Organic Valley Omega 3 Milk

[TanksHill]

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.

I am much closer to this than you would believe. My dh is trying to keep me here in Ca. Finally discussing what he would need to build and what type of fencing we should have. I am on the fence, no pun intended. I feel like by getting a goat now, with our financial state and me wanting to leave Ca, would be like a sign of failure. Showing that I am willing to stay. Staying is not my first choice!!!

Sorry for the vent.

g

 

[Henrietta23]

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.

I am much closer to this than you would believe. My dh is trying to keep me here in Ca. Finally discussing what he would need to build and what type of fencing we should have. I am on the fence, no pun intended. I feel like by getting a goat now, with our financial state and me wanting to leave Ca, would be like a sign of failure. Showing that I am willing to stay. Staying is not my first choice!!!

Sorry for the vent.

g

 

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Hmmmm....think-think-think.......Howzabouta temporary fence, like electronet, that can be moved? And a big dog house (from CL on the cheap) for housing? Then you get to have your cake and eat it, too.....

 

[TanksHill]

You know something like that would be fine for me. But.... my dh has not quite gotten over the whole "everything has to be perfect, spending more than we have, living the fancy life syndrome". He has never just done things simply. It is always an issue. I want one little thing done and he makes it over complicated, detailed and expensive. I don't fault him for his efforts. I just know things can get expensive if I leave him to his own devices.

You know the term "Opposites attract"?

We have been reading Storey's guide to goats, so now he thinks we need to build a 8 x 16 ft barn like they have pictured. I would love it but right now is not the time to spend a grand on lumber and building materials. I did find the electric netting in the Farmtek catalog. It is reasonably priced. I am also on the look out for a used old shed on CL.

I want to start by fencing in my orchard and chicken area. Most people around here know fencing is the bane of my existence. Every time I save something comes up or happens and no fence.

Baby steps. I'll be happy with the fence first. Then if we are still living here I will move on to something else.

Thanks for the support. The way I am burning through kefir I need a goat.

 

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Not to forget "goat therapy...."

 

[Javamama]

I want one little thing done and he makes it over complicated, detailed and expensive

Tanks, I think we share the same husband I don't even try to compute the money that gets wasted because of his need to make animal housing have the ability to withstand natural disasters. Gee, honey, we could have bought that building and saved $ and time. I guess it's good for the ego to say he did it from scratch. And he does get to use his crazy math skills.

So that's a big reason we are not moving into goats. I have thought about just building up my own stash of cash and hiring it done. "Surprise! We have a goat barn and fenced pasture and you didn't have do to any work, isn't that great ?" Sigh...a girl can dream...

 

[ORChick]

I want one little thing done and he makes it over complicated, detailed and expensive

Tanks, I think we share the same husband I don't even try to compute the money that gets wasted because of his need to make animal housing have the ability to withstand natural disasters. Gee, honey, we could have bought that building and saved $ and time. I guess it's good for the ego to say he did it from scratch. And he does get to use his crazy math skills.

So that's a big reason we are not moving into goats. I have thought about just building up my own stash of cash and hiring it done. "Surprise! We have a goat barn and fenced pasture and you didn't have do to any work, isn't that great ?" Sigh...a girl can dream...

We did it the opposite way. No goats here, but when I expressed a wish for chickens it was right at the end of DH's Big Cancer Year, and he said fine, but hire somebody, I won't be be building a house for them. It was me who said said no, building the house will be part of the post horrible year therapy for me - and I did, mostly all by myself! He did come out once in awhile to commune with his electric tools, and add a bit to the house, and he put in the electric outlet, but otherwise it is mine, all mine!

 

[TanksHill]

Good for you ORchick. I know it feels great to do something on your own.

Javamama I think if I can find enough recycled material for him to use it would be ok. I think he is really trying. I am just not ready to commit.

If it's meant to be it will come together.

g

 

[me&thegals]

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

Ditto. I get that not everybody is honest, but it's not like everybody is dishonest, either.

My pastured chickens (on a good, mild year) will still only be out 8-9 months. And about 2 of those months don't really offer much forage, but at least they're getting fresh air.

As for the omega-3 milk, I certainly would not call that a Frankenfood, unless you call taking supplements a Franken-habit It's not normal to have fish oil in milk, but I wouldn't put it up there with GMO food, either.

 

[reinbeau]

Fish oil does not belong in milk. The omega 3s should come naturally via the cow's diet. Anything else really is constructed food, or frankenfood. To accept fish oil in milk just gives them license to manipulate other foodstuffs. I'm sick and tired of the industrial food stream being accepted in this country. I'm sorry, me&thegals, I'm not picking on you, I'm just expressing my opinion. I've been studying and reading and following this issue for a few years now and I've come to the conclusion (arrived at by others, too) that we get what we accept (and deserve) when it comes to our food.