Organic Valley Omega 3 Milk

[Wildsky]

Perhaps we should be feeding these goats Chocolate!

 

[Mackay]

LOL
Just an FYI, you can have a cow on pasture for only 120 days/year and still call the milk organic. That rule has only been in effect since February. Before that they would take feed lot cows and give them organic feed then call their milk organic. While the new rule is an improvment, it is still deceptive. Organic doesn't always mean what you think it means.

OMG! those so and so's. Can't trust anybody.

Is that just for colorado or is that a national organic standard?

 

[Mackay]

Wouldn't a cow that is fully grass fed have naturally high omega's in their mild?
I know thats true for the beef.

 

[Wifezilla]

Yes, a truly grass fed cow would have a naturally high omega 3 level. One place I read said something like 64% more than CAFO milk? I will see if I can find it.

Here is a chart that shows the EFA balance for grass vs grain-fed

Here is a story on the organic milk standards...
http://health.families.com/blog/new-rule-for-organic-milk

 

[patandchickens]

LOL
Just an FYI, you can have a cow on pasture for only 120 days/year and still call the milk organic.

OMG! those so and so's. Can't trust anybody.
Is that just for colorado or is that a national organic standard?

Do bear in mind that in a lot of places you CAN'T feed cattle on pasture much more than 120 days a year. Certainly not around here. (And we are the warm part of Canada, and there is a buncha the lower 48 that are further north than this, so don't be envisioning polar bears LOL)

Pat

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Melted ice cream??

You need a goat. Just sayin'

Yes, you do. Join us. Jooooiiiiinnnn uuuuusssss.

I wonder if we can get the nutrition levels of our real, fresh, sweet milk tested without paying a huge expense to a lab?

Yep, that milk is ultra-pasturized nastiness. I wonder if it tastes fishy. I bet it does. That's okay, I'm in the boycott too. You FB users should join the cause WZ founded, Boycott Organic Valley.

 

[Wifezilla]

I considered that, but even in Northern Wisconsin you have fresh grass for around 6 months.

 

[abifae]

my fave part about my raw milk is that the consistency CHANGES .... early spring there was not as much fat in it. now it's soooo thick. all of the milk is the consistency of cream from the store... only it tastes amazing...

**swoons**

 

[reinbeau]

I found this the other day and posted it on my Facebook page, all about 'organic milk'.

 

[freemotion]

I missed this thread yesterday! No, I wouldn't lie to you, WZ! And H23....aw, shucks! (blushes...)

Even in areas where the pasture does not grow year round (most areas, even the South, where it dries up in the summer) the cows can still be outside, in the sunshine, and fed mostly hay, not mostly corn. NOT living the bulk of their miserable lives tied in their stanchions, unable to move or turn or interact or scratch or....anything.

I sent dh to the goat dairy to get a quart of pasteurized milk for Plum (two lactating goats here and I had to buy milk! But I'd made cheese and then put ALL of the milk I had on the stove to pasteurize for the baby....CAE prevention as Mya is CAE positive and I want Plum to be healthy....and I got distracted and ended up with a batch of ricotta! No milk for the baby! Yikes.) He came back and said he remembered that farm as a cow dairy.

I told him it still was. The goats are on pasture 24/7 with a large loafing shed and the cows are tied up inside their barn 24/7. I will buy goat's milk from them (pasteurized at the minimum temp of 145) but not cow's milk. They are in the process of switching over.