Your reason for drinking raw milk is valid...

As of January 7, 2008 our access to raw milk is still not protected and the law has not yet been repealed or overturned. CA still plans to enforce AB 1735 an the new testing is beginning.

Thank you for signing the online petition on our website. I am writing to update you. The firm of Gross Belsky in San Francisco is filing a lawsuit in the next few days.

Our consumers' suit is different than the one being filed through the WAP associated Farm to Consumer Legal Defense. That suit is on behalf of the producers. Both producers are in communication with us about our suit and the legal teams are also in communication. We all agree that having several suits filed only strengthens our chances of protecting our right to food choice in California. We would like the following specific types of plaintiffs:

1. a person who wants to drink raw milk for personal reasons (such as bodily integrity, believing foods should be in their natural state, etc.)

2. a person whose doctor has told him or her not to drink pasteurized milk, but only raw milk.

3. a person who drinks raw milk for medical reasons, but has not been directed by a doctor to drink raw milk.

4. a person whose religion has dietary principles, and one of those principles is to drink raw milk.

We would like at least one of these plaintiffs to be a San Francisco resident and all should be California residents.

Please help us find plaintiffs of the above description for the suit. We are almost ready to file. If you would like to be a plaintiff, please email terry@grossbelsky.com or write to us on the "contact us" page.

Please continue to donate to fund the lawsuit. Most importantly, please pass on our website www.saverawmilk.org to your friends and contacts to help spread the word. We feel sure that what happens to raw milk in California will impact the rest of the country and perhaps the world. So even if you don't live in California, please inform yourself, spread the word and support us as best you can.

Thank you, Theo and the SaveRawMilk.org team