Released Jan. 22, 2008

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.- The Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station is sponsoring a seminar series to help people understand the issues and provide science-based information about raw milk.

The Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment station recently formed a "Raw Milk Working Group" to conduct research and extension programs concerning raw milk. The group identified informed consumer choice as critical to dealing with the raw milk issue. The seminar series is designed to bring the latest science and objective discussion to the public.

The first seminar, "Raw Milk, Mother Nature's Inconvenient Truth," will be held on February 6, 2008. The speaker is Mark McAfee, an organic dairy farmer. The seminar will be held on the George H. Cook Campus in the Cook Student Center, Multipurpose Room, at 7:00 p.m.

A second seminar, "Raw Milk Wars, Government's Attempt to Dictate What Foods We Can Consume," is scheduled for February 20. The speaker is David G. Cox, an attorney. He will speak on the George H. Cook Campus in the Marine Science Building at 1:00 p.m.

A third seminar, "Raw Milk, A Microbiology Primer," is scheduled for April 3. The speaker is Dr. Mark Gebhart, Wright State University. He will speak in the Marine Science Building at 1:00 pm.

Additional seminars, featuring speakers with other perspectives on raw milk, will be announced soon.

The Rutgers raw milk extension program is also conducting a search and review of the scientific literature pertaining to both raw and pasteurized milk. This information is being collected for educational purposes and is being organized for placement on an internal Rutgers Cooperative Extension web site for ease of sharing information among scientists.

Directions to the February 6 lecture site can be found at http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?id=137 and http://maps.rutgers.edu/directions.aspx?id=92. Directions to the February 20 and April 3 lecture site can be found at http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?168.

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Contact: Michele Hujber, (732) 932-7000 ext. 4204, hujber@aesop.rutgers.edu