Buttercup Dairies serving up fresh raw milk in Turua

Their belief in the benefits of natural food and dairy products has prompted one Hauraki Plains dairying couple to expand their business to allow the public access to raw milk at an affordable price at the farm gate. By: JILL CLEAVE

CDC issues alert over raw milk and Brucella infection

After a Texas woman contracted brucellosis from drinking raw (unpasteurized) milk from a Texas dairy and other possible cases pending, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sounding the alarm and trying to contact consumers so they can receive prophylactic antibiotics. By: Jim Wappes