Class/Education
The story below, from today’s LA Times front page, provides some context for this upcoming event.
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-raw-food-raid-20100725,0,7940288,full.story
In addition to talking about the health and safety of raw milk, Mark McAfee will talk about sustainable dairy farming practices and how they differ from the standard practices used in dairies today, even those whose labels say “organic.” I will be posting a series of related articles on the Altadena Heritage facebook page between now and the event on August 28, so if you’d like more information, check there.
One of our Volunteers for Ripe Classes, Gloria Putnam, has been busy!
She has arranged with Organic Pastures founder and CEO Mark McAfee to speak in Altadena as part of his campaign to “share the secret” of raw milk.
MILK: History, Politics, and Nutrition
Saturday August 28, 2pm – 4pm
Altadena Community Center
730 E Altadena Drive
This event is part of the Altadena’s Heritage of Abundance Series and is co-hosted by the Arroyo Food Co-op and us, Ripe Altadena!
Michele Zack, local historian and author of Altadena: Between Wilderness and City, will give a brief overview of Altadena’s milk-producing past. Mark McAfee will explain how our industrialized food chain and the supporting regulation systems limit access to fresh raw milk and why access to this nutritious living food is worth fighting for.
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served, and Organic Pastures raw milk will be available for tasting.
For more information please contact altadenaheritage@earthlink.net.
This free event is co-hosted by The Arroyo Food Co-op and… RIPE Altadena, and is part of “Altadena: Heritage of Abundance,” a series of Altadena Heritage events focused on sustainability.
