Very, very personal indeed. The human body has the ability to clear small amounts of heavy metals; so if you are seeing the symptoms now, you must have...
I raise Dexter steers for family consumption. The beef is excellent and I do not feed grain to finish the steers. The boys are fed alfalfa/grass hay right up...
The whole thing is very scary t Dale & Teresa Morlan Bear Bottom Farm DeSmet, ID ... From: CJ Welle To: dextercattleonly@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April...
... That is exactly what the Medical Director says at the Vet Clinic where I work. He said "they" (the veterinary community) are really not sold that it is...
This was just sent to me by the state extension vet: Clues found in pet food deaths; U of G scientists find missing link 28.apr.07 Guelph Mercury (Ontario) Rob...
Jenny, I'm not angry. I worked for 40 years in quality assurance and regulatory affairs in the drug industry. Obviously this colors how I see regulations and...
You may have hit the nail on the head, Chuck. Thank you. I never used cast aluminum, personally in my kitchen, but every rice pot in SE Asia is made of cast...
nina have you heard what percentage the contamination was? how long the animals have been eating contaminated feed? is it cumilative? lots of questions no...
I just checked out your web page. Very nice and I love your Belties. I raised some Dutch Belted drop calves years ago and they were soooo cute. Then I got to...
Hi Margaret: I grew up in the Central Valley. Ripon was a town I had forgotten about. I don't think it is there any more. I still remember the town signs,...
OH Yes, we remember ice cream on Sundays. Our job was to sit on the hand cranked ice cream bucket. I think my Dad did it to see how long we would sit there...
It's still there, Jimmie, just swallowed up by growth. The Meyenburg milk plant is still there even. The Central Valley was my first exposure to California....
Hi Margaret: I grew up on a cattle, cotton, alfalfa ranch in Madera, just north of Fresno. I remember the big shopping day for new school clothes was going to...
I think it is so interesting that so many of on this list have our farm memories of one kind or the other. Dexters are just made for us. We are not young and...
... Exactly. I did hear today though that is was a combination of contaminants that reacted rather than just the melamine. WHen it actually comes through the...
I just read the Nightline story about raw milk (I don't watch TV so didn't see the original), and now know why CJ and others were so skeptical about the...
Oh, that story made me so mad! I is so classical, the propaganda! I doubt many dairies are like that. Most of the time, the dairy farmer is just barely...
A thought for the day. It isn't selling vs. giving away that makes an activity illegal. It is distributing. The company for which I worked dominates certain...
Hadn't found any mention of that in Arkansas, but did find reference for an interesting book I now want to order and read: The Untold Story of Milk Here is a...
Hi Margaret, Thanks for all your nice comments. We have been certified since 2003 as a cheese dairy. We actually moved out here to retire (now we are just...
A quick scan of a few paragraphs indicates tht this book is strongly biased and makes some unfounded claims. For example, the association of cows not grazing...
This another one of those love it/hate it controversial figures/controversies. Sally Fallon is carrying on the teachings of Weston A. Price. He was a dentist...
... eating ... some ... sale ... cows, ... Olga would you please write to me off line and tell me where you are in Arkansas. My wife and I live in Little Rock...
First, I am very glad you have beaten the big C. Second, here in Utah we now have chickens that were fed the melamine contaminated food. First the melamine...
Thanks, catching it early is the next best thing to preventing it in the first place. Once you have a cancer diagnosis it will always be in the back of your...
Hi ya'll, Wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to transport two pieces of haying equipment from MI to SC. Anyone know of any transport companies that can...
I was going to have Jean Heidecker (sp?) haul DH's new Harley from Wisconsin to Oregon last year :~)). She has hauled Dexters for me. It didn't ever actually...
I had a friend, years ago, that made caramels with extra colostrum. They were very rich and smooth. I have no idea how she made them. I was sort of grossed...
Actually the FDA and USDA should not have to inspect any incoming food or ingredients. However, every importer should be compelled as part of ordinary...