ProPublica profiles raw‑milk seller Mark McAfee after hospital admission
ProPublica profiles Raw Farm owner Mark McAfee and quotes him saying, "I've put a couple kids in the hospital" while calling himself "a pioneer." Raw Farm is the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, and ProPublica reports McAfee has profited from selling unpasteurized milk while customers have become ill and some required hospitalization. Federal and state regulators have struggled to block interstate raw milk sales, leaving public health officials with limited tools to prevent such outbreaks. The profile matters because it links McAfee's business model and public outreach to ongoing foodborne risk and regulatory gaps that affect consumers nationwide.
"I've put a couple kids in the hospital. But!" No, man, let me stop you right there.
Dan Murphy46"We can't let a few dead children stand in the way of innovation" captures the zeitgeist.
Atima Omara25Louis Pasteur was a pioneer This man is a dangerous opportunistic buffoon.
Jackie Daytona10"I've put a couple kids in the hospital, but here's the thing - I made money off of that and continue to do so, so it doesn't matter." >>> What he really meant.
Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats8Yup. Ambulance drivers are the only ones who get to keep talking after they say that line.
William Adler4The platform of the GOP and MAHA and its supporters
Baja Arizona. We fight on.4Bottom line, raw milk is kind of an IQ test.
Roger Giner-Sorolla4Why, in the old days, pioneers would rack up two, three, four half-sized tombstones
KnightHawk3What an arrogant prick lol Hope they sue him and win
chitownhustler_actual3If people know the risks and consume it anyway, especially feeding it to their children, it’s Darwinian.
Swiftian3I always thought Louis Pasteur was the pioneer.
Juli Indica3I remember years ago in California there was a raid on a Health food store for raw milk. I thought it was ridiculous at the time as I was completely unaware of the dangers of raw milk. We need better messaging than what we get from the Batshit Crazy segment of America.
Kris Gates2So if I’m reading this correctly, when testing showed pathogens in the milk, he would just use that milk to make cheese instead, which doesn’t do much to kill the pathogens. And the FDA told him to stop but he didn’t? He needs to tell his customers. If they still choose to consume it, caveat emptor.
Bruce Wilson2When automobile drivers put kids in the hospital, we should take way their keys?
hotelalhamra.bsky.social2Sure, I’ve caused a few kids to get sepsis and go into organ failure, but look at the crazy number of likes I get on my farm’s Insta.
Peth2Pretty sure he is no pioneer in making kids sick. Kind of why we passed child labor laws to avoid kids ending up in hospital.
TubaPeter's Ottoman Empire2"I've put a couple kids in the hospital. But it was them or me!"
Raycat2Between this, Ivermectin, and anti vax ideology, the voting heard may be well on the way to immunity from Republicans.
Before my visit, Raw Farm's founder Mark McAfee told me he's a trailblazer: “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered," he said. "But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer. And I’m going against the grain here. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb."
Annie Waldman202In response to the pattern of outbreaks, McAfee told me he challenged the government's methodology for linking them to his farm. He said standard epidemiology practices, like genetic sequencing, were not proof his farm caused outbreaks; his farm tested for pathogens, so he said the risk was small.
Andromeda Yelton22He…he thinks this is making himself look good, doesn’t he
The Apostrophe13no one is saying you cant shove a sharp stick in your eye, they are saying its not good for you, and then show some concern as to why you would want to shove a sharp stick in your eye
Nothin’ but Blue Skies from now on11Louis Pasteur climbed that mountain and blazed that trail over a 100 yrs ago. We were all at the summit, and these clowns are just throwing people over the edge.
Jess8Pioneering? Does he think people 100+ years ago did not drink raw milk and die from it? Like he invented people dying of listeria and salmonella?
Epstein files or bust 🇺🇦6Delusional middle aged men are the problem. You are not Atlas, youre not taking on a great burden, you’re a farmer looking for an angle.
Thurston Nuggs IV5Real Stockton Rush/OceanGate vibes, and we know how that 'trailblazing' ended...
web_rant4"I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb." Mount Listeria. bsky.app/profile/anni...
Jack Lynch4Wouldn't have thought there was a casual way to say "I've put a couple kids in the hospital," but I've learned something new.
not my monkey, not my circus...4love those mavericks willing to sacrifice others for their own gain, ego, profit, whatever 😑 and he isn't making much use of that haccp certification in his bio 🙄, which intended to 'is designed to prevent, eliminate or reduce significant [food] hazards to an acceptable level.'
Bill McCoy4"I can't let a couple of sick kids get in the way of my heroic self-image."
IMPEACH & REMOVE3Here’s what an honest statement would say “I’m making more money by selling milk direct from the cow, and money in my pocket is all I care about.”
ludog9.bsky.social3Hate to break it to but killing folks with unpasteurized milk goes back hundreds of years dude, you’re just a pioneer of stupidity.
Brandon Bird2If it's "So Fresh. So Clean" then what did they get sick from.
Funkybat - Kevin W.2Sounds like obstinance & pride combined with a contrarian posture. Whether or not there’s actual reasons to begin such an effort beyond “just because I want to” is unclear. So much of conservatism is “if you want me to do X, I’m going to crawl over hot coals to do Y, JUST TO PROVE YOU CANT MAKE ME”
Monax2The "SO FRESH. SO CLEAN." sign literally covered in shit is such a beautiful touch!
Katieann 2That’s a pretty nonchalant statement about “putting a couple kids in the hospital “!😡
Ken MacLennan2you know what they say, can't make an omelet without breaking someone else's eggs
Keith Edwards2Yes because it’s called Mount Kidkill.
Jeff Leyser2Rarely do you see a psychopath be so blatantly psychopathic in public.
Arlnee2Sounds like the Oceangate guy, all Mr. "I'm a pioneer watch me break all the rules" and we're all just waiting for the popcorn to pop
Oxfords not Brogues 🇺🇦 🌻 🚜 🏁👻2"I'm gleefully helping parents endanger and injure kids they said shouldn't be endangered or injured. Look at me in wonder."
class war puppet2Not "can't", but shouldn't. Definitely shouldn't. You can put things in electrical sockets, but you shouldn't. You also definitely shouldn't try to profit by convincing others to gamble on electrocuting themselves, or poisoning in this case. Classic solipsistic dipshit.
Follow the Minnesota 1st2A mountain of sick children?
🤦🏾♀️ "I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered. I’m a pioneer. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb.”―Mark McAfee, founder of the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, pulling in about $30M a year. www.propublica.org/article/mark... #PINKS
Kathy Mortensen 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦🇺🇸 🖇 🐸 💙 🌵 🏊♀️ 🛶4If you read this and still want to be a pioneer go for it.
Cami 🐸Truth Matters💙Good Troublemaker💙No DMs🚫No Posts=No Follow🚫3Read this and actually gasped out loud! 🤯 wtf!!
Howard.19333McAfee's customers are ignoring the first law of Nature: "You do something stupid, you die."
