Friday 03rd of July 2009
Our Spring 2009 Newsletter is here! Click on the "Newsletters" tab (far right).
Our June 23 Board meeting has been postponed. We will reschedule toward the end of July or early August.
Thank you,
Blair McMorran
Julie Schondel of Godshow Ranch in Parker will be giving (hard and soft) cheese-making classes at the end of July.
Cheesemaking workshops are below:
Soft Cheese Monday, July 27th 10am – noon
Thursday,July 30th 10am – noon
Saturday,August 1st 10am – noon
Hard Cheese Monday, July 27th 1pm – 3pm
Thursday,July 30th 1pm – 3pm
Saturday,August 1st 1pm – 3pm
Soft cheese w/supplies $25, w/o supplies $15
Hard Cheese $40 (Supplies will not be provided, but I will see about having them available for sale.)
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Please RSVP by July 11th. There will be a limit of 25 people ages 12 and up. Please reserve your spot early.
Julie
God's HOW Ranch, LLC
God IS how we get stuff done!
42358
Parker, CO 80138
303-690-2437
Our new website is up and running!!
Mark your calendars for June 23rd. RMAC will host a teleseminar with Pete Kennedy, Esq., President of Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF). He will speak about farmer's rights in the context of the document "What to do if you receive a visit". You can find this document on FTCLDF's website, or email me for a copy.
We will meet or teleconference at the Rocky Mountain Farmer's Union 4th floor conference room, 1-3PM. All RMAC members are invited to attend.
Hope you can make it!
“We believe existing systems for identification of livestock, including brands and tattoos, are effective for disease control, and changes to optimize existing systems can be accomplished by state authorities without implementation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).
The implementation of the NAIS – whether by federal or state governments – raises concerns about the impact on private property, privacy and the ability to conduct business, therefore we oppose any government action that funds or mandates premise registration and individual or industry participation in the NAIS.”
You can read about recent federal bills addressing food safety and farming here:
http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/federal_bills.htm (for state legislation: http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/state_bills.htm )
and here:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_17256.cfm
The latest food "safety" bill, H.R. 2749, needs to be stopped. Please sign this petition
http://www.ftcldf.org/news/news-15june2009.htm
The publisher of AcresUSA and a long time advocate of organic farming, Charles Walters died in January. You can read about his life here.
And so it went...

For over 50 years the large dairy interests in America have worked to promote the idea that "pasteurized" milk is safe milk.
They did this for two major reasons:
1). Pasteurization enabled them to collect and transport milk containing high levels of bacteria, because the process would kill the bacteria in the milk.
2). Because pasteurization killed all the bacteria (both good and bad) in the milk, the shelf life of the milk was longer, resulting in higher profits through lesser amounts of spoiled milk.
What you were never told was that this was a poor choice.
It was a poor choice because it enabled an inferior product to dominate the market, while at the same time, putting the small dairy farmers out of business.
Fortunately, today we have better technology that can render the perceived benefits of pasteurization obsolete.
