Michael Schmidt outside the blue bus. Toronto Star photo
If you’ve looking for Michael Schmidt related news and updates on the Bovine it can sometimes be difficult because of the large volume of posts dealing with other raw milk news. That’s why we’ve set up this page with links specifically to posts dealing with the Michael Schmidt case.
November 2009 updates:
Michael Schmidt to speak at Weston A Price conference in Chicago this month
Press Conference planned for Queens Park Nov 17 to mark 3rd anniversary of raid on Glencolton Farms
October 2009 updates:
Micheal Schmidt and other site 41 protesters remanded until December 3, 2009
Dr. Ted Beals on the Michael Schmidt trial
DRIVEN magazine does a feature on Michael Schmidt and raw milk
Glencolton Farms raw milk a big hit at Feast of Fields in Kleinburg
Michael Schmidt story in a nutshell
Verdict in Michael Schmidt raw milk case to be delivered Jan. 21, 2010
Eight Days of Resistance — Michael Schmidt talks about the fight over Site 41
Tornado Damage pictures from Michael Schmidt’s farm in Durham
Michael Schmidt’s blockade and arrest at Site 41
You can help finance Glencolton Farms
Here are some updates from May 2009:
May 16, 2009: Michael Schmidt to give keynote address at Holistic Nutrition Conference
May 11, 2009: Michael Schmidt makes Toronto Life’s Top 50 reasons to love Toronto
May 9, 2009: Michael Schmidt talks to “The Activist”
May 7, 2009: A tale of Two Canadian Public Health cases
May 5, 2009: Mucking around in the political matrix
Here are 12 stories from March 2009 directly related to Michael Schmidt:
March 29, 2009: Michael Schmidt interviews himself for the Bovine
Roundup #12 includes two reviews of the Michael Schmidt film
On the Blue Bus with ichannel TV
Finding raw milk in the Toronto area
Political insights from a second viewing of the Michael Schmidt documentary
Why not let people make their own decisions
Comments 7-1 in favour of raw milk in Winnipeg Sun re-run of Connie Woodcock’s anti-raw-milk rant
Sally Fallon refutes claims by Toronto newspaper columnists who diss raw milk
Toronto columnist down on raw milk
Farmer Schmidt goes to Washington
A tale of two raw milk symposiums
Feb 26, 2009 update: Michael is back from the IAFP raw milk symposium in Virginia and is working on some stories for the Bovine which we should be seeing here before too long. A decision on the court case is not expected til August, or so we read in the papers. Meanwhile, the defenders of pasteurized dairy are out in force, as shown by today’s Globe and Mail story. We should have that up on the Bovine tomorrow.
There’s a lot of more recent stuff, in fact almost all the more recent stuff through to about February 10th, 2009 has been Michael Schmidt related. Unfortunately we haven’t had time to list it all here..
Jan 19, 2009 Will Say from MNR Investigator Brett Campbell
Jan 18, 2009 Will Say from Susan Atherton, part 2
Jan 17, 2009 Will Say from MNR Investigator Susan Atherton, part 1
Jan 16, 2009 The Crown’s Case against Michael Schmidt, part 2
Jan 15, 2009 The Crown’s Case against Michael Schmidt, part 1
Jan. 12, 2009 Michael Schmidt back in the news — Calgary Herald story
Jan 11, 2009 Raw Milk Symposium — speakers include Michael Schmidt
Dec 27, 2008 Michael Schmidt’s Christmas Message
Dec 26, 2008 Michael Schmidt’s expert witnesses for the trial in January
Dec 24, 2008 Michael Schmidt Pre-trial hearing
Dec 20, 2008 Raw Milk roundup #3
Dec 19, 2008 Raw Milk Symposium being planned for Toronto Jan 30, 31, 2009
Dec 17, 2008 Michael Schmidt’s pre-trial hearing Dec. 22, 2008 in Newmarket
Dec 12, 2008 Raw milk roundup #2
Dec 11, 2008 Michael Schmidt’s presentation at yesterday’s Queen’s Park press conference
Dec 11, 2008 New Private Members bill to permit direct sales of milk from farm
Dec 8, 2008 Court of Public Opinion Dec 11, ‘08
Dec 5, 2008 A letter from Michael to cowshare members and supporters
Dec 5, 2008 Raw milk debated at Queen’s Park Dec. 2
Dec 5, 2008 More feedback from Globe and Mail readers
Dec 4, 2008 MPP Randy Hillier supports Michael Schmidt
Dec 4, 2008 Raw milk producer fined — Globe and Mail readers speak up
Dec 4, 2008 Criminalizing raw milk makes Canada look ignorant
Dec 4, 2008 Prosecuting Michael Schmidt tarnishes Canada’s image
Dec 3, 2008 Michael Schmidt responds to the contempt sentence
Dec 2, 2008 Michael Schmidt sentenced: $5,000 fine + $50,000 costs
Nov 27, 2008 Four Amigos at Queen’s Park
Nov. 19, 2008 Star reader weigh in on Michael’s comments on the milk board
Nov 19, 2008 Canadian Press report on Michael’s Nov. 18 news conference
Nov 17, 2008 About the “anniversary of the raid” press conference
Nov 17, 2008 Mr. Schmidt goes to California, shows movie
Nov 13, 2008 Univ. of Alberta Law Professor writes about the case in Lawyers Weekly
Nov 10, 2008 The Bovine comments on the community support aspect of the Michael Schmidt case
Nov 10, 2008 An American Writer comments on his reaction to seeing the raw milk movie
Nov 9, 2008 One of Michael’s Cow-share members hugs “her cow”
Nov 8, 2008 Commentary on Michael’s case in the Vancouver Province
Nov 8, 2008 A public citizen writes a letter to the editor of the Owen Sound Sun Times
Nov 7, 2008 CBC adds warning to website story about raw milk movie
Nov 7, 2008 Michael Schmidt to speak in California at WAPF Wise Traditions
Nov 5, 2008 Commentary in Owen Sound Sun Times and Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Nov 2, 2008 “Contempt trial an abuse of process” Michael writes in Owen Sound Sun Times
Nov 1, 2008 This Magazine interviews director of raw milk film
Oct 31, 2008 Two readers take columnist John Doyle to task for dissing raw milk
Oct 30, 2008 Viewer comments about raw milk movie broadcast on cbc.ca
Oct 30, 2008 The Bovine comments on common ground with the DFO
Oct 30, 2008 New surveillance system at Glencolton Farms
Oct 29, 2008 A reader writes to the Owen Sound Sun Times
Oct 29, 2008 Comments on cbc web page about movie
Oct 29, 2008 Readers set columnist John Doyle straight about raw milk issues
Oct 28, 2008 About John Doyle’s review of raw milk movie
Oct 28, 2008 Michael Schmidt movie to air on CBC Newsworld
Note: there are earlier stories related to Michael Schmidt but we haven’t indexed them yet.
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February 26, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Will Ron Paul End the Ban on Raw Milk?
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul has introduced HR 778, a bill “to authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.”
Under the bill, the federal government could not “take any action … that would prohibit, interfere with, regulate, or otherwise restrict the interstate traffic of milk, or a milk product, that is unpasteurized and packaged for direct human consumption solely on the basis that the milk or milk product is unpasteurized.”
Passage of the bill into law would repeal a current federal regulation prohibiting raw milk and raw milk products for human consumption in interstate commerce. The bill would not force a state to legalize the sale of raw milk from local producers, nor would it force a state to allow the sale of raw milk from out-of-state producers in its retail stores. The bill would, however, enable consumers to enter into transactions to obtain raw milk and raw milk products from other states without the transactions being in violation of federal law.
The consumption of raw milk is legal in every U.S. state, but its sale is currently illegal in about half of them.