A Georgia Raw-Milk Farmer Decides on Civil Disobedience: "Someone Is Going to Win the War"

The Complete Patient ^ | Nov. 14, 2007 | David E. Gumpert

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When Georgia’s Department of Agriculture held its hearing a couple weeks ago on a proposal to require that all raw milk be dyed charcoal, raw-goat-milk producer Bob Hayles was the first to stand up and speak out against the regulation. Dozens of others followed him, and the agriculture agency decided shortly after the session not to implement the regulation.

While many farmers and consumers feel they scored a major victory, Bob doesn’t agree. “Everyone thinks we won something important. But all we won was a battle, and it was a small battle.”

The event convinced him that a much more aggressive effort will be required to retain and extend our right to raw milk, and that the best way for him to do his part is via civil disobedience.

[davidgumpert]

A dairy farmer decides the stakes over our right to obtain raw milk are so high that he must challenge Georgia's restrictions. He calls on consumers to back him up.