Raw milk farmers Judith, Eric, Michael Schmidt and supporters on the court house steps in Edmonton Alberta

This just in from Michael Schmidt:

Standing up for our raw milk rights, on the courthouse steps in Edmonton. Photo Michael Schmidt

Two different issues, two different lawyers.

The hearing regarding the charges from Alberta agriculture against Judith Johnston have been adjourned and rescheduled for March.

Emergency Kit for Health Canada raids

From the nhppa.org

ATTENTION NHP RETAILERS, MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS and PRACTITIONERS

As of this posting, Health Canada’s full compliance and enforcement of the NHP Regulations is set for June 1 2011. Now is the time to equip yourself with the essential Emergency Kit for Health Canada Raids. This guide to your rights includes everything you must know and do, to try and save your reputation, your business and your livelihood, when the inspectors arrive.

Michael Schmidt to speak at raw milk conference May 20th, 2011 in Prague

Image above from the conference poster. Click image to download poster (711 Kb pdf file)

The conference will be in conjunction with the First International Conference on Organic Food Quality and Health Research Prague, Czech Republic, 20 May 2011, 11-18 h

Organisation: Department for Biodynamic Agriculture of the University of Kassel

The focus of the symposium will be on: Understanding the health benefits and value of fresh, unprocessed whole milk, and management of the possible risks of bacterial diseases from raw milk consumption. The goal of the symposium is to present and discuss the contradictive aspects of (raw) milk in relation to animal and human health. New scientific research findings will be presented about the different health and hazard aspects of raw milk examining the questions: