Today is Raw Milk and Lemonade Freedom Day and a group of brave activists are celebrating the affair in Washington D.C. with a mix of events, seminars and, of course, Real Food!
I thought I would post this song in honor of the occasion to bring a smile to all of our faces and add a touch of humor to the very serious mission we all face in North America as we fight for the freedom to choose nutrient dense food and raw unprocessed milk for ourselves and our children.
We must all laugh, smile and be happy in the midst of this war we are silently fighting every single day as we choose to purchase and consume unprocessed grassfed milk from the small farms in our community.
Humor is an essential aspect of the road to victory that will inevitably be ours as it will keep us sane and focused in the face of all the terrible persecutions that many small farmers and now even consumers are experiencing along the way.
So listen, laugh and enjoy! Thank you to Whey Jude for sending this delightful piece my way!
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
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Sarah, I am SO missing my milk!!! We have not been able to find anything up here yet that has availability.
How fitting that today I bought my first gallon of raw milk!
Absolutely! We own goats and milk them and *gasp* drink it raw! We love it!
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I live in an area where pasture for cows is hard to come by.. I have a friend with a cow that I could get milk from, but can’t find anywhere as to what a good replacement diet for a cow is when fresh grass isn’t available. Can anyone help?
Fresh grass does produce the best quality milk but if it is not possible you can feed hay. It would still be much better milk than store bought, factory farmed, pasteurized, homogenized milk.
Haha, good song
I am SOO a milk moonshiner and proud of it!!! 
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I would love to get my hands on some raw milk!
Funny!!!
@Andrea I recommend the Raw Milk Handbook and From Grass to Glass by Tim Wightman to give you some ideas: http://f2cfnd.org/who-we-are/
You bet! I have a cow and a goat share to get my raw milk. My farmers both deliver within a mile of my home once a week!
It is ridiculous to think of all the crazy things I took chances doing in my youth (1960′s and 1970′s) which I could have gotten in trouble for [I was lucky enough not to get caught], but in today’s world I have to worry about being hassled or arrested for purchasing real foods like raw milks. It is insane!
Oops! I posted before I watched the video. What a wonderful and silly video! I will be sharing it on my face book page. Thanks Sarah!
I am so fortunate to live in a community where raw milk is available. I wouldn’t drink milk if it wasn’t raw. Cute video.
Love the video!
There is a “virtual public hearing” on the legalization of raw milk sales in Indiana through September 1, 2012. The website is: http://www.in.gov/boah/2615.htm
Please visit and leave your comments to help those of us in Indiana!
Milk moonshiner here too and loving it!
Really?? His name is WHEY??!!! how funny.
I prefer the term MILKSHINER. And that also is really funny. I asked my milk “supplier” once what she would do/say if someone legal confronted her on selling it. She said that she’d say the money goes towards the feed only, not the milk. Perfect!
Thanks for sharing this video….very funny, although the issue is a serious one. I live in Australia, where the sale of raw milk for human consumption is also illegal…..sickening, isn’t it?
I’ve shared the video on my facebook page, for friends & friends of friends to see….the more people it gets to & the more awareness there is, the better. This issue plainly highlights how the general public’s way of life, choices and health status is being dictated by corporations…. and so are our governments, who pass these ridiculous, insulting & dangerous laws.
Absolutely loved the video/song! Hilarious and so relevant! Thankfully here in S. Carolina raw milk is legal. We are able to get raw grass fed milk every other week at a pick up area not far from our home. It is so unnerving that the government can interfere in something like whether or not a farmer can sell raw milk. They need to place their energies to real dangers like tobacco, alcohol, toxins/pollutants and pharmaceutical drugs for a start!
So appreciate the raw jersy milk I have in plenty at the moment. I wish there was more honesty around the product so it could be more available for everyone.
If I could get some raw milk and butter, I would be a happier and healthier little scudder….
My husband I both grew up on dairy farms and raised our kids on raw milk every day, but alas we sold the cows and our grandkids had to make do with sad store milk. There’s nothing healthier than raw milk products.
I live in Mississippi and am about to go pick up my weekly ration of contraband in a few minutes. My kids and I are allergic to corn so raw milk is our only option. We were without all dairy for a long time because there is no such thing as corn-free dairy in stores. Finally, we were introduced to our hero: The brave farmer who barters raw milk (at great risk) so we can have milk, cream and butter. Now I just have to learn to make my own cheese and we’ll be set. 8^)
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Our moonshine milk supplier is moving his operation to a new location and we will not be able to get our raw milk for a few weeks
boohoo!!! After drinking it for 2.5 years I will not be purchasing pasteurized milk while we are out of raw. We are going to buy the best quality yoghurt available and make the kids smoothies instead 
Not as good as raw milk, but better than storebought dead milk – blech. I wish I lived somewhere it was legal and I could just run to the store and get it whenever I need it. That would be awesome!
Here is CA we can run to the store and get it pretty much whenever we need it but we pay a price for it. With all of the heavy government regulations we $24.00/gal for it in glass plus we have to pay $1.50 deposit on each glass bottle. It’s slightly less in plastic but still very expensive. I think raw cream is about $14.00/pint. Sorry for the poor grammar but for some reason the website isn’t letting me go back and change things without deleting everything to that point :/
Wow! That is crazy expensive. Would it not be cheaper to go directly to the farmer and cut out the middleman?
Possibly Carol. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find any farmers within driving distance to buy from. I would love to get our own cow but so far I haven’t been able to talk the hubby into it, lol!
You can look on the Organic Pastures website (in CA) for retailers. I pick up our dairy at the farmers market and milk is much cheaper there, about $8/gal, like $6/pint for cream, $12/1# butter. Good luck
I know what you mean. If we were a bit younger I know I could probably talk my husband into a cow and a few chickens as we are zoned residential-farming, but we are approaching retirement and both of us have talked of doing some traveling when my husband retires (which is only a out 18 months away) so that kind of responsibility would not be feasible at this point in time.
I know what you mean. If we were a bit younger I know I could probably talk my husband into a cow and a few chickens as we are zoned residential-farming, but we are approaching retirement and both of us have talked of doing some traveling when my husband retires (which is only a out 18 months away) so that kind of responsibility would not be feasible at this point in time. What about finding or starting a co-op that brings the food in from with in the state?
There is a co-op in Venice (LA area) that bought it’s own goats and was paying a farmer in Santa Paula (about 60 miles away) to care for them and milk them. The state has raided the co-op on more than one occasion at gun point and taken thousands of dollars worth of product. They have also raided the farm. The story is reported in the movie “Farmageddodn.” This is an excellent movie for those concerned about what is happening to our food supply and our ability to access quality, nutrient dense food.
LOL so true!
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I think I am a moonshine buyer. In Colorado it is easier to get. Medicinal marijuana (there are more dispensaries than there are Starbucks) than it is to purchase raw milk.
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