AVMA Raw Milk Symposium wrap-up

So what does it all mean? First steps to a rapprochement between raw milk enthusiasts and regulators? On a personal level at least, some bridges between opposing camps were built. What will this mean for the future of raw milk? David E. Gumpert ventures some thoughts about all this on his “The Complete Patient” blog. An excerpt:

At the American Veterinary Medicine Association raw milk symposium in Seattle -- Michael Payne of UC Davis, Amanda Rose, David E. Gumpert and Mary McGonigle-Martin. Photo from David's "The Complete Patient" blog.

“…..As I said in my Monday post, there were some positive statements in several of the presentations. And after a number of audience members mocked Amanda Rose when she told them that raw milk drinkers value both the taste and good bacteria in raw milk, food poisoning lawyer Bill Marler scolded the mockers. “I’m appalled that people are laughing,” he said. “You don’t engage people by calling them stupid.”