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Belgium’s FAVV circular specifically governs raw milk vending machines, requiring placement within 80km of the producing farm and daily milk replacement. Bilingual guide to rauwe melk and lait cru in Belgium.

Spain requires raw milk direct sales to be packaged nationally. Catalonia went further with Decreto 163/2018, authorizing farm gate sales, retail, and automated vending machines: three years before the national framework caught up.

Founder of the Slow Food movement, the Ark of Taste, and Terra Madre, Carlo Petrini spent four decades defending artisanal food traditions, raw milk cheeses, and the right to good food worldwide.

Raw milk is accessible in most US states. No vending machine network has developed in any of them. The reasons are structural: no machine-specific framework, a bottling default, shopping habits incompatible with raw milk’s shelf life, and farm geography.

Where to find raw milk vending machines across Europe by country, with local search terms and directory links. Covers Italy, France, Slovenia, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, and England.

Raw milk in France is available at the farm gate, from automated vending machines, and on the shelves of organic grocery stores, including Biocoop nationwide.