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Article: Popularity of raw milk growing Product commands $4.50-$10 a gallon
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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There is a quiet but strong movement in Maine, one that mirrors
the growing grass-roots demand for local, natural and organic foods.
Raw milk is being sold in record volume, and the nearly two dozen
dairy farms licensed to sell raw milk say its popularity is growing
by leaps and bounds, pushed by consumers seeking alternatives to
chemicals, antibiotics and artificial hormones sometimes found in
conventional dairy farming.
"Oh my goodness," Cecil Linscott of White's Orchard Farm in
Frankfort said. "It is wildly popular. We haven't had to advertise
in years. In fact, I've been turning customers away."
Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized before consumption