NEWCASTLE — Lee Straw has spent most of his 59 years on farms and is a firm believer in the health benefits of raw milk, but he believes a Maine bill that would allow farmers to sell unpasteurized product without a license is going too far. “Small producers say they know their customers, which is […]
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Blue Hill’s Farmer Brown loses three-year fight against state dairy regulation
AUGUSTA — Dan Brown, the Blue Hill dairy farmer whose legal fight against state regulators spawned protests and a slew of anti-regulation ordinances in towns across Maine, has lost his battle in the state’s highest court. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday issued a ruling upholding a lower court’s decision that Brown had broken […]
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Maine supreme court rejects appeal in raw milk case
PORTLAND (AP) — The state supreme court has rejected a Blue Hill farmer’s challenge of regulations requiring him to spend thousands of dollars to be licensed to sell raw milk at his farm stand. Farmer Dan Brown wanted to continue selling milk the way he had for years based on his understanding from state officials […]
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Farmer Brown goes to court: Justices hear oral arguments in unlicensed raw milk case
PORTLAND — The 3-year-old question of whether a Blue Hill farmer should be allowed to sell raw milk without a license now lies with the state’s highest court, which heard oral arguments in the case on Tuesday. Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices asked tough questions of both sides, making it hard to predict which way […]
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B. Winslow: Raw milk legislation wasn’t helpful
This is in response to Diana Tozier’s letter (April 7) concerning recent raw milk legislation. She appears to believe the sale of raw milk is not legal in Maine. We are a licensed raw milk producer. We are milking three cows and sell from a store on our farm and at farmers’ markets in the […]
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D. Tozier: Let the people decide
This is in response to an article (April 1) on the raw milk legislation. I find it difficult to believe the bill was defeated purely on alleged altruism concerning public safety. I think if you “follow the money,” you might find that the cadre of Maine milk producers may have had a hand in the […]
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D. Lovejoy: Small farmers are losing out
If the Maine Senate can’t muster enough votes to overturn Gov. LePage’s veto of “An Act to Help Small Farmers in Selling Raw Milk and Homemade Food Products” (story, July 10), then the people need to make themselves heard. It is about food choice and those who would rather have raw milk for the health […]
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Senate can’t muster enough votes to overturn raw milk veto
AUGUSTA — Despite being passed by lawmakers in June, a bill to deregulate small-scale production of raw milk will not become law after the Legislature failed Tuesday to muster the necessary votes to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto. LePage vetoed the bill, An Act to Help Small Farmers in Selling Raw Milk Products, Monday night. On […]