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Support Raw Milk in Montana with HB 245


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UPDATE: House Bill 245 (HB 245) passed out of the House Human Services Committee on February 11, 2015. The vote in the full House could come at any time, likely Thursday, February 19. 

 

It is currently illegal to sell raw milk in Montana. HB 245 would change this.

 

The bill would allow small-scale farmers who meet specific standards to sell raw milk.

 

Please help to get this bill passed: Use the email petition and follow up with a phone call or email!

 

For more information, see below or contact Chris Rosenau at [email protected]

 

Please pass this alert on and ask others to do the same.
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Action #1 - Use Email Petition
Ask the Montana House of Representatives to Support HB 245

 

Please use this email petition to email all members of the Montana House of Representatives to urge them to vote yes on HB 245!

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Action #2 - Call or Email Legislators
Ask Your Legislators to Support HB 245

 

Please follow up the email petition with a phone call or email, as time permits. The vote in the House could come at any time, likely Thursday, February 19.

 

Find contact information for the Montana House of Representatives listed here.

 

Some Montana legislators do not have an email address listed, but you can use the online email portal to ask them to vote for HB 245. Copy/paste your message and select the following representatives: BENNETT, JERRY; GARNER, FRANK; and RANDALL, LEE. 

[go to http://leg.mt.gov/css/sessions/64th/legwebmessage.asp]

 

Follow up with phone calls, especially to your own state representative [Find your legislator]. You may call the Information Desk [406-444-4800] and leave a message for up to five legislators per call.

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More Information

 

HB 245 aims to exempt small dairy herds (i.e., herds of lactating animals no more than 7 cows or 15 goats or 15 sheep) from the state prohibition on raw milk sales; exempted dairies with a permit may sell on-farm, direct to the consumer. HB 245 would also recognize the legality of herdshare arrangements and exempt them from regulation.

 

Updates will be posted on the Raw Milk Montana Facebook page. Please use this URL as many people are being directed to an inactive page that is not associated with this bill:

www.facebook.com/rawmilkmontana?ref=br_tf

 

For more information, visit this page or contact Chris Rosenau at [email protected]

 


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