Raw milk rules pulled from the agenda!
It’s a good morning here in raw milk country! The Department of Agriculture pulled their proposed rules from the July 9th Rules Review Committee agenda. They are going to re-draft the rules and hold...
View ArticleThe war isn’t over, but winning the battle feels good
The past two days have been some big ones here out West River. I suppose, when you’re involved in David-and-Goliath fights like we (constantly) are, pretty much every day is a big one. It can be rough,...
View ArticleRaw milk [rules] myths
The title for this blog post references a new brochure being promoted by the South Dakota Department of Agriculture (which you can read here: SDDA raw milk handout 08 16 2013), clearly discouraging raw...
View ArticleRaw milk rules heading to Legislative Rules Review Committee
With two small changes, the proposed raw milk rules are heading to the Legislative Rules Review Committee (LRRC) on November 12. The two changes are an increase in the allowable bacteria count from...
View ArticleCountdown to Pierre – Raw milk and the meaning of food rights
2013 was certainly the Year of Raw Milk. Dakota Rural Action members, raw milk drinkers, producers, and food rights advocates had two meetings with the Department of Agriculture, testified at three raw...
View ArticleDakota Rural Voices – Podcast Episode 3, Raw Milk!
Our third podcast episode is up, and it is all about raw milk – one of the greatest foods of all time, and also one of the most controversial. Unfortunately, South Dakota is not exempt from that...
View ArticleRaw milk update!
From Raw Milk Defender and DRA champ, Gena Parkhurst: “Our first raw milk workgroup meeting in Rapid City went much better than we anticipated! After four hours of productive discussion, all parties...
View ArticleCAFO bill #3 up tomorrow – losing local control
CAFO bill #3 is up House Local Government will vote on HB 1201 Thursday, February 19, at 10amCT in room 414 Great news – two out of three bad CAFO bills have been killed by the legislature. But there...
View ArticleSouth Dakota’s County Site Analysis Program
We cannot continue to ignore environmental realities that are directly related to our land use behaviors. The Big Sioux River is the 13th dirtiest river in the nation...we continue to permit...
View ArticleThe real problem with HB 1201
Join us in continuing to fight for what we know IS the future: diversified, vibrant family farms and ranches (corporate or not) where the seventh generation can come back to clean soil, clean water, a...
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