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[lachatte]

I am totally interested to rent a almond tree. I love
> almonds and I am very
> sad to see the pasteurization process going on. I already
> "own" a cow where
> I get my raw milk and cream that I love!!! Keep the good work.
> Brigitte Savignac
> from Edmonton
>

[Mark Kastel]

Thank you for your kind words and support of our work.

The Cornucopia Institute is about to launch a second round of pressure on the USDA Secretary's office to delay the implementation of the regulation that will require all "raw" Almonds to be treated with either a toxic fumigant or a heated steam process in order to "pasteurized" them.

We feel that almonds is the first salvo in a bigger battle with corporate agribusiness. We need to fight their attempt to make all food "safe" through sterilization or irradiation.

Please visit our website frequently for further updates and/or please feel free to join The Cornucopia Institute for access to our newsletter and action alerts.

Mark Kastel
Senior Farm Policy Analyst
The Cornucopia Institute

[Gay Reineck]

I would be very interested in renting an Almond tree. Or ordering organic almonds for the December order? I would order 4-5 lbs

I live in Cole Valley, San Francisco - up the hill from the Haight.

Thank you - I love your newsletter!

Gay

[Joseph Price]

Hi!
I am intrigued by your blog because it mixes local food with traditional foods. Even though Weston A. Price's work seems to be primarily about local food, his followers seem to be really into exotic foods from far-away places like coconut oil. Did Dr. Price talk about the significance of the native peoples he studied eating foods that came from their local region? It seems to me this would be essential in understanding their vitality, intuitively speaking at least. Do you think a traditional food movement that shuns exoticism in favor of local food will ever emerge?

[G.Horne]

We are about to start harvesting our organic Native Texas and paper shell pecans. Will be happy to ship anywhere in the USA. $6.99 per lb (in shell).
Also looking for groups interested ordering in organic, grass fed beef. Our cattle are never stressed and never ever see a feed lot. Raised with Love! Prices start at $2.99 per lb.

[Lillia Shuminas]

How can I order Kombucha tea? Can I get a discount for multiple bottles?
Thanks for your response.

[Kathy]

Organic Pastures has made it very simple for you to write to the lawmakers,just click on this link and go to the links. They even give you sample letters to copy and paste.

http://www.organicpastures.com/contact_lawmakers.html

Even if you are not in CA, please support us in trying to keep raw milk legal.

[cheryl hadden]

Hi, I found this article today and right off wondered if this has anything to do with the attacks on Organic Pastures?
The timing is right and big industry will try to shut you down when they feel threatened. Is it a coincidence or could be the real reason for lawsuits against raw milk producers across the country?
I subscribe to various trade magazines and sites in order to keep track of what the enemy is doing.

Please let me know what you think.

Thank you

Cheryl Hadden

Posted On: 10/03/2007
Rising milk costs force Dean to lay off 600
FoodProcessing.com

Dean Foods Company announced a reduction in third quarter and full year adjusted earnings per share and a reduction in workforce that is expected to affect approximately 600-700 positions. Layoffs will begin immediately with a voluntary reduction program followed by an involuntary reduction, if necessary.

"Rapidly increasing and record high dairy commodity costs have created a very challenging operating environment and 2007 results have been well short of our expectations," said Gregg Engles, chairman and CEO. "The third quarter has been particularly challenging as dairy commodity costs have risen sharply, hitting all time highs. This is by far the most difficult operating environment in the history of the company, reinforcing the importance of the long-term strategic initiatives we have underway. These efforts will better position us to face future challenges."

Jack Callahan, Chief Financial Officer of Dean Foods, added, "As a result of this extreme commodity environment, we face unprecedented cost challenges in our Dairy Group operations, including increased shrink costs and materially reduced profits from excess cream sales. At the same time, sales volumes in the Dairy Group have softened as consumers react to the record high prices. We are also seeing a pronounced shift from branded products to private label in some of our regional brands. At WhiteWave, results continue to be negatively impacted by the oversupply of organic milk."

Continued Callahan, "With these challenges in mind, it is now clear that our adjusted results for the third quarter will be below our previous guidance, and we now expect earnings per share to be approximately $0.15 per share in the third quarter and approximately $1.25 per share for the full year."

"While we had expected strong growth in milk supply to lead to lower conventional dairy commodity prices toward the end of the year, it now appears that prices will likely remain high for the balance of the year, due in part to continued strong export demand for non-fat dry milk powder," added Callahan. "However, we expect more favorable price movements as we get farther into 2008. We also expect the organic milk oversupply to continue to negatively affect results for the balance of this year and into at least the first half of 2008, despite the recent volume acceleration of the Horizon Organic brand."

Engles continued, "Over the past 18 months, we have been working to increase the efficiency and capability of our Dairy Group operations. We are now ready to move forward with a workforce reduction. Our decision is part of our multi-year productivity initiative which will help better position the company during this incredibly difficult period for Dean Foods and the industry. It is a tough decision but it is a necessary action to improve our competitive position."

[Nancy Chwatt]

Hi

We just started learning about raw milk and raw milk products . We live in NY(Long Island) and i have been ordering from Organic Pasturers but it is awfully expensive to have shipped any other places you can suggest to buy the raw milk, kefir and other rw milk products we love them

Nancy

[Carla]

Nancy,
Check www.realmilk.com for producers throughout the US.