{"id":16979,"date":"2026-04-25T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=16979"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:00:37","slug":"food-freedom-fight-state-orders-cody-creamery-to-stop-selling-raw-milk-lattes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/food-freedom-fight-state-orders-cody-creamery-to-stop-selling-raw-milk-lattes\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Freedom Fight: State Orders Cody Creamery To Stop Selling Raw Milk Lattes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, pasteurization was developed for wine and brought to milk through a propaganda magazine article<\/a>. They’re basically cooking the nutrition out of the milk<\/a> to harm your health in the long term as well as supporting large corporate operations with shipping and shelf life. We buy and drink raw milk from local ranches, and not only is it healthier, it’s much tastier. And humans have been drinking raw milk for centuries as a major source of nutrition in agricultural societies without issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2026\/04\/24\/food-freedom-fight-state-orders-cody-creamery-to-stop-selling-raw-milk-lattes\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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The State Ag Dept. has ordered Cody’s Hippy Cow Creamery to stop selling its popular raw milk lattes. Tyler Lindholm, the architect behind the Food Freedom Act, says the state is wrong and will push for a legislative fix. “That’s just insane,” he said.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

By Ren\u00e9e Jean<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cody<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cody\u2019s Hippy Cow Creamery stumbled onto a popular product when it shared a few raw milk lattes with some friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Word of mouth quickly spread, and co-owner Sadie Howard soon added the top-seller to her menu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now a Wyoming Department of Agriculture health inspector has ordered the business to stop selling the popular drinks at the Cody business, even as the chief architect of Wyoming\u2019s Food Freedom Act \u2014 former state representative Tyler Lindholm \u2014 insists the state\u2019s cottage food law explicitly allows such drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindholm has already clashed with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture earlier this year after its recent shutdown of WyFresh Farm’s selling of USDA-inspected meat<\/a> without a license near Cheyenne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindholm said then that regulators are stretching the Food Freedom Act beyond what lawmakers intended, and he sees the Hippy Cow latte ban as more of the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard told Cowboy State Daily the initial concern that brought the health inspector to her business was prepared foods with meat being sold by some of the vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But attention soon turned to Hippy Cow\u2019s espresso bar, where the family had begun serving raw milk lattes made from their own cows\u2019 milk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard said the inspector told them they would have to pasteurize the milk and have it inspected to sell lattes at the store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut she said if we pre-made the drinks at our farm and brought them to our store, we could do that,\u201d Howard said. \u201cAnd she said something to the effect of we could put a shot on the table and somebody could purchase a little bottle of the milk and pour them in together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in that case, the store cannot mix raw milk into the drink at the store or froth the drink. Nor can it add any flavorings to the drink, the way a barista would do, Howard said she was told. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The customer would have to do all those things themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe wrote us up a cease-and-desist order on all coffee sales,\u201d Howard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmaker Pushback<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lindholm told Cowboy State Daily the state\u2019s inspector is flat-out wrong in her interpretation of the law he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the second time Lindholm has recently disagreed with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture\u2019s interpretation of the Food Freedom act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first time was after the state banned WyFresh in Cheyenne from selling USDA-inspected meat at its farm stand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

State regulators said WyFresh had failed to obtain a federally required $200 license, required by anyone processing, distributing, storing, or preparing any food, including meat for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the WyFresh deal in Cheyenne, I think you can justify the confusion or the difference of opinion,\u201d he said. \u201cBut (in Cody) I can\u2019t see where this inspector is coming from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I mean, I\u2019m looking at the law right now, and I don\u2019t see anywhere they would be deriving that from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading from the law, Lindholm emphasized that producers can use third-party retail locations to sell eggs, dairy products, and other homemade food products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such sales may also occur at farmers markets, farms, ranches, producer homes and offices, or any location that both producer and an informed, end consumer have agreed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his view, Hippy Cow, as the producer of the milk, should be doubly protected by the law because it is both seller and producer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve looked through the law, and I\u2019m just really confused,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, what\u2019s the danger in putting cream in coffee at this point? They\u2019re allowed to still sell cream and still sell coffee. It\u2019s just combining the two that could be very scary?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindholm also views it as ridiculous to say that the business can\u2019t mix the drink for the consumer or froth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just insane,\u201d he said. “Frothing heats up the cream, so where\u2019s the problem? I don\u2019t know. In this situation, I\u2019m exceptionally concerned. They don\u2019t want them frothing cream No. 1 and No. 2, they also went after their burritos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They were acting as a third-party agent or a designated agent for those burritos, which were made with USDA-inspected meat in a commercial kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything in that scenario \u201cchecks out\u201d under both USDA and state law, Lindholm said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWyoming law says that they can act as a designated agent,\u201d Lindholm said. \u201cIt\u2019s wild to me. I don\u2019t know who or where the direction from this situation is coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindholm has already said he wants to see more legislative tweaks to Wyoming\u2019s Food Freedom law. The situation with Hippy Cow underscores that need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFortunately, there\u2019s several very interested state legislators in what\u2019s happening,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd a lot of those folks contacted me, and we had some good conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindholm said he\u2019s been assured they work to find some clarity in the whole situation in the immediate short-term, as well as weighing long-term fixes to the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs these issues keep coming up, I would ask people to reach out to me and Americans for Prosperity,\u201d Lindholm said. \u201cThese are the kind of issues that we don\u2019t like to hear about, and we\u2019d like to advocate and help people advocate for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Safety Concerns<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Frothing does heat up cream or milk added to coffee, but not to the temperatures that are required for commercial pasteurization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frothing heats milk to between 130 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to kill some pathogens, but not all of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commercial pasteurization, meanwhile, requires heating milk to 161 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 15 sustained seconds to ensure all harmful bacteria has been killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frothing can put milk into what\u2019s considered the \u201cdanger zone\u201d temperature wise, where bacteria grow rapidly. That zone is from 40 degrees Fahrenheit to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wyoming Department of Agriculture spokesman Derek Grant confirmed there are ongoing discussions with Hippy Cow Creamery and said the agency is working with them to \u201crectify the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur inspectors deal with unique scenarios in food establishments regularly,\u201d he said. \u201cWe ask them to enforce Wyoming statutes and federal laws\/regulations as they are written.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food safety, Grant added, is an issue that must be taken seriously because lives are at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t foresee all situations that may arise and do our best as a department to work with establishments when these unique situations happen,\u201d he said. \u201cUltimately, in the food safety business, the penalty for failure is extraordinarily high for WDA employees and goes beyond the job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They take food safety seriously and enforce laws and regulations as written, on behalf of Wyoming consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grant did not specify what specific rule had been broken by mixing raw milk with coffee for Hippy Cow\u2019s lattes. Nor did he address any of Lindholm\u2019s criticisms, focusing instead on general food-safety responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Times Have Changed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Howard told Cowboy State Daily on Friday that someone with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture had called her again on Friday to talk about the situation but is continuing to back the local health inspector\u2019s ruling \u2014 at least for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The individual also indicated he would do more \u201cdigging\u201d into things, Howard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard acknowledged there have been concerns about unpasteurized milk in times long past, but said times have changed since the days when cattle were being kept in cities in unsanitary conditions and fed poor diets that made them more vulnerable to diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPasteurization for the time was a great thing, and it\u2019s still a good thing for some people,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I think you should have the absolute choice whether or not you want to drink raw milk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard said her health improved after she began drinking raw milk instead of pasteurized and many of her customers have related similar experiences to her since Hippy Cow Creamery began. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public health experts have said that raw milk can carry pathogens like E. coli and Campylobacter and that claimed health benefits remain unproven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard agreed there is a time and place for pasteurization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good when you\u2019re trying to feed the whole world and you\u2019re shipping milk all over the country,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we\u2019re not shipping milk all over the country. This is focused on our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard also believes that small cottage food industries like Hippy Cow Creamery are good for the nation\u2019s health in general, for both economic and the personal health of people living in communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s what kind of needs to come back to America is small farms, small dairies, providing for their own community,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe some of the health will come back into that. We know America is not healthy. Just the shipping of food, and the adding of chemicals is harming us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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