{"id":1804,"date":"2010-03-25T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2010\/03\/25\/would-you-drink-raw-milk\/"},"modified":"2010-03-25T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T14:36:00","slug":"would-you-drink-raw-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2010\/03\/25\/would-you-drink-raw-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you drink raw milk?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Day three at my food journalism conference at MIT in Boston. One of the hot topics that arose yesterday was raw milk – a topic that generates intense passions.<\/p>\n

It just so happens my fellow Fellow here, Maureen O’Hagan (above), just wrote a story about it<\/a>. We’ve reported on raw milk occasionally, most recently here at The Inbox about a controversy in Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former Cornell University researcher Joseph Hotchkiss was telling us yesterday that pasteurization massively reduced infant mortality beginning in the early 20th century. It became national law in 1948. Hotchkiss repeated an oft-used quote on the subject – drinking raw milk – even today – is “like playing Russian roulette” because of potential exposure to E Coli, salmonella, listeria, etc.<\/p>\n

Yet there’s a very passionate pro-raw milk movement. You can buy raw milk from farmers in New York, but not in stores. Next week, you’ll hear from farmers Ray and Stephanie Hill at Windy Ridge dairy in West Potsdam. They sell raw milk and swear by it.<\/p>\n

The days of room temperature milk being transported on trains to New York City – spoiling and acquiring disease as it travels – are long gone. Is it time to revisit the hard-line stance on pasteurization in this country?<\/p>\n

Would you – do you – drink raw milk? If you do and love it, or, if you have and got sick from it, please e-mail me – david-at-ncpr-dot-org – I’d love to talk with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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