Goat share- Ohio

[OneCuteShasta]

Ohio law bans the sell of raw milk, but it is legal to buy into a goat share program. For those who don't know about it, a person pays a small monthly or annual fee to help cover the cost of "their" share of a goat. Then they are entitled to the raw milk, since they own a share of the goat. Does anyone know someone (or does it themselves) that does the goat share in Ohio? We've had goats for about 2 years now. We've never bred or milked our goats (they're all dry). We're interested in starting to breed and milk, but we want to see if we even like the milk first. Can anyone help? THANKS!!!

[dosthouhavemilk]

It is not "legal" as the current law stands. Technicaly, if one were to take the law at its word farmers aren't legally allowed to consume their own milk raw...the ODA has simply enver interpretted it that way...lol
However, Governer Strickland has said he will not go after Cow/Goat shares while in office. He also will not allow a law allowing the sale of raw milk to pass while in office either...
There was a law being pushed that included a stipulation for herd shares but the group has stopped pushing that currently.

Have you joined the OhioWAPF group on Yahoo!?

There have been discussions about herd share contracts. There is a group in Ohio of farmers who hired lawyers to draft a herd share contract that ought to hold up in court. Nobody has been taken to court yet, so it hasn't been challenged.
You gotta pay to join that group of farmers and have access to the contract.

Having said all that, the ODA is not actively pursuing raw milk individuals as actively as they have in the past few years...the change of leaders has calmed that aspect.
There are people who run herdshares in Ohio.

[OneCuteShasta]

I just joined the OhioWAPF group and am awaiting approval. Thanks for the info!