please call or email your State Representative to urge him or her to vote YES on HB 91!
Find out who your State Representative is by going to www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us or calling the Texas Capitol Switchboard at 512-463-4630. If you call after hours, you can simply leave a message: "Hi, my name is ____, and I am a constituent. I am calling to urge Representative ______ to vote YES on HB 91, the raw milk bill, when it comes to the floor on Thursday." |
More Information About HB 91, Raw Milk HB 91 would legalize the sale of raw milk by licensed farmers directly to consumers at farmers markets, and allow farmers and consumers to agree to delivery arrangements. - Raw milk is already legal in Texas, but regulations require consumers to drive to the farm every time they want to buy milk. This unfair marketing restriction burdens both farmers and consumers.
- Only 6 illnesses have been reported linked to raw milk in Texas in the last 17 years, out of an estimated ¾ million Texans who drink raw milk.
- Texas Grade A Raw for Retail dairies are subject to regulations that meet or exceed all regulatory standards for pasteurized milk.
- HB 91 simply allows licensed farmers to sell raw milk at farmers' markets and through delivery arrangements. Sales are limited to direct farm-to-consumer and will NOT be allowed in grocery stores.
- HB 91 improves the safety of raw dairy by allowing producers to transport it to consumers under safe conditions, rather than relying on consumers to remember to take coolers and ice.
- By allowing a farmer to make a single trip to serve multiple customers, rather than having each customer drive to the farm, the bill reduces vehicle miles, benefiting air quality, traffic congestion, and public safety.
- HB 91 benefits rural economies because direct farm-to-consumer sales of raw milk can mean the difference between a net loss on the farm and a reasonable income for the farm family.
For more information, go to www.FarmAndRanchFreedom.org |
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Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit [EIN 20-8605130], defends the rights and broadens the freedoms of family farms and artisan food producers while protecting consumer access to raw milk and nutrient-dense foods. Learn more About Us or read the FTCLDF 2013 Summary.
Donations to the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund are always appreciated though not tax-deductible. Prefer to make a tax-deductible donation? Contact us by email at [email protected] or call 703-208-FARM (3276). |
Please forward this alert to others who are concerned about protecting locally-sourced nutrient-dense foods and preserving sustainable small family farms and artisan food producers as well as defending the rights to sell and to access the foods of one's choice from the source of one's choice. |
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