History blog posts

The FDA’s 1987 ban of interstate raw milk sales was preceded by decades of discourse on how to regulate interstate milk sales.

Jill from Little Red Hen drove the New Hampshire senate to legalize raw milk ice cream in 2022. Now her farm has raw milk ice cream on the menu.

John D Rockefeller lobbied for compulsory milk pasteurization, leading to almost a century of raw milk bans.

Lord Victor Rothschild tries and fails to lobby for milk pasteurization mandates in the United Kingdom.

Louis Pasteur developed the principles behind milk pasteurization, not the methods of industrial gatekeeping or germophobia.

Boar’s Head factory linked to an 18 state listeria outbreak, likely due to Trump era deregulation to boost big food producers.

Raw milk deaths are exceedingly rare, but it’s not impossible. Let’s take a look at some cases where raw milk might have contributed to someone’s death.

Raw milk wasn’t involved in the largest dairy-related outbreak in history.

Industrial dairyman back-hands a migrant worker for complaining about late pay.

Elizabeth II enjoyed raw milk over pasteurized milk. So much so that she smuggled it into Eton College for her grandsons.