Your Freedom to choose Raw Milk in CT is being challenged. There is proposed legislation that would make it very difficult if not impossible for small farms to sell Raw Milk. Please keep reading to learn about the proposed legislation and how you can help fight against it for your right to choose raw milk.
Bill HB 6313 has officially died in the Environment Committee. Thank you to all who wrote letters and made phone calls to legislatures and testified at the Public Hearing. Thank you sooooo much. Melynda
A Brief Overview of Proposed Legislation:
To take Raw Milk out of Retail Stores, and only be legal to sell from the farm.
An excessive amout of testing to be done on milk and feces at the Farmers expense (the expense to Deerfield Farm would be about $16,000 per year)=over-regulation
Changing the warning label to a stronger warning message. Therefore, those who bottle in glass must have bottles reprinted.