Third Raw Milk Rules Hearing Report
Dakota Rural Action Testifies at Third Raw Milk Rules Hearing Black Hills Milk, LLC Switches to Herdshare Business Structure to Avoid Future Harassment On October 9, 2013, the South Dakota Department...
View ArticleRaw milk rules heading to Legislative Rules Review Committee
With two small changes, the proposed raw milk rules are heading to the Legislative Rules Review Committee (LRRC) on November 12. The two changes are an increase in the allowable bacteria count from...
View ArticleFinal Raw Milk Vote Nov 12
ACTION ALERT Support food freedom in South Dakota and write and attend the final vote on the proposed raw milk rules on November 12 Despite receiving over 1,000 letters from opponents, South Dakota...
View ArticleLegislative Committee Passes Onerous Raw Milk Rules
Legislators Promise to Petition for a Delay of Implementation Yesterday, the South Dakota Legislative Rules Review Committee passed the South Dakota Department of Agriculture’s raw milk rules, stating...
View ArticlePetition for Delay on Raw Milk Rules
ACTION ALERT Petition the Department of Agriculture today for a delay of implementation Yesterday, the South Dakota Legislative Rules Review Committee passed the South Dakota Department of...
View ArticleCountdown to Pierre – Raw milk and the meaning of food rights
2013 was certainly the Year of Raw Milk. Dakota Rural Action members, raw milk drinkers, producers, and food rights advocates had two meetings with the Department of Agriculture, testified at three raw...
View ArticleDakota Rural Voices – Podcast Episode 3, Raw Milk!
Our third podcast episode is up, and it is all about raw milk – one of the greatest foods of all time, and also one of the most controversial. Unfortunately, South Dakota is not exempt from that...
View ArticleRaw milk update!
From Raw Milk Defender and DRA champ, Gena Parkhurst: “Our first raw milk workgroup meeting in Rapid City went much better than we anticipated! After four hours of productive discussion, all parties...
View ArticleRaw milk –“South Dakota wins!”
I believe SB45 establishes excellent standards for raw milk...South Dakota wins!
View ArticleSouth Dakota’s County Site Analysis Program
We cannot continue to ignore environmental realities that are directly related to our land use behaviors. The Big Sioux River is the 13th dirtiest river in the nation...we continue to permit...
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