Raw Milk

We began drinking raw milk a few months ago.  It has so many advantages, and luckily we live in a state that allows the sale of raw milk.  In case you don't know what raw milk is, here you go....  A cow is milked, the milk is strained and then it is rapidly cooled.  The End.  The milk is not homogenized or pasteurized.  You might be thinking, "isn't that dangerous?"  Well, if most dairies sold this kind of milk the answer would be yes.  But you want to purchase raw milk from a farm where the cows are taken care of, with plenty of fresh pasture (you want grass fed, not grain fed!), exercise, sunshine, no shots or hormones, and are milked properly.  In these conditions, the milk is perfectly safe to drink raw and is much more nutritious than the sterile milk available from huge commercial dairies.  If you are curious about raw milk vs. pasteurized/homogenized milk check this and this out.  They are both really great sites, and I wanted to give everyone the option to choose to read on in case you are perfectly happy with your current milk. 

This is a fresh gallon of raw milk Henry and I picked up today. Right now we are getting the whole milk from our local health food store for 6.99 a gallon.  We tend to be pretty frugal people, so the fact that we shell out that kind of money for a gallon of milk is just a testament to how strongly we feel about it.  We are really excited about being able to produce our own milk someday.  We are also excited about not paying 6.99 a gallon, because we like milk around here.

 Warning:  Feeding Raw milk to your toddler may make him do crazy things like climb on your table if there is a chair even slightly ajar.  Just joking....I think that comes from his father.

 Wondering about the HUGE thing of goldfish....I know.  Our whole food diet is a gradual thing we are working on.  Can't wait to be out on the land!