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Canadian Raw-Milk Producer Ends Hunger Strike

By Cookson Beecher on November 6, 2011

Canadian raw-milk dairy farmer Michael Schmidt has called off his 5-week hunger strike, after having had the chance on Nov. 4 to meet with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.

In an earlier interview with Food Safety News, Schmidt had vowed to “go until death” if the premier didn’t agree to…

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Hunger Strike to Go 'Until Death' Says Raw-Milk Farmer

By Cookson Beecher on October 20, 2011

For Canadian raw-milk farmer Michael Schmidt, a citizen’s fundamental right to choose what he or she eats is a matter of life or death. Literally.

On Sept. 29, he began a hunger strike, which he describes as the continuation of his efforts over the past 17 years to engage the…

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