Raw milk legalized in West Virginia
Raw milk on-farm sales will become legal in West Virginia, law effective June 2024.
Read Article →West Virginia Raw Milk Laws & Regulations
Herdshares and on-farm sales legal
Legal Status & Regulations
Raw milk can be obtained through on-farm sales and herdshares in West Virginia.
Recent News & Updates
Latest developments and news related to raw milk in West Virginia
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.
Read Article →Official Government Resources
Official government documents and legal resources for West Virginia
HB22: Raw milk retail sales now legal
Allows for cow, goat, and sheep raw milk sales direct-to-consumer and through retail establishments.
View Official Resource →HB22: Raw milk herdshares become statute
Excerpt: An individual who has an ownership interest in a milk-producing animal may pay or reimburse another individual owner of the animal the costs incurred to (1) board, milk, and care for the animal; and (2) share raw milk and raw milk products produced from the milk other owners of the animal.
View Official Resource →Find Raw Milk in Major Cities
Search raw milk sources in West Virginia
Free, no paywalls, no private equity.
Keep this project going and growing.
Support GetRawMilk.com
Connect people with raw milk sources.
Every tip keeps real food accessible.
Select a tip amount
Please enter a valid email address to generate a secure payment form.
✓ You're supporting a free community resource. This is a tip/donation, not a purchase of milk or products.
Ad
Udder Milk Farm - Home Delivery
Memberships in: PA, NY, NJ, RI, DE, VA, MD, MA, CT, MI, IL, OH, NC, SC, GA, FL
Ad
The Local Meat Club - Columbus, Ohio
Grassfed A2 Raw Milk Delivery to Your Door Weekly. Goat, Sheep, and Cow's Milk.
Ad
Need a Website?
Trusted by farms, local businesses, and startups nationwide.
View Services
Swipe right on some shirts
Find raw milk by species
Find other raw milk products
Other ways to find raw milk
Latest Blog Posts
-
Cows Kill 22 Americans a Year. Raw Milk Claimed One Death in 15 Years
One confirmed raw milk death in 15 years of federal surveillance. Cattle kill 22 Americans per year. Two numbers that are rarely considered together.
-
Australia’s “Useless” Land Is Full of Camels and a Working Dairy
A 1946 map labeled Australia’s outback useless. Today it holds over a million feral camels and a growing camel milk dairy industry.
-
Who Named Pasteurization? The Coinage and Spread of a Scientific Eponym
Pasteur never used the word “pasteurization.” Others coined it as an honorific, first in French, then in English in 1881, applied to wine. The path to milk took another decade.
-
Louis Pasteur: Chemist and Pasteurizer of Beer and Wine
Every conventional milk carton bears his name, but Pasteur never pasteurized milk. His study of fermentation developed a heat-treatment for wine in 1865 and beer in 1871.
-
“Raw Milk Can Kill You”: The 1945 Coronet Article That Shaped American Pasteurization Policy
Harold J. Harris’s 1945 Coronet article “Raw Milk Can Kill You” shaped American pasteurization law on a fictional epidemic and survey data the author knew was misleading.
-
Pure Milk Is Better Than Purified Milk: The Milk Question, 1912
Milton J. Rosenau’s 1912 public health synthesis covered milk composition, disease transmission, certified milk, pasteurization standards, and infant mortality across 309 pages and six editions.