Ohio fights raw dairy producers

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As a part time resident in the state of Ohio I have been outraged by how close minded public officials there seem to be when it comes to raw milk. According to a recent article in Business Week, “They’re treating raw milk like heroin or crack,” says David Cox, a Columbus lawyer with the firm Lane, Alton & Horst who specializes in cases involving agriculture regulations. He now has six Ohio cases at various stages, and one common element in all, he says, is a sense of “vindictiveness” by the state’s Agriculture Dept. (ODA). “I think there’s competition among the directors of agriculture to see who can put raw milk out of business.”

I can get raw milk without problem in Arizona. This really saddens me.

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