How to tell if the grocery store milk is from a small farmer

[damania]

When it comes to milk, organic does not equate to pastured. Cows can be fed grain and the milk called organic as long as they're fed organic grain.

That's where the list from the site cornucopia.org differentiates the two by reviewing the conditions on the farm. People need to understand that they want open pasture / natural grass fed cows to provide milk (and meat) for them.

Of course, the big boys are not going to the route of pasture fed. The money is in stationary animals in cages, artificial growth injections, and unsafe feed / unnatural diet.

 

[romacox]

That's where the list from the site cornucopia.org differentiates the two by reviewing the conditions on the farm. People need to understand that they want open pasture / natural grass fed cows to provide milk (and meat) for them.

Of course, the big boys are not going to the route of pasture fed. The money is in stationary animals in cages, artificial growth injections, and unsafe feed / unnatural diet.

Thank you for the info

 

[Old Ducker]

That's where the list from the site cornucopia.org differentiates the two by reviewing the conditions on the farm. People need to understand that they want open pasture / natural grass fed cows to provide milk (and meat) for them.

Of course, the big boys are not going to the route of pasture fed. The money is in stationary animals in cages, artificial growth injections, and unsafe feed / unnatural diet.

That's a really interesting site but is by no means a comprehensive listing.

 

[damania]

That's a really interesting site but is by no means a comprehensive listing.

Actually, the list is more useful as an avoidance tool. It identifies the big boys so that you can AVOID them.

Chances are if your dairy isn't listed here, it's a smaller dairy / family owned and operated, which is what you're after. Contact that dairy and tell them to get their names on the lists!

 

[Old Ducker]

Actually, the list is more useful as an avoidance tool. It identifies the big boys so that you can AVOID them.

Chances are if your dairy isn't listed here, it's a smaller dairy / family owned and operated, which is what you're after. Contact that dairy and tell them to get their names on the lists!

Im in Oregon. The list included a small icecream company I've never heard in Eugene of but other than one large chain (Safeway) none of the other dairy companies are listed, including two pretty large ones, Darigold (West Farm Foods) and Tillamook Cheese.

 

[jsu718]

I really don't care so much what kind of food the cow eats or what size of farm the milk comes from as long as it doesn't cost over $1.50 a gallon. Yes I did go several years without buying milk.

 

[damania]

Im in Oregon. The list included a small icecream company I've never heard in Eugene of but other than one large chain (Safeway) none of the other dairy companies are listed, including two pretty large ones, Darigold (West Farm Foods) and Tillamook Cheese.

What plant #s are they?

 

[Old Ducker]

What plant #s are they?

Not sure what you mean by plant #'s. Off the top of my head I can think of the following:

Rumiano Cheese Co. - Cheddar Cheese
Oregon Bleu Cheese - Bleu Cheese
Umpqua Dairy- Milk, Ice Cream
Alpenrose Dairy -Milk, Cottage Cheese, Ice Cream (Baskin Robbins)
Mallorie's Dairy- Milk
Nancy's Honey Yogurt - Yogurt
Farmer's Co-op Creamery - Powder, Butter
Bandon Cheese - Cheddar Cheese
Fred Meyer Dairy - Milk, Yogurt/Sour Cream, Ice Cream
Sunshine Dairy -Milk, Yogurt/Sour Cream, Ice Cream
Dutch Girl - Ice Cream

...and this is just oregon

 

[Isaac Bickerstaff]

I really don't care so much what kind of food the cow eats or what size of farm the milk comes from as long as it doesn't cost over $1.50 a gallon. Yes I did go several years without buying milk.

Just a little FYI: If you can find it for $1.50 a gallon, it is inedible and you really do not want to know what it is doing to you.

 

[damania]

Not sure what you mean by plant #'s. Off the top of my head I can think of the following:

Rumiano Cheese Co. - Cheddar Cheese
Oregon Bleu Cheese - Bleu Cheese
Umpqua Dairy- Milk, Ice Cream
Alpenrose Dairy -Milk, Cottage Cheese, Ice Cream (Baskin Robbins)
Mallorie's Dairy- Milk
Nancy's Honey Yogurt - Yogurt
Farmer's Co-op Creamery - Powder, Butter
Bandon Cheese - Cheddar Cheese
Fred Meyer Dairy - Milk, Yogurt/Sour Cream, Ice Cream
Sunshine Dairy -Milk, Yogurt/Sour Cream, Ice Cream
Dutch Girl - Ice Cream

...and this is just oregon

I gave instructions on how to look up your dairy. First you find the plant # off the milk carton. Then you type it in on the site http://whereismymilkfrom.com

That tells you which dairy the milk is from. Then you go to http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html to find the rating on that dairy and more info on the dairy operation.

You can also google the dairy name to find more dirt/info on them.

 

[damania]

Another point. I bought some ice cream from Fresh n Easy today. I just used the plant # off my ice cream carton to find the dairy! It was 06-153 which is foster farms dairy. Now, they weren't listed on cornucopia, but I did google them and didn't find anything negative about them.

Their webpage uses all the keywords such as open pasture, family, and hormone free.

Foster Farms has recently purchased the Humboldt Creamery which processes milk from local a local milk cooperative.

 

[romacox]

Beware of Atlantic salmon which is farmed fish! It's been tested (with the same results around the world) to contain mercury, pcbs, and loads of other toxins.

Buy wild Alaskan salmon!

Thanks for the info. I like to keep canned salmon in my pantry. Based on your info., I am making sure the cans say Wild Alaskan Salmon. It is actually cheaper than the others. Again thank you