On Aug. 3, federal and county law enforcement agents raided a Venice, Calif., raw-food club, searching for raw milk. The YouTube video of the raid showed officers, with guns drawn, working their way through the facility in what critics called “government-sponsored terrorism” and “an attack on food freedom.” Every few months, it seems, TV news...
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Here is KBOO community radio’s monthly Food Show. This installment focuses on dairy. This month is devoted to dairy. Listen to dairy breakfast suggestions from Paul Gerald, author of Breakfast in Bridgetownhttp://www.breakfastinbridgetown.com and hear an interview by Host Miriam Widman with Reyna Simnegar, author of Persian Food for the Non-Persian Bride about kosher dairy Persian...
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America is in the midst of a cheese making renaissance. Small-scale, artisans have set up shop in virtually every state. The Northwest is particularly well represented. Oregon has over 20 professional cheese making businesses — Washington twice that. Idaho has less than six so far. But, as correspondent Guy Hand finds...
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Raw milk is a controversial food. Proponents say it is healthier and more flavorful than processed, pasteurized milk. Yet many states outlaw its sale, saying raw milk is unsafe. Idaho, however, recently changed it’s laws to allow the selling of raw milk. In this installment of the Market & Garden Report, correspondent...
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(GH: Mary Hawkins of Northwest Public Radio interviews Trish Vieira, a small dairy owner in Spokane who got into the business out of frustration with the dairy industry itself. Viera says most milk is so processed “it comes to you white and liquid and that’s about the only resemblance it has to milk anymore.”)...
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