History blog posts

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

Agromol produced raw milk, kefir, and many other dairy products for the Ukrainian people. Their farm was targeted and destroyed.

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

Looking back at Vernon Hershberger’s legal struggles to protect his private food club in Wisconsin from 2010-2013.

Shinzo Abe visited a dairy farm in the town of Naraha and enjoyed some of their raw milk.

Margarine’s dark past of treachery and deceit written from the Irish perspective.

Photo dump of diagrams, blueprints, books, and other materials for producing food on a small plot to get your creativity flowing.

Aajonus Vonderplanitz was a prominent figure in the struggle for food freedom. He met an untimely death after a fall on his property in Thailand. Here’s some photos and content from the time.

The first provincial laws mandating pasteurization (Ontario, 1930s) were introduced not in response to food safety concerns but as a marketplace strategy to eliminate competition from farmers who were selling milk direct to consumers

Like many domesticated animals, the cows of today descend from a wild breed. Let’s take a look at the ancient aurochs, the original wild cow.

Literature about raw milk. Topics include historical and cultural context, recipe books, wellness and nutrition related texts, and helpful books on becoming a raw milk farmer.

Bad business practices by newly industrialized concentrated dairies in the 19th century causes a surge of foodborne illness, and many deaths. Raw milk unfairly caught the blame.