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Raw Milk Nation - New Chart & Map Update
by Pete Kennedy, Esq. 
Raw Milk Nation Map 6/21/13              
Raw milk laws are a hodgepodge in this country; due mainly to the federal ban on raw milk for human consumption in interstate commerce, the laws are different state to state. The Raw Milk Nation Chart © goes into more detail than the Raw Milk Nation Map © by summarizing the specific laws for each state. If there is a stated legal limit on...more
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The Whole Soy Story by K. DanielSoy Milk: Why It's Not a Healthy Udder Alternative
by Kaayla Daniel            

For several decades now, soy milk has been aggressively marketed as a health food with everything short of a soy mustache campaign. Even so, soy milk was long rejected by consumers as nothing more than a poor tasting imitation drink. That all began to change when...more
    

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Farm advocates to gather for a court hearing
of the Bakers 
 
Falls Church, Virginia--(July 8, 2013)--The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), through the Michigan Attorney General, is asking the judge hearing Mark Baker's case to fine him $700,000. DNR believes Mark has 70 "illegal pigs" being raised in violation of an invasive species order (ISO). Possession of prohibited swine carries penalties of...more

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Now the author of Nourishing Traditions, the bestselling nutritional cookbook, has teamed up with the author of the Fourfold Path to Healing to bring you . . .   

Baby and Child Care 

by Sally Fallon Morell and Thomas S. Cowan, M.D. 

  
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Each of these cases protects your access to farm-fresh foods like raw dairy products, humanely raised meats and artisan products. When you donate $100 or more, you can can choose to receive The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care for FREE!  Checkout other donor gifts. 
 
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