[DVBC] Club Banquet

Wed Nov 7 05:13:12 EST 2007

Ira,

Thank you for the information.

Many years ago when I was very religious (before I grew horns) I
belonged to a church in Ohio where the people had a very helpful way of
life. For example, if someone in the community needed a new roof the
"men of the church" would meet at their house, usually unannounced and
replace the roof at no charge.  We installed bathrooms for the elderly,
modified kitchens for the handicapped, built wheel chair ramps etc.  One
of the major money contributors of this expensive program was a dairy
farmer named Jim Greg and his wife.  When Jim's sons "left the nest" he
was in need of help around the farm, not for day to day operations but
for major operations like maintaining the conveyer system, breading the
cows and the like.  I was one of the "men of the church" that helped Jim
out on the weekends; we helped gather hay from the fields and stack it
in the barn, helped obtain semen from the bulls and store it in dry ice
(not your everyday experience) and helped Jim give vaccines to his herd.
All of the milk from Jim's farm went to an Amish owned and operated
cheese factory in Middlefield, Ohio where it was processed into great
cheese.  The Middlefield Cheese Factory inspects every farm it obtains
milk from to guarantee its product meets their high quality standards.
I am not claiming to be an expert about dairy farming and cheese making
but I can say I have at least worked on a dairy farm and I never saw or
heard anything about what you refer to in your letter.  Most milk used
in cheese making comes from small family owned farms located around or
near the processing plants.  This evolved many years ago as a way of
using milk from local dairy farms so it wouldn't go to waste.  Dairy
farmers have a huge money investment in their herds, without good
healthy cows they would be bankrupt and unemployed, so they take very
good care of their cows. The use of growth hormones has been illegal for
many years in milk production and all milk shipments received from local
farms are checked for hormones, pesticides and other contaminants prior
to being processed into cheese.  This is an FDA requirement and all
cheese producers must follow these requirements.  
I believe this nations food supply to be the safest on the planet.
Perfect? No, but nothing is perfect.  I just read in USA Today that
American's life expectancy is at an all time high about 80 years and
getting better every year.  Funny, 150 years ago when everything was
considered natural, life expectancy was about 35 years.  Make you wonder
doesn't it.

Check out the Middlefield Cheese Factory at www.middlefieldcheese.com

Doug     

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org] On Behalf Of Ira Josephs
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:58 PM
To: dvbc-list at dvbc.org
Subject: Re: [DVBC] Club Banquet

Doug
I'm glad you asked.
 I don't think you should worry, that's not going to help anything. But
I am 
about 99.9 % sure that the cheese the Towne House is using comes from
milk 
that is full of chemicals that are harmful to you as well as our planet.

That would include carcinogenic pesticides, antibiotics that are 
contributing to creating resistant strains of bacteria, and hormones
that 
disrupt normal human development (one example may be girls reaching
puberty 
at ever younger ages). Also the chemicals used in processing.
Then there are the problems caused by the huge factory farms where the
cows 
are, that are producing most of the milk used in conventional cheeses.
That 
would be disposal of the waste products and runoff of the above
referenced 
harmful chemicals into our water supplies, and the huge suffering caused
by 
the abysmal confinement conditions existing there.
These are really just a few of the most obvious issues. If you value
your 
health and the health of our world, you may want to reconsider eating
your 
cheese.
Ira

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Bower" <Bowerdou at verizon.net>
To: <dvbc-list at dvbc.org>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 4:55 AM
Subject: RE: [DVBC] Club Banquet

> Ira,
>
> Is there something about cheese I need to start worrying about?
>
> Buckeye
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org
> [mailto:dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org] On Behalf Of Ira Josephs
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 1:27 AM
> To: dvbc-list at dvbc.org
> Subject: Re: [DVBC] Club Banquet
>
> Well, Larry, you know if the vege pasta has cheese in it , as it
always
> does,  I'll have to ask for some spaghetti with plain marinara instead
> of
> those 3 choices.
> Ira
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Green" <largreen at earthlink.net>
> To: <dvbc-list at dvbc.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 12:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [DVBC] Club Banquet
>
>
>> Ira-
>> Chicken, salmon or vegetarian pasta?
>> Larry
>>
>> Ira Josephs wrote:
>>> Larry, I plan to be there.
>>> Ira
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Green"
> <largreen at earthlink.net>
>>> To: <dvbc-list at dvbc.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 9:38 PM
>>> Subject: [DVBC] Club Banquet
>>>
>>>
>>>> Block off December 3 on your calenders, make your dinner selections
> and
>>>> let us know how many are coming.
>>>> Remember, all responses must be received by November 16!
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