Iwas recently asked if I thought dairy farmers should be allowed to sell raw, unpasteurized milk directly to consumers without regulations. The short answer, “No.”

I spent the majority of the first 44 years of my life living on a dairy farm, my parents’ and then our own. Raw, unpasteurized milk was what I drank.

Sure, there were times that I drank “store milk” at school, a friend’s house and at college, but I preferred to drink milk straight from the milk tank.

Our kids drank it as well. The subject came up when our second daughter had her one-year checkup. The doctor suggested whole milk over 2%, but was at a loss for words when I reminded him that we lived on a dairy farm and I didn’t buy pasteurized milk. I also pointed out that Laura, our oldest child, had never had any problems. I

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