Action blog posts
DOGE cuts more than 1b in funding for local food
The rabble continues to destroy things they never sought to understand.
3/12/2025
North Dakotans want more choice in raw milk products
Raw milk sales have been legal in North Dakota since 2023, now a bill appears to include other raw milk products.
2/15/2025
Kentucky wants to legalize raw milk sales
Kentucky representatives want to legalize raw milk sales in their state.
2/14/2025
Now tracking raw milk recalls
The raw milk map is now tracking recalls to save us from driving to the farm or grocery store when milk is temporarily unavailable.
12/21/2024
California governor declares Bird Flu emergency
Governor Newsom declares a state of emergency targeting the increase in human cases of HPAI, or Bird Flu.
12/19/2024
Arkansas raw milk bill to legalize off-farm sales
Legislation was introduced to make off-farm sales legal as on-farm sales are now in the state.
12/9/2024
USDA orders mandatory bird flu testing
Federal tracking of HPAI/ Bird Flu has expanded from animal samples to milk samples in the USA.
12/8/2024
Netherlands begins monthly testing of raw milk
Raw milk testing will increase from quarterly to monthly in the Netherlands.
11/13/2024
Amish vote helps Trump in Pennsylvania
Trump prosecuted Amos Miller every single year of his first administration. We’ll see if that changes.
11/8/2024
Raw milk sales legalized in Delaware
Direct-to-consumer raw milk sales are now legal in the state of Delaware.
9/27/2024
Amos Miller may distribute raw milk interstate but not intrastate
Miller’s Organic Farm, a private food club, can ship to its members across state lines, but not within the State of Pennsylvania.
8/15/2024
Nourish Cooperative dumps food over state-level licensing complaint
Nourish Cooperative ordered to destroy raw milk, butter, and more by the State of Michigan due to licensing issues.
7/3/2024
Louisiana makes raw milk sales legal
Raw milk sales will become legal in Louisiana after a decade of initiatives in the state legislature.
6/22/2024
Pennsylvania bill to expand raw milk product lists
More than milk and cheese could be on the menu soon in Pennsylvania with House Bill 2293.
5/19/2024
Industrial dairy farmers drink raw milk
Conventional farmers are tapping the bulk tank, that’s the only way they can get their own raw milk.
5/16/2024
Delaware bill to legalize raw milk direct-to-consumer sales
Direct-to-consumer raw milk sales in Delaware are on the docket this assembly session with SB273.
5/13/2024
New Jersey bill to legalize raw milk
Raw milk sales are currently banned in the state of New Jersey. A bill presented to the New Jersey General Assembly hopes to legalize raw milk sales in the state.
4/15/2024
Rhode Island bill to legalize raw milk sales
Raw milk sales could soon be legal in Rhode Island with SB-2295. Currently, a doctor’s note is required to purchase raw milk in the state.
4/10/2024
Raw milk legalized in West Virginia
Raw milk on-farm sales will become legal in West Virginia, law effective June 2024.
3/31/2024
Louisiana raw milk bill to legalize on-farm sales
Raw milk sales could soon become an option in Louisiana. Cow milk, goat milk, and raw milk cheese for sale on-the-farm is covered in the bill.
3/7/2024
West Virginia bills to legalize raw milk sales in 2024
Two bills are progressing through the West Virginia Legislature to legalize raw milk. Find the bill text and links here.
2/7/2024
Oregon raw milk farmers ordered to register as CAFOs at the request of big dairy
Big dairy processors make a big mess, regulations make sure they clean it up. Independent raw milk farmers don’t have the same environmental impact, yet they’re required to jump through the same hoops – now they’re fighting back.
1/25/2024
Colorado Senate Bill to Authorize Direct-to-Consumer Sales of Raw Milk
Colorado SB24 seeks to authorize direct-to-consumer sales of raw milk where herdshare agreements are currently required to access raw milk.
1/22/2024
Search warrant executed at Amos Miller’s food club Jan 2023
New search warrant has been executed on Amos Miller’s private food club in Lancaster County, PA
1/4/2024
Missouri bill introduced to legalize raw milk retail sales
Raw milk retail sales might be coming to Missouri in 2024. Read more and follow HB 1711 through the MO Leg.
12/17/2023
Albuquerque legalizes raw milk retail sales
Albuquerque City Council just approved raw milk retail sales in a 7-2 vote. Here’s where to get raw milk in New Mexico.
11/21/2023
Wisconsin Senate bill introduced to legalize raw milk
Updates on raw milk policy improvements in Wisconsin.
11/19/2023
Raw milk sales now legal in North Dakota, where to buy
Raw milk sales were legalized in North Dakota this year (2023). Here’s where you can get raw milk in the Peace Garden Roughrider State.
8/5/2023
Farms selling raw milk in Iowa starting July 1st
Raw milk sales become legal in Iowa on July 1st, 2023. Find out where you can buy raw milk in Iowa.
5/28/2023
Paul update: raw milk delivery in Ukraine
Paul from Raw Milk Alberta went to Ukraine last year. He’s still there providing humanitarian aid in Kharkiv, and finding raw milk!
5/17/2023
Raw milk reaches Iowa governor’s desk
A bill to legalize direct-to-consumer raw milk sales in Iowa is heading to the governor’s desk. Here’s what it says and who opposes raw milk in Iowa.
4/23/2023
Washington bills to increase cottage food cap and allow direct-to-consumer raw milk sales
See what’s going on in the Washington State legislature to improve access to raw milk and increase the cottage food sales cap.
2/6/2023
Hawaii’s Access to Local Food Act in the house and senate
Companion bills in the Hawaii legislature offer Hawaiians improved access to local food in the house and state senate.
2/2/2023
Hawaii bill to decriminalize raw milk after heavy handed penalties threaten retailers
Hawaii House Bill 521 Relating to raw milk moves to decriminalize raw milk sales after retailers are threatened with $10,000 per day fines.
1/29/2023
Oregon hearings for raw cow milk sales and farm direct marketing
Two bills from Friends of Family Farmers are scheduled for hearing by the Oregon State Legislature this week: raw milk retail sales and farm direct marketing
1/23/2023
Raw milk gains ally with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau
New hope for direct-to-consumer raw dairy sales as the Wisconsin Farm Bureau agrees to support ag policy improvements in 2023.
1/13/2023
Agromol dairy bombed in Ukraine
Agromol produced raw milk, kefir, and many other dairy products for the Ukrainian people. Their farm was targeted and destroyed.
10/28/2022
Legalize off-the-farm raw milk sales and delivery in Oregon
Friends of Family Farmers is working to help Oregonians access raw milk by legalizing off-premise sales and more.
10/25/2022
Amos Miller’s private food club targeted by the USDA
Amos Miller, Amish farmer in Pennsylvania, is facing prosecution in federal court for operating his private food club.
10/24/2022
Russian Federation supports alternative meat at InnoFood Forum
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, says Russian people should be more open to ‘alternative meat’ products at the InnoFood Forum in September 2022.
9/22/2022
Australia starts importing raw cheese from the UK
Australia is loosening up import restrictions. 12 raw cheese varieties from the UK were given the green light last week.
7/31/2022
Raw Milk 2021 Year In Review
Good progress was made for the proliferation of raw milk in 2021. Here’s a quick rundown with some links.
6/19/2022
Maasai tribe forcefully evicted in Loliondo, Tanzania
Approximately 70,000 of The Maasai are currently getting forced out of their pastoral lands in Loliondo, Tanzania.
6/13/2022
Canadian Artisan Dairy Alliance co-founder, Eva Kralits, featured on the Ethical Agriculture Podcast
Recent episode of the Ethical Agriculture Podcast featuring Eva Kralits, co-founder of the Canadian Artisan Dairy Alliance.
3/21/2022
Georgia Raw Dairy Act 2022, HB-1175, details and opposing arguments
Georgia’s 2022 raw milk bill, the Georgia Raw Dairy Act, is moving forward. Let’s take a look at what we know and the arguments against.
3/5/2022
Maine voters pass ‘Right to Food’ amendment through referendum
Early November 2021 Maine voters passed through referendum the nation’s first ‘Right to Food’ amendment to the Maine Constitution. Here’s what it says, and what’s being said about it.
11/7/2021
Michael Schmidt – Glencolton Farms raided for the fourth time – October 27th 2021
Michael Schmidt’s farm in Ontario, Canada, was just raided for the fourth time. Here’s what we know.
10/29/2021
Idaho Department of Agriculture Raw Milk changes effective July 29th, 2021
Raw milk laws are changing in Idaho as part of Governor Brad Little’s Zero Based Regulation Executive Order. While “Zero Based” sounds a lot like something else we know a thing or two about, some of their changes appear to be more lenient.
8/5/2021
Biden picks “Mr. Monsanto” for Ag Secretary, let’s recap why Monsanto sucks
Biden has nominated Tom Vilsack, aka Mr Monsanto, for Agriculture Secretary. Let’s review why Monsanto sucks.
1/2/2021
Canadian Raw Milk Hearings – November 2020
A constitutional challenge to Canada’s Raw Milk Ban will be heard in Canadian court November, 2020. Live-stream links and excerpts from Glencolton Farm’s (Michael Schmidt) GoFundMe page
11/19/2020