Raw Milk Law Map and Library

What is raw milk?

Milk is a raw material that comes from the mammary glands of cows, goats, sheep, camels, alpacas, or any other mammal.

Raw milk has not been treated or subjected to boiling, pasteurization, homogenization, UV radiation, high-pressure processing, or any other process meant to alter its composition.

Raw milk is milked, filtered, cooled, bottled, and sold direct-to-consumer, customers, cheese makers, or retailers.

When you choose raw milk, you are supporting farmers directly - instead of corporate milk processors.

Why raw milk?

Raw milk is preferred by a growing number of people across the world for a variety of reasons related to nutrition, food security, and fairness in production of the dairy we consume.

Read more: Why raw milk?

How to find raw milk

Use the raw milk finder to find raw milk near you, explore the global raw milk map, or browse the raw milk directory

There are filtered maps for raw cow milk, A2 raw cow milk, all raw milk with A2 protein, raw goat milk, raw sheep milk, raw donkey milk, raw buffalo milk and raw camel milk.

There is also a map for farms listed by The Raw Milk Institute.

Put some raw milk in your social media feed and go follow farms on Facebook, farms on Instagram and farms on YouTube.

Is raw milk legal?

If you are in the USA, raw milk sales are permitted or not permitted on the state level. Consuming raw milk is not illegal anywhere.

Some states welcome raw milk sales in grocery stores, usually found in the natural food section. Other jurisdictions require herdshare membership to distribute raw milk. Few examples:

In California, raw milk is widely available in grocery stores. Kentucky requires a note from your physician to purchase raw goat milk. Florida requires raw milk to be sold through feed licensing as "pet food." Australian raw milk can only be sold as a cosmetic ie "bath milk." In England, and many places across Europe, raw milk is dispensed through vending machines (bring your own refillable container).

View the Raw Milk Law Library and Map

Is raw milk safe?

More than 10m people consume raw milk in the United States. Per consumer, 1 in 14,250 (or 0.007%) raw milk consumers get sick with anything as mild as a stomach ache, compared to 1 in 145 (or 0.69%) for leafy greens. 1 in 500,000 (or 0.0002%) are hospitalized. Read more: Comparing raw milk data with other foods

All food comes with risk, raw milk is no different. Risk can also be mitigated. Milking into a bucket and drinking it unfiltered is a thing that happens in many places. Raw milk production for retail is an operation that farmers take seriously. Clean facilities, equipment, and procedures are highly recommended.

If you are interested in learning more about food safety related to raw milk, microbe testing, recommended equipment, production tips, and more, reach out to The Raw Milk Institute in California.

What is GetRawMilk.com?

GetRawMilk.com is a bootstrapped initiative built to connect farmers and consumers by making it easy to find raw milk.

On any farm or retailer's listing page, you'll find info like...

• farm or retail location
• delivery locations
• their website
• contact info
• hours of operation
• raw milk availability
• social media links
• species or breed
• other products
• and more...

Ways to support Get Raw Milk

Share the website, help others find raw milk, add a farm or retailer to the map and let me know if information needs to be updated.

Buy me a milk. The tip jar is ready to go and I am shaking it. Leave a tip securely with Apple Pay, Google Pay, and credit card.

Buy a raw milk shirt and wear the message.

Read how to Support Get Raw Milk.

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