If you eat, it's time to speak

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Your health. Your vote. PRODUCED BY US Dairy Farmers and Friends usdairyfarmers@yahoo.com If you eat, it’s time to speak NARRATED BY Haven Gotham, consumer BryceWindecker, future dairy farmer

You are What you Eat : 

You are What you Eat Dairy products are 25% of the American diet Quality and Nutrition = Health Faces of a Dairy Farm

Milk Deficit USA : 

Milk Deficit USA 4 billion lbs. milk deficit in U.S. since 1996 Slight increases in imports drastically reduces farmers’ milk price Since 1996, domestic production increases are offset by consumption increases Conclusion: There are not too many cows. Your health. Your vote.

Milk DeficitUSA : 

Milk DeficitUSA Sources: NASS, ERS, FAS, FSA, Bureau of Census, and ERS calculations. For further information, contact: Roger Hoskin 202 694 5148, rhoskin@ers.usda.gov Published in Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/ldp

Dairy Farmer FacesIt’s family business. : 

Dairy Farmer FacesIt’s family business.

Extinction Threatens : 

Extinction Threatens A bleak future Survival mode Bankruptcies and foreclosures Driving out family dairy farms is a loss to rural America Your health. Your vote. Future dairy farmers? They will be if you speak.

Haven’t we lost enough farms? : 

Haven’t we lost enough farms? U.S. Dairy Farms

Dairy farmers’ future without your voice : 

Dairy farmers’ future without your voice Your health. Your vote. Milk and yogurt are perishable produced in southwestern U.S. - not in the Northeast Family dairy farms become rare. Vertical concentration like the poultry and beef farms becomes reality Total farm sizes of over 100,000 cows will feed us Multiple farms, owned by few people "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control people.” - Henry Kissinger

Dairy Food Integrity : 

Dairy Food Integrity Whole Food from Milk Distorted Food from Milk Derivatives Your health. Your vote.

What about cheese? : 

What about cheese? Imports of storable products like cheese and butter will substantially increase What is made in America will keep losing integrity through imported milk derivative ingredients Milk protein concentrates Caseins Ultra-filtered milk Like oil and gas, dependence on foreign food increases Imports = Distorted Cheese

Milk Protein Concentrates (MPC) 101 : 

Milk Protein Concentrates (MPC) 101 Where do MPCs come from? Milk Derivative Ultra-filtering milk, removing lactose and minerals, leaving larger protein molecules behind to be dried into powder MPC is upwards of 90% protein and is void of all minerals. MPC is used in glue production Imports come from New Zealand, India, Singapore, China (Note: New Zealand does not use MPC in their domestic cheese production - exports all MPC it produces) Your health. Your vote.

Milk Protein Concentrates (MPC) 101 cont’d : 

Milk Protein Concentrates (MPC) 101 cont’d Substitute milk and nonfat dry milk powder in manufacturing process concentrated milk (like orange juice made from juice concentrate) these are imported ingredients that cost less for processors and it makes them money because it increases their product yield by 30% in cheese production. Your health. Your vote. Resulting MPC-containing cheese and is labeled PRODUCT - not food MPC not considered FOOD or inspected by FDA standards

Consumers Do Not Benefit : 

Consumers Do Not Benefit Low farm milk prices not passed to consumers $3.99/gallon Costs farmer $1.50/gallon to produce Farmer paid $0.90/gallon Dean Foods controls 70% of northeast fluid milk market - announces record profits Aug. 5, 2009 Lower costs to processors (imports) not passed to consumers Your health. Your vote.

$how me the Money : 

$how me the Money Farm milk price collapse in 2009. Where is the money going? Retailers are hogs at the trough. Retailers practice Asymmetric Pricing for cheese. ie. Cheese price does not drop proportionately with farm milk prices Indexes for CheeseJan. 2008 - Aug. 2009 Source: John BuntingDairyBlog

Farmer’s Share is Peanuts : 

Farmer’s Share is Peanuts Milk $2.99, farmer share $0.91 July 2009 Farmers only receive 30% of retail price “Farmer is the weakest link in the whole food chain and he is being victimized,” - Fred Stokes, president Organization for Competitive Markets Your health. Your vote.

Speak to Safeguard your Milk : 

Speak to Safeguard your Milk Dairy Food Integrity Safety Quality Self-Reliance/Sovereignty Your health. Your vote.

Family Dairy Farmer Faces : 

Family Dairy Farmer Faces Join us. We are the future of your food.

What is a consumer to do? : 

What is a consumer to do? Read labels. Vote with MPC and casein-free food purchases Buy local. Avoid fast food. Cheese served in fast food is made with MPCs. Join FoodDemocracyNow! A Midwest-based advocacy group for progressive food policy for sustainable agriculture and family farms. Participate in Dairy Food Revolution Your health. Your vote.

Join Dairy Food Revolution : 

Join Dairy Food Revolution Merging interests of consumers and farmers Improved pricing ensuring farmers a fair price Sustaining dairy farmers to ensure consumers healthy homegrown dairy items Your health. Your vote.

Uniting for Food Democracy Power : 

Uniting for Food Democracy Power Dairy farmers are small in numbers = Little political power (1% of U.S. population) Uniting consumers and dairy farmers now will stop family farm extinction. Our Voice = Big political power Your health. Your vote. Our Voice.

Your Action Items : 

Your Action Items Join FoodDemocracy Now! Call President Obama Call your Senators & Congressman Join me. I want to be the future of your food.

If you eat, it’s time to speak : 

If you eat, it’s time to speak Your health. Your vote. Your voice. Our voice. . . speaks dairy food integrity ~ whole and safe milk and dairy foods ~

If you eat, it’s time to speakProvided to you by: United States Dairy Farmers and Friends ~ usdairyfarmers@yahoo.com : 

If you eat, it’s time to speakProvided to you by: United States Dairy Farmers and Friends ~ usdairyfarmers@yahoo.com Join FoodDemocracy Now!Send “join” email to FoodDemocracyNow@gmail.com Call Pres. Obama White House Phone: (202) 456-1111or (202) 456-1414 Tell Pres. Obama to address the Dairy Food Integrity Crisis with promotion of the bills below. Call your Senators and Congressman U.S. Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121Tell them to address the Dairy Food Integrity Crisis with support of the below bills: S.1645 Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act S.1542 Milk Import Tariff Equity Act S.666 Quality Cheese Act of 2009