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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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 Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 11:37:01 AM
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Since our goats are giving milk to their babes and we respect that relationship, I found a very local supplier (after MUCH searching) of raw cow milk. oh sweet ambrosia! The uses and the flavor and the PRICE!!!! She is charging only $2.25 per gallon!!! that is less than the decent brand at the grocery!! by nearly $4!!
Are you a raw milk family?? It's actually illegal in MN but there are loopholes for sellers to do it legally. The legality behind it chaps me something fierce!!
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Tasha-Rose
Farmgirl Sister #88
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sjs
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Stephanie
Oakland
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 1:13:27 PM
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I try to keep a raw house, but it depends on how I'm feeling on the day to day. I have immune issues, so when the immune system isn't happy I get pasteurized milk. But I always use raw milk for cheese and yogurt making, which ends up cooked anyways!
I wish I could find someone around here that had raw cow milk so that I didn't have to buy it from the grocery store, where it's $7/gallon.
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QueenofQuiteAlot
True Blue Farmgirl
865 Posts
Dalyn
Milk 'n Honey Ranch
Central, WA
USA
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 1:45:22 PM
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We purchase a gallon of Raw Cow's Milk for $2.50 which is considered a donation. It is wonderful! We ran out one time and purchased store bought until we could get some more and my honey and I both ended up with distressed tummies.
I love using the cream for fresh whipped cream and plan on trying to make butter if I can get a large enough quantity.
~Sharon
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 2:44:17 PM
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Oh I am so jealous! I want Raw milk so bad, but the only person remotely local charges and arm and a leg which we can't afford right now. I can't wait until I can get my own diary cow or goats!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 4:15:46 PM
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We are all raw milk all the time that Mona is lactating....and I love it!!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
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Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 4:52:44 PM
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We have a raw milk co-op not too far away, but at $10 gallon, after a month, my husband said "not worth it"...
We do have a Texas Organic Dairy, Promised Land, which is wonderful milk. My husband and 3 boys drink so much, I feel good buying this for them as next best...It's $6-7 gallon, but can be bought at local grocery store, so even that saves money and time. |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4185 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4185 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 5:04:16 PM
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We are another raw milk family. The only way to go!!
Michele |
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MustangSuzie
True Blue Farmgirl
634 Posts
Sarah
New London
Missouri
USA
634 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 5:10:47 PM
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I'm jealous too Alee. :)
Tasha...my kids and I really enjoyed your video with your baby goats and baby bunnies. I wish we were already in teh country so we could have some of those. They are so sweet.
Blessings....
Sarah
www.mustangsuzie.blogspot.com
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 6:14:09 PM
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Oh my gosh you are so lucky!! I was just traveling and ate a lot of raw milk cheeses and cultured butter - yes, I did eat veggies too:) - anyhow I've been back 6 days and my tummy is totally messed up. I hate the industrial food complex!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2009 : 8:40:41 PM
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We have been a raw milk family now for about 8 years. First from a dairy nearby, then I got dairy goats. They are all dry right now til the end of April, so I get cow milk from a friend. I really prefer goat milk but cow is ok in the dry times. I could not drink store bought milk anymore. I am so glad we are able to have goats here. Just about 2 months to go til we have fresh goat milk! And when my heifer is old enough to breed I am going to try to milk her.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2009 : 05:35:38 AM
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when i was no longer able to obtain raw milk, i actualy quit drinking milk at all. now i just eat yougurt. i know its not raw, but i need the calcuim and the fermentation process makes the pasturised milk more digestable.
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milkmaid
True Blue Farmgirl
187 Posts
Heather
Higginsville
Missouri
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2009 : 6:56:52 PM
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We are a raw milk family... I couldn't think of life without the cows and the beautiful milk!!
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Mother to five awesome kids, wife of 17 years and milk maid to two beautiful cows. Living the good life!!! |
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homemom
True Blue Farmgirl
1593 Posts
Ruth
Warwick
RI
USA
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MandyC
Farmgirl in Training
18 Posts
Mandy
New York
18 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2009 : 12:38:55 PM
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We are a raw milk family too. We have been drinking it for about three years now. I have three kids and one on the way - it took a little while for the older two to get used to it because we converted from organic skim milk to rich yellow jersey raw milk.
It is sooooo amazing for the body. I no longer get Spring hayfever, my lactose intolerant husband is no longer lactose intolerant, and my 2nd daughter's eczema rarely flares up now.
In NY you can drink the raw milk of a cow that you own, so we own two shares in a local jersey cow dairy farm -- we pay $6.00 for board per share per week, in exchange we get 1 gallon per share -- because we own two shares we get 2 gallons for $12. Way cheaper than the $5 per half gallon at the grocery store for organic pasteurized & homogenized milk.
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Hanalu
True Blue Farmgirl
123 Posts
Hana
Redwood City
California
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 12:40:44 AM
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We have Claravale Dairy and Organic Pastures that sell raw milk to Whole Foods in CA. I like the Claravale flavor and the fact that it comes in a glass bottle rather than plastic. The only problem is that half the time I go to the store to buy more milk and its gone!
Its expensive but I think the health benefits are worth it. I'm single so I can afford to spend extra on this for myself but I can't imagine buying it for a growing family! I really want my kids to be raised on raw milk too! Any one know any good single men in CA that drink raw milk? ha ha!
Hana
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idsweetie72
True Blue Farmgirl
129 Posts
Sandra
New Meadows
idaho
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 12:10:10 PM
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we are a new raw milk family. I was worried the kids, ages 7-14 wouldn't like the goats milk- and I would have to continue to buy the store bought cow milk- (omg that stuff is getting spendy!)- but they absolutley LOVE it. And when I told them they would have to hold off on drinking so much because I had to supplement our baby goats- ( Two 6 day old Nubians, One 2 week old boer)- they all moaned and groaned. But soon we will have 2 goats I will be milking- so hopefully that will be enough to satisfy everyone's milk needs!
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keeperofthehome
True Blue Farmgirl
154 Posts
Suzanne
Atlanta
Georgia
USA
154 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 12:30:40 PM
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We use raw milk and cheese. I would love to get some cream. Here in Georgia the farmers are allowed to sell it if it is marketed for pets only. We pay $7/gallon. It is well worth it. If you are wanting some info on raw milk check out www.realmilk.com.
Blessings!
~Farrah
www.oldfashionedhomekeeper.blogspot.com |
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Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
676 Posts
Molly
Arizona
676 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 4:46:03 PM
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We drank our milk raw all last season, and then DH ended up with a really rare stomach bug and was in the hospital for 6 days until they could figure it out and treat it. Took him about 2 weeks more to get his strength back and so now I pastureize after being read the riot act by the hospital drs. All of a sudden I wondered how my children (aged 6 on down) would have held up to such a brutal bug. :( Not worth it to me. I still get all the lovely fresh milk, but without worrying about it.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 6:39:31 PM
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Molly, did the doctors say he got sick because of the raw milk? And do you have your own cow or goats? I was just interested to know how they could track it down to raw milk.
And Farrah, I went to Woodstock to the Bread Beckers where I get succanot and there was a guy there in a refrigerated truck selling raw milk and eggs. He had for pet consumption only on the containers. There were people lined up to get it, too. I think it was $7. I can't remember what the name of his place was, but he went to several places in the Atlanta area.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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Niamh
True Blue Farmgirl
140 Posts
Idaho
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Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 9:15:05 PM
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We're a raw milk family when our goats are producing. I 'milk to the side' of the babies - once they're two weeks old, they're on their mommas all day long but separated at night. In the morning I milk the mommas and then put the babies back in with them. It's a great situation for both of us. The babies grow up thinking they're goats and I don't have to be tied to either milking or raising babies.
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Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
676 Posts
Molly
Arizona
676 Posts |
Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 08:27:18 AM
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Kristin, the name of the bug DH had was 'campylobacter jejuni'. The drs weren't able to diagnose him because they were looking to other kinds of food poisoning unrelated to the milk (since it isn't a really rural area and so raw milk is pretty uncommon). After several days of unsuccessfully treating everything they could think of, they finally asked him if he had ever had raw milk. As soon as they knew that he drank quite a bit of it, they were able to treat it with the right stuff and he was out of the hospital in a couple days (although it took quite a while to recover completely).
We have our own goats, so I am able to control the milking and health of the goats completely. I milk on ice, and sterilize all my milking equipment every time. It was sort of a fluke, though, and from what the drs told me, it is unrelated to the cleanliness of the environment. More like Russian Roulette, and it just happens sometimes. DH ended up losing almost 30 lbs and the hospital bills added up to over $4,000 (with insurance!). I just couldn't take that chance again with my kiddos.
Niamh, I do the same as you! It leaves enough milk for the babies, and plenty for my family! Great system!
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 1:02:32 PM
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Rene and Farrah, thank you both so much for listing that website. I went there and found there is someone 45 minutes away in the town where we go to church. I've emailed them and hope to be able to get some real fresh, raw cow milk. I was raised for a time on it, my DH was raised on it as his parents had their own dairy for years, and I sure do miss it! I'm hopeful that this person will have enough as they only have one cow right now they are milking and sharing with her calf.
Tasha--Thank you so much for posting this thread...I hope to become a raw milk family.
God Bless,
Cindy
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 3:02:16 PM
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Are there others here that sell milk? I was thinking of drawing up papers for my customers to sign and for them to buy shares of the goats, too. I need ideas before I do it. I was going to last year but never got around to it. I do worry a little about someone getting sick and tracing it to me. I have a lady that is 86 that gets milk from me. She loves it.
If anyone knows of a web site I could go to for advice or has done this, please let me know. Thanks.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 5:17:41 PM
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So good to read these posts! I do not use raw milk, but have not found a source. But when I was on my grandpa's dairy farm as a child, no one thought a thing about going to the milkhouse for milk when needed. Too many laws now.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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