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Raw milk from Raw Farm is displayed for sale at a grocery store on November 29, 2024, in Torrance, California.In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane, the 63-year-old can view grazing lands of the dairy company he runs that produces products such as unpasteurized milk and cheese for almost 2,000 stores.say it’s risky business.
Raw milk has gained a following among anti-regulatory conservatives who are part of a burgeoning health freedom movement. Many conservatives denounced last year’s execution of a search warrant when Pennsylvania agriculture officials and state troopers arrived at anBundled in flannel shirts and winter jackets, the inspectors put orange stickers on products detaining them from sale, and they left toting product samples in large, online videos show. The 2024 complaint against Miller alleged that he and his wife sold dairy products in violation of state law.
But conservatives say raiding an Amish farm is government overreach. They’re “harassing him and trying to make an example of him. Our government is really out of control,” Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Doug Mastriano said in a videoat a February 2024 hearing on Miller’s case included Amish men dressed in black with straw hats and locals waving homemade signs with slogans such as “FDA Go Away.
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