ProPublica investigation links Raw Farm raw milk to illnesses

Ned Pyle54

“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered,” Both he and these kids’ parents should be in jail with bail denied

513eats.bsky.social21

Is anyone surprised? The woman sold a candle that smells like her vagina. She’s nuts.

sarahbethg.bsky.social20

As long as I live I will never understand why people want to drink cow shit. You can never explain it to me. I will go to my grave in ignorance.

DocDeezWhat17

I would be fine with raw milk if it was limited to consenting adults and they refused all medical interventions when the inevitable happens

elephantgirl75.bsky.social12

How is he a pioneer when raw milk was a thing before pasteurization was figured out many years ago? Also isn't pasteurization just heating milk up to a certain temperature? Not sure how that's considered unnatural.

Christina Samuels11

All these "lol drink up MAGA" responses are so f-ing dispiriting. A lot of the victims here are children, who deserve none of this. Also, people are actively being lied to. The fact that this is continuing shows huge breakdown in government trust that has to be addressed with more than snark.

Jendem10

The thing with MAGA…I used to wonder if they were crazy or if they were grifters. I am old enough now to think they are selfish assholes that know better and need to be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. 🖕RFK

Tim Hill of Antifa, #FBPE9

Darwinism will step in and stop people drinking raw dairy products. Just give it time.

loves2read56.bsky.social9

I grew up on a farm & we never drank raw milk. Not safe.

not all who wander lust9

Lol. it's kind of beside the point but if you're gonna insist on raw milk "largest raw farm in the country" is the worst place to buy from.

n0nym0us.bsky.social8

The reason the USDA had to make an ad campaign to get parents to give their children milk is b/c in the 19th C, before pasteurization, giving a child milk regularly was a great way to insure they didn't survive to adulthood. Unpasteurized milk is nothing new. It's always been dangerous.

Curtis Daddy Love5

there are a lot of foods that are overprocessed, but milk isn’t one of them. it’s a pernicious lie to get dumb people to think it’s safe.

Rebecca Brückmann4

Thank you for this great report!

Celeste Headlee3

Annie, this is incredible reporting. Great work.

Rick Innis3

““You must be Mark,” I said, warning him I wasn’t one for hugging. “I’m a hugger,” he said, pulling me in anyway.” Clearly a man who doesn’t understand boundaries, which speaks volumes about him.

Xeynon3

I think we should prosecute people who give their children raw milk for child abuse, but if adults want to drink it let them. They're thinning themselves out of the herd.

Nouveaux Horizons3

We're subjected on a daily basis to the most awful people.

James Scott3

Stupidity is a right of the stupid.

daughterofwitches.bsky.social2

If we cannot stop it, may it get rid of the worst of us. Evolution in action.

muletrains.bsky.social2

make you wonder who's invested

🔵 Blue Dot2

Two ppl who I stopped listening to a very long time ago.

mhkmhk.bsky.social175

“You must be Mark,” I said, warning him I wasn’t one for hugging. “I’m a hugger,” he said, pulling me in anyway. “I feel like I’ve known you for a lifetime.”. So not one for respecting people's boundaries from the jump

Don Rumgay Jr 🌈🏳️‍🌈97

Then someone should sue his fucking ass right out of business….

I Got Popcorn76

My question is why anyone would choose to drink raw milk. I grew up in farm country. We didn't have dairy cows, we had beef cows. But the neighbors had dairy cows. Raw milk is disgusting.

Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing!72

Your grandmother almost certainly had one of these in her kitchen—a specially-designed milk boiler, because scalding "farm fresh" milk was a common task, and milk is annoyingly prone to boil overs. You boil "raw" milk because IT CONTAINS COW CRAP. People used to be smart enough to know that was bad

Angry American Guy62

Wait, wait, does he really think that handling dairy in the way it would be in the 1880s or whenever is pioneering? Wtf?

Phantom Thief52

Nothing more dangerous being a willful idiot than being an empowered idiot.

Bruce Wilson42

All these people would not have gotten sick had their 4 Humours been in proper balance. Prolly too much bile.

Kev the Builder26

And if you're in the ~8% with the HLA-B27 gene, that salmonella infection from raw milk may give you reactive arthritis for the REST OF YOUF LIFE

Lea Leander 18

"Haven't killed anyone yet but I just gotta keep trying."

Cath RN, PhD13

He didn’t only put children and adults in the hospital, these people now have to battle lifelong, chronic conditions. But hey, you know, “pioneer.”

Michele Lamb12

Pioneer is a greedy sociopath

Crutnacker10

Pioneer? Nah, people have been putting kids in the hospital for centuries.

Monitor Lizard10

I've put a couple of kids in the hospital. But here's the thing: I'm a Special Boy

automaton4u.bsky.social10

If you drink this shit you deserve what happens to you, if you make your kids drink it you are a child abuser who belongs in prison

Ryano9

That's a license to kill.

mjfrombuffalo9

I see the misunderstanding here. You see, he doesn't mean "Pioneer" as in "doing something new and innovative," he means "Little House on the Prairie cosplay from before everyone understood pasteurization."

Pepper Anderson’s Hair8

Good grief! A pioneer? Does he not understand that raw milk was so dangerous that Mr Pasteur created this process! It is bizarre people don’t know this anymore.

Soren Lorenson reeks of shitlibbery8

Literally "Some of you may die, but that's a price I'm willing to pay." LITERALLY

Eryn Wyld8

NOT! What it means to be a PIONEER in enterprise is to bring INNOVATION to the table that ADVANCES consumer value. Abandoning progress, going back to the actual pioneering era of the 1800s, & sickening people is SOCIETAL REGRESSION fueled by stupidity and ego. The definition of MAGA & Trumpism.

Ms.ShaunaLouise7

I like to only drink water with lead in it. I’m a pioneer. 🙄

klynner.bsky.social6

He's not a pioneer. He's satisfied with his selfish, harm inducing ways. It seems he's sadistic.

Kurt Weldon6

"I found a way to keep milk from putting kids in the hospital. But here's the thing: Je suis un pioneer." - L. Pasteur.

Pruit Igoe6

“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m an asshole.” Fixed his quote.

Nancy Ann ❌👑 👍🏻🐸5

Is “pioneer” the new “patriot”? He seems to not know prior to the invention of pasteurization, everyone drank raw milk. They’re all so proud of being morons.

Daniel Bolnick5

It’s not pioneering to revert to a primitive (and unhealthy) way of life that our ancestors dealt with for thousands of years. It’s regression, not pioneering.

🦊 🩵🐦‍⬛ Fox & Crow, for Bartleby Endeavors 🎥5

Pioneer? Psychopaths have been harming children for eons. Or did he mean in the Oregon Trail sense?

Eryn Wyld5

Here is an article about actual pioneers in Agriculture — bsky.app/profile/moth...

HudsonRiverCroc5

A “pioneer” that has done what other farmers did in the past

Julietta Justice5

Was typhoid Mary a pioneer?

FakeKraid4

No, pioneers tread *new* ground, not old ground that we rightly moved on from almost 150 years ago

Call me Trixie4

If I had a neighbor who told me he put kids in the hospital, at minimum I would call CPS. Then I'd tell the town to stay away from the person aware he is harming children who still continues regardless.

🇺🇦🇺🇸⚖️📣 knightly garb4

Sociopath with no inclination to conceal it.

Rex & Remi4

Who would insure this prick or his product? And you'd think you would need evidence of sufficient means to pay for the eventual liability for you knowingly selling a product that hurts and could potentially kill somebody.

Pete Del Re4

Not even into the actual story and I already know this guy is an asshole:

Mr. Skeets4

This is the speech a supervillain gives before Batman punches him into a coma

Karma's Dad4

These self absorbed assholes need to go through some things.

40% Chickpeas4

This particular frontier ends in the 19th century.

Clayton Łuszczek4

If only they had done their own research

maxtemper.bsky.social3

I don't know if this man is exceedingly delusional, evil, or both but I do know that confidently saying you're okay with putting kids in hospitals should get you put in jail for the rest of your miserable life, and that's me being generous.

I Heart Noise3

"I killed a bunch of people," Musk said. "But here's the thing: I'm a pioneer."

CharM3

If people want to kill themselves they can have at it, but killing children with their stupidity is beyond infuriating.

Matt3

Pasteur was a pioneer, not this dickhead

I had too much to dream last night3

you'd think that "we should not knowingly hurt children" would be the lowest common denominator of humankind, alas, nope.

GinaW 📎 🐸3

My daughter went through a phase where she was feeding raw milk to my grandchildren. Now it makes me wonder if years later, some of the health issues that they have could be linked to this early use.

Rahvin3

Vlad the Impaler: "I've impaled so many people I've lost count. But here's the thing, I'm a pioneer."

By the seat of his pants……3

How can you be a pioneer when there ever only was raw milk until We started pasteurising it to make it safe. The pioneer was the guy who invented pasteurising ….

MAinNC3

Ain't it cute that he thinks he's a pioneer doing something that was done so far back in time, before things like science and medicine understood what was happening to people. You're not a pioneer, Mark! You're freakin' caveman!!! 🤣😂🤣

ladyvanilla.bsky.social3

if by pioneer you mean 19th century ignorance, then man youre killing it

liker9.bsky.social3

We had 4 milk cows and I grew up drinking raw milk. However, I would never drink raw milk unless I saw how the milkers and buckets are cleaned, plus I would want to see the milk poured through a strainer. Too much can go wrong with large operations.

I’m a lawyer, and he is begging to be sued by the families of the people who fell ill drinking his milk. His statements will be used against him to his detriment in court. Lawyers are always grateful for these kinds of admissions. Of course, smart people don’t drink raw milk.

Robert Gumpert2

“I’m a pioneer”, wtf does that mean?

BanmarNJ2

All this bullshit (literally) influencer promotion is gross

Martijon2

Two sentences that belong on this asshole’s tombstone.

Ecoprairiepainter2

It is ilegal to sell raw milk in Wisconsin. THE DAIRY STATE. Just they know a thing or two

Zach2

Pioneer in what? It isn't like his milk is some breakthrough in health or some shit. The only way that quote is acceptable is drug trials involving major medical advancement. Not this shit.

MannE2

But if another pioneer puts this guy in a hospital he'll whine how unfairly he was treated

D. D. Syrdal2

He's not a pioneer, he's a profiteer.

Pruit Igoe2

You can reach out to him directly and let him know what you think of his pioneering spirit: rawfarmusa.com/contact

Paul Rodger2

Even the pioneers knew to boil raw milk. This guy should be shut down.

social media enjoyer2

This dude should get the chair for murder

Jo2

He’s a pioneer of sickening children? Yeah, he’s right up there with Josef Mengele 🙄

Ken Auer2

Imagine the manufacturers of any other product blithely saying “well I’ve put a couple of kids in the hospital with my product but no problem because I’m an innovator looking to make a buck.”

Jeff From Ohio2

“Hey, what about all the kids I DIDNT kill? You never asked me about them!”

Teddy (queer rage edition)2

Pioneers put their kids in hospitals too… or the ground. Then they learned about pasteurization and FUCKING USED IT.

Bethanne Wills2

Don’t pioneers do new things? He’s just going back to a time when kids died unnecessarily. What an asshole. He should be in jail.

Velia2

Everyone with the last name McAfee is a douce bag.

neanderthal53.bsky.social2

"I’m a pioneer." Yeah, we all know the death rate of the pioneers in this country from milk borne and other pathogens.

𝔻𝕁 𝕊𝕦𝕓𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟2

"The defence rests your honor"

Muad Lib2

That’s the kind of quote that should park him in prison or leave him destitute

larosalaw.bsky.social2

This all reminds me of reading The Jungle in junior high and the reason behind food safety regulation.

No weapon formed against you shall prosper2

If raw milk was safe then there would have been no reason for Louis Pasteur to pick up a text tube!

Triplejake2

Such a well-reported and written article! I miss the days when this kind of reporting wasn't so rare.

Best Before Stardate 80160.4🖖🐸2

Pioneer eh? Has he tried raising the temperature high enough to kill pathogens and bacteria while not damaging the proteins in the milk? He should try that. If he can get it to work hill be a billionaire.🙄

Grand Get a Vax and Piss Off RFK Moff2

Remember that one libertarian kid we all knew in college? The one obsessed with raw milk and flouride? They only got stupider from there.

🌱 Shelbud Capa-glow 🌞🚫🧊 [Fellowship Edition]2

No. That's not what pioneer means. He's just an unregulated, negligent salesman of a product he knows is dangerous.

🇨🇦CanadaResists🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺2

I wonder if he'd still say that if it were *his* kids in the hospital! I know I know, of course he would, because he's a piece of shit of a human being!🖕🤨

Fava Bean5

Imagine being proud to drink milk seasoned with live cow poo.

Bouba's Delivery Service4

I've seen cows. Screw that.

Mike Wilson3

Again I am wondering how our species didn’t go extinct aeons ago. I guess there’s just enough sane people to balance out the raw cows milk/anti vax/horse medicine crowd.

Elle3

@sarahtaber.bsky.social has a great explainer up on YouTube about this - no one drank raw milk!! Mom boiled it!

Peggy Peggy Bo-beggy2

Old recipes (1930s, some in 50s) tell you to "scald" the milk. How soon we have forgotten.

is he not presenting it as healthy? I thought someone would at least take a pop. if they and he waste a shitload on lawyers all the better

Thundal Archsys5

Because they're told it's natural and healthy and common sense and shit. Same people who think that removing a large portion of the workforce will make them richer, somehow? Complete ignorance of the world around them, and being told that they're all *actually* smart because they have no education

Chitinous.Carapace4

To own the Libs. Don’t you feel owned that people are putting their kids in hospital