Legislative Bill - A621 Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1000/621_I1.PDF

Track The Bill's Progress: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillsByNumber.asp

Action Alert:
Posted by Garden State Raw Milk

The first hearing of our bill is scheduled for Monday, May 11th.

The Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will hold the hearing on Monday May 11, 2009 @2pm in Committee Room 8, 3rd floor, State House Annex, Trenton New Jersey.

The committee will receive comments and testimony from invited guests concerning the sale of raw milk. Come join us in Trenton!

Email or call the 5 Agricutural and Natural Resource Committee members and tell them why you support this bill.

The public may also address comments and questions to

Lucinda Tiajoloff, Committee Aide at  609-292-7676, fax 609-292-0561, 
or e-mail: [email protected].

If you want legal raw milk in NJ, here is how you can help make this happen::

1. Senator Karrow has introduced our bill to the legislature to legalize raw milk sales in NJ.
2. Spread the word that we have a bill that will make raw milk sales legal again.
3. Download and sign our petition!
4. Write or call the 5 Agricutural and Natural Resource Committee members and tell them why you support this bill.     (Fisher, Alban, Amodeo, Conaway, & Karrow).
5. Call your own legislators (for talking points, click here) and tell them that you want legal raw milk sales in NJ and you want them to support this bill

Remember, letter writing is very powerful- write your legislators, regular mail is best, but phone calls and email are good too!  Your legislators need to hear from YOU!!!

To contact your legislators, log onto:  http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp

History of Raw Milk in New Jersey:

Jan. 13, 2009  Freedom to Eat Farm Fresh Foods from Fertile Soil, Organic Raw Milk, Vegetables, Etc.  by J.R. Heckman, Ph.D. - New Jersey Annual Vegetable Meeting Proceedings. p. 44-46

April 3, 2008 - Rutgers University's 2008 Seminar Series on Raw Milk

Summaries of Presentations -

1. Raw Milk, Mother Nature's Inconvenient Truth by Mark McAfee, Organic Pastures Dairy
2. Raw Milk Wars, Government's Attempt to Dictate What Foods We Can Consume, David G. Cox, Attorney at Law, Lane, Alton & Horst LLC
3. Raw Milk, A Microbiology Primer, Dr. Mark Gebhart, MD, Wright State University
4. A Risk Assessor Takes a Look at Raw Milk, Dr. Don Schaffner

Jan. 30, 2008 http://www.gardenstaterawmilk.org/documents/PrincetonPacketStory.asp

Press & Posts:

June 3, 2009 - Raw Milk is a New Trend, Again

May 15, 2009 - Got raw milk? Some think you should

May 13, 2009 - Officials consider raw milk business

May 12, 2009 - New Jersey Bill Would Allow the Sale of Raw Milk