Action pnum1290 Last 25 Messages Transmitted Log I Support HB 325 for direct raw milk sales in Montana ********** [001121:041117] D.B., Manhattan, MT I Support HB 325 for direct raw milk sales in Montana. Please likewise support this bill - it is Montanans, and indeed every person in the these United States right, to choose what they put into their bodies. As our State's representative, I would hope that you would represent and respect your constituent's choices and decisions and what we the PEOPLE want, NOT big money. ********** [185705:041017] K.J., Plains, MT Please allow raw milk sales. I grew up drinking raw milk and raised my kids on it until we couldn't get it anymore. Now it's almond milk. I would love to buy fresh again. ********** [111010:041017] M.A., Harrison, MT I support the passing of HB325. I would also like to see you support it. I live in very small community. I can not have a cow, but my neighbor does. They have to throw milk out. Why can they not sell that milk to me? I consider myself an educated and responsible enough person to make the decision if it is safe for me and my family, but my government says that I am not. Please stop telling me that I need someone else to make decisions for me and let me buy raw milk. Pass HB325 ********** [104448:041017] L.W., Hamilton, MT Please allow the consumer to have the say in this matter. Wouldn't it be a matter of choice if she or he wanted to buy it? ********** [224205:040917] D.C., Bridger, MT I support the petition to legalize the accessibility of raw cows' milk. ********** [193903:040917] C.L., Billings, MT Please vote for HB 325 and allow people to make their own food choices. Raw milk and products made from raw milk are far less dangerous than leafy green produce! The concern over disease is overinflated. Raw milk can only be sold within a small area to a few people who know their dairy provider who also drink their own product, so, God forbid, if there ever is a problem it will only affect a limited number of people and can easily be traced to the source. I do not want to have to raise a mini moo in my backyard to get fresh milk. Please let me get it legally from my local farmer :) Thank you. ********** [192257:040917] R.H., Plentywood, MT Please pass this bill. I grew up drinking raw milk and products made from it. With anything, responsibility must be exercised. Let people decide. ********** [153133:040917] S.B., Livingston, MT Please vote YES for HB 325. This is a legal practice across 44 states, there are not illnesses happening, there are not dead children, there is no evidence of a public health risk. This is a practice that is happening in Montana and will continue, please make the sale of raw milk legal and support the consumers and producers of our state. ********** [015644:040917] J.C., Manhattan, MT It is time, senators, to decriminalize the sale of raw milk. It is not a public health issue. It is a personal liberty issue. ********** [000918:040917] E.R., Helena, MT Please support HB 325 to make some small distribution of raw milk legal. Montana families are interested in the health benefits of drinking unpasteurized milk. Some of our parents or grandparents grew up on it. Raw milk is a super food that should be legal for those of us that want to seek it out and buy it. Once a family can obtain raw milk they can make real food out of it for themselves. Support access to real whole food. Please do not be swayed by large dairy. They will continue to make plenty of money. This bill allows for small dairies and distribution. It is one small step towards healthy Montanans. Please support! ********** [114904:040817] K.S., Livingston, MT Once again I am writing to you to ask that you vote yes for HB325. I grew up on a dairy farm and know firsthand the health benefits of drinking raw milk. Our dairy farm was much larger than the farms proposed in this bill and me and my large family suffered no detriments from the consumption of raw milk. I believe it is our right and personal responsibility to chose our own food. Also most of the items in the grocery store are chemical franken foods that are making the majority of our country sick and disease prone. Please help support this bill and our small farms. Thank you for your consideration, K.Lee Subik ********** [114425:040817] J.L., Clinton, MT I support passage of HB325, permitting small scale sale of unpasteurized milk to those who want it. Montanans should have the freedom to make an informed decision on what they feel is safe and healthy food for themselves and their family, especially given the much more numerous foodborne illnesses linked to commercially distributed produce, meat, and pasteurized milk. Montana should be brought into line with the numerous other states that permit sale of unpasteurized milk. I ask our state legislators to carefully consider, and ultimately support, this bill. Thank you. ********** [112502:040817] K.A., Stevensville, MT I support this bill and appreciate your time and effort in consideration of HB 325. I believe it's an individual's right to decide to drink and purchase raw milk. The safeguards in this bill are appropriate and I'm happy they have been added back to the language of the bill. This bill gives consumers the choice they deserve. Thank you. ********** [103635:040817] G.H., Victor, MT With all the illegal things out there I sure don't understand why we can't get this passed. Create health and opportunities. ********** [094635:040817] K.B., Kalispell, MT I write concerning Raw Milk. It is known to be safe and healthy. Our family drinks cow and goat milk going on eight years now. Sometimes friends want to buy some and we have to say no. The freedom to make our own choices in this matter should be of the highest concern to you as legislators. I know there are some big money lobbyists trying yo influence this issue. please represent us as citizens of this great State. Thank you four time and consideration. Sincerely, Kent Bois Kalispell, Mt. ********** [085219:040817] B.R., Shelby, MT I ask that you vote for HB 325. In an agricultural state like Montana, we should be able to buy raw milk directly from our hard working farmers and ranchers who are very proud of their products. Citizens of several states already have this safe, healthy and unique product available to them. Thank you ********** [230222:040717] D.L., Helena, MT I support the availability of raw milk in Montana. I am deeply grateful to our Congressmen who have supported this effort and stood up for our right to choose the foods we eat as consumers. I know many families like ours who historically don't purchase dairy products at all because of extreme concerns about animal welfare and nutritional profile, but would purchase raw milk if it was available legally from small producers. Thank you for your time and your votes in support of this bill! ********** [225143:040717] L.H., Chinook, MT I drank raw milk as a child and fed it to my children. We are all happy and healthy. What is being done to our food is a crime. We need to bring back good old basic food including raw milk. ********** [223257:040717] C.A., Huntley, MT Free the milk! We as consumers should be able to choose what we want to eat/drink. My family has seen the amazing healing qualities that raw milk offers. My son suffers from asthma and since getting our milk cow and drinking the raw milk he has completely gone off all daily medicines, hasn't been sick as often and overall has a better immune system. We would love to be able to share our milk with friends that could benefit from it too and as the law sits right now we are unable to legally share or sell to others. We just want the ability and right to share/sell raw milk with those that are seeking the raw milk. ********** [213807:040717] K.M., Florence, MT Please make buying raw milk legal again in Montana. This should be the choice of the people to use or not use raw milk. It makes no sense to make this illegal because of false scare tactics and allow the sale of say, cigarettes, which are a known carcinogen or sugar which causes many health problems and a host of other things that are known to be harmful, when raw milk is not. Thank you for your time......Kathleen and James F. Mapledoram, Florence, Montana ********** [211233:040217] P.C., Bigfork, MT Please show your support for HB 325 Raw milk sales. Giving the consumer their own choice. ********** [145758:040217] D.W., Trego, MT This frankly angers me that people are listening to well funded lobbyists and not the people. I would ask...who are you serving? This bill has been in play since 2012. America has reached a point where we want people to here US, not the lobbyists who are guarding their own wallets. People want to make their own choices about what is best for them to consume. Please listen to the PEOPLE and not lobbyists. ********** [164101:040117] K.S., Livingston, MT Please un-table HB 325 and let us as consumers make our own choices. I grew up on raw milk as well as my large family with no detrimental side effects and our dairy farm was larger and had more cows than this bill proposes. I also find it offensive that large corporate interests are weighing in as they feel threatened and only care about their bottom line. We need to get back to small farms and local consumerism and food freedom of choice. Thank you ********** [142959:040117] K.J., Great Falls, MT Please do not cave to the selfish concerns of corporations. You represent the PEOPLE of Montana, who believe in freedom and personal responsibility. Have you personally done research on the so called dangers of raw dairy? I am willing to bet not. My children were raised on wonderful raw milk and are very healthy. I want the same opportunity for my grandchildren. ********** [132224:040117] T.C., Hamilton, MT I support HB325 and I want my representatives to vote yes on it also. One of the reason we voted overwhelmingly Republican is that we're tired of the nanny state and their ridiculous rules. Once again were asking you to listen to the people who voted you in. Pick the bill back up off the table and vote yes. I grew up drinking raw milk and we never got sick from it yet we've been sick from frozen pizza and peanut butter. There's no reason to tell us that we have no right to decide on our own what we can consume. Please vote YES on HB325. **********