Raw milk sales are on the rise, with some farmers predicting a surge in demand following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as Health and Human Services secretary. Mark McAfee, founder of Raw Farm in California, believes Kennedy Jr.'s stance on raw milk could lead to major changes in federal regulations, potentially allowing for unrestricted retail sales nationwide.
Raw milk is a drink that remains unregulated at the federal level, with individual states left to decide whether it's deemed safe for human consumption. As of right now, only eight states in the nation — California among them — permit the unrestricted retail sales of raw milk. But Mark McAfee believes a lot of this 'could change and will change' now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary.
think you're going to see major changes within six to eight months,' the founder and CEO of the family-operated Raw Farm near Fresno, California, predicted in an interview with Fox News Digital. 'But I think, fundamentally, it's going to take a little bit of time for the states to catch up, which could take two to three years.
But now we're growing at 1% per week, which is just outrageous,' he said. Amid the country's ongoing egg shortage, McAfee said, some stores have 'taken over the egg area and just put all the raw milk there because they don't want to restock the shelves because they sell out so fast.' 'We deliver a truckload of milk intended to last a week – and we get a call in two days saying, 'Come back. We need more. We're sold out.
think that it will be easy to harmonize with an organization that really has their act together,' McAfee said, 'that's supporting good science, strong standards, great training for the farmers — as well as good testing and investment in further testing technology to make it cheaper, easier and faster for farmers to do that testing.'
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