Commentary
I live in Texas. I am a freedom advocate. I am also a farmer. So when I saw that the Texas Department of State Health Services filed suit against a West Texas raw milk micro-dairy operating as a Private Membership Association, I paid attention. Not because I operate the same way—I don’t. I provide raw milk to my community through a herd-share model. But when the state moves to shut down a small farm for providing milk to willing adults under a private agreement, it raises a deeper question: Why is the government so intent on standing between us and our food?
