The right to consume raw milk today
In
the six years since I presented the testimony
quoted above, I have become more convinced
than ever of the value and importance of raw
milk in the dietary of people of all ages.
For many of the people who eat in the manner
I recommend, raw milk is the chief source
of enzymes. I believe enzymes are a critical
component in recovering from disease and establishing
and maintaining health. Hundreds of people
I've seen have used Local Farm raw milk as
an essential part of their naturopathic treatment.
There
isn't a day that goes by that I'm not thankful
that I live in a state where bureaucrats and
medical monopolists have not stripped us of
what should be an inalienable, constitutional
right. I mean the right to purchase raw milk
and other healthy, locally produced foods
directly from the people who produce them.
It's
impossible to overestimate the importance
of the work Debra Tyler and farmers like her
are doing. I long to see the day when all
Americans have the right to purchase locally
produced raw milk, meat, fowl, and other farm
products direct from the farmers who produce
them. The day when the current yoke of prohibitions
and bureaucratic red tape has been thrown
off, and we once again are free to produce
and consume truly healthy foods. The men and
women who founded this country did not intend
for commercial interests to control the food
supply and thus our health. These are rights
of the people, and they are rights that have
been stripped away. We need to work together
to regain them.
Dr.
Ron Schmid has practiced as a licensed naturopathic
physician in Connecticut since graduating
from the National College of Naturopathic
Medicine in 1981. A graduate of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology as well, he has taught
courses and seminars in nutrition at all four
of the accredited naturopathic medical schools
in the United States. He served for a year
as the first Clinic Director and Chief Medical
Officer at the University of Bridgeport College
of Naturopathic Medicine. He is a member of
the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
and the Connecticut Society of Naturopathic
Physicians, and is on the Honorary Board of
the Weston A. Price Foundation. He is also
the manufacturer of 100% pure, additive free
nutritional supplements. Dr. Schmid is the
author of Traditional
Foods Are Your Best Medicine, first published in 1986.
