Organic Milk

Ok, here is the new challenge for you all.

When is the last time you tasted really good milk?  I mean really good stuff!

2 weeks ago my family stumbled upon Certified Organic Milk. 

Here is a picture of Harmony Organic milk, and another supplier that is farm fresh pasturized Sheldon Milk.  The little one on the left is 10% cream for coffee.

You can even see some the the cream stuck to the side of one of the bottles.  We didn't remove it from the top of the milk properly first.  Oops!

I have been doing a lot of research into health and nutrition matters lately.  Part of this research has prompted me to start looking for ways to buy milk, eggs, meat, poultry etc. from sustainable and responsibly sourced stores.   I don't want my family purchases to support the large production industries that are so hard on animals, and reduces the nutritional value of our food as well.   I will be very open to say that we are still sorting out what our family budget can realistically afford.  It's a time of change in our budget and menu, but we are really trying to buy dairy, eggs and meats/poultry/fish/pork from sources that are local, and animals are treated well.

So, back to the milk.  I bought the milk because the glass jar looked really cool, and I was intrigued as to how a milk can be certified organic.  To be certified organic the animal must have access to outdoors daily and eat grass in the summer and hay in the winter.  Any feed supplements the cow recieves in addition to grass or hay must all be completely organic feed.  The cow can't have any steroids or anything that make her produce milk faster, etc.  After a cow has been living in these conditions for 3 years, the milk the cow produces would be considered certified organic.

I brought some of this milk home to my family and I have manged to produce a bunch of milk addicts!  LOL!

We lined up side by side a glass of milk that you buy in the plastic bags and then the organic milk.  There is NO COMPARISION!  The regular milk was watery and lacking flavour and texture compared to the organic.  Both milks were 2% milk, but the organic was much creamier in texture and the flavour was like milk I remember when I was a kid.

We have now experimented with whole milk 3% and the 2% milk.  No one in my family ever wants to go back to milk from plastic bags, but we all know we can't drink this stuff as freely because it costs more to buy.

So your challenge is to go find a supplier of fresh milk (glass jar is a good hint) and do your own test.  If you are like me, you will find yourself supporting your local dairy farmer, helping be part of the shoppers who choose milk from cows that have had a better life, and you will just be BLOWN AWAY BY THE AWESOME TASTE OF THE MILK!

Whole Foods is a supplier in USA and Canada that you can get organic milk from.  Whole Foods is a more expensive store, but if you can find one close to your home, it's worth popping in there for the milk.
In our area we also have The Apple Factory, which is right on the edge of Brampton - Georgetown.  Also Howard the Butcher in Caledon.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy some great milk.

Cassie