tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post2611401573575157741..comments2023-08-25T05:18:29.312-06:00Comments on Madville Times: South Dakota Wants de Facto Raw Milk Bancaheidelbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-38669308904829765922009-11-21T07:25:39.118-07:002009-11-21T07:25:39.118-07:00I can smoke cigarettes, ride a motorcycle without ...I can smoke cigarettes, ride a motorcycle without a helmet, drink myself blind if i don't bother anyone, or drive. I can swill pop full of HFCS from machines on every corner. It is of no matter to the state what the hydrogen sulfide levels are from any nearby cafos, and how they affect my health, but they want to protect me from drinking raw milk from my neighbor's bulk tank? Milk I must go get from them so I can see right where it is coming from?<br />Am I the only one who sees a disconnect?<br />joelie hicksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-9259171633058607042009-11-21T07:19:16.624-07:002009-11-21T07:19:16.624-07:00Hadrick has a website? Oh my,the fellow makes my b...Hadrick has a website? Oh my,the fellow makes my blood boil. Does he realize what a pawn he is for big ag?<br />Hypocrisy rears it's ugly head all over. In 2008, when the Grant County Concerned Citizens began to organize, a woman showed up at one of our meetings. On the way out one of the neighbors stopped her and asked her who she was. I am not sure what she would have said (she was really scuttling to get out of the place, before being stopped), except we had a speaker from DRA that night who recognized her. She had been sent up from Sioux Falls, representing AgUnited. She said they "took no sides" on the cafo issue, they represent everyone. Shortly after that there was a meeting in Milbank, pro cafo, sponsored by, you guessed it, AgUnited. A DENR panel was there, also the editor of Dakota Farmer, Bill Even, Steve Dick and whatsisname from SDSU. The ads said that there would be questions from the audience, but only written questions that were previewed before asking. Anyway, GCCC has yet to hear of any offers of help from AgUnited, and the knife in the back is that is where checkoff money goes.<br />I also called Steve Dick on KWAT once and asked him why, if his org represents 'all farmers', why GCCC or any group wanting stricter rules on cafos, got no offers of assistance from A.U.<br />joelie hicksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com