tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226260789624416600.post2765458436012708986..comments2014-08-07T06:49:53.670-07:00Comments on The Dean of Tea: Entering the Raw Milk UndergroundDean Teahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04338226942752054975noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226260789624416600.post-17144442237509390632014-02-25T15:52:00.576-08:002014-02-25T15:52:00.576-08:00As a consumer you may also want to take in a free ...As a consumer you may also want to take in a free RAWMI webinar regarding raw milk safety. Check out http://rawmilkinstitute.net/what-we-do/education-and-outreach/next_webinar for the next one offered. SEvanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15446921165642865051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226260789624416600.post-55416313937677705402014-02-25T15:46:39.819-08:002014-02-25T15:46:39.819-08:00Also, don't you find it somewhat ironic that a...Also, don't you find it somewhat ironic that a DFO quota farmer would willingly offer you "raw milk," when the organization that he belongs to lists it as being dangerous? As one DFO press release states, "To put it in the strongest possible terms, raw milk is dangerous and its illegal sale is a clear threat to people’s health" "“There never was, and cannot be, a safe system for marketing raw milk. Unpasteurized milk has been one of the most dangerous sources.of food poisoning since recorded time" - http://www.milk.org/corporate/pdf/News-Dec0706.pdf<br /><br />So, why is this upstanding DFO farmer offering you raw milk when he and his colleagues publish materials claiming that it will poison you off? When they are anti-raw milk? Doesn't sound like the most ethical thing to do, does it, to put greed above the risk to human health? Or (to be sarcastic), is it that raw milk in all its forms is dangerous *unless* he himself provides it to you? <br /><br />Sounds like some hypocrisy here. SEvanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15446921165642865051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226260789624416600.post-235314339399061102014-02-25T15:41:27.480-08:002014-02-25T15:41:27.480-08:00Ah, I hate to say it, but I suspect that"Thi...Ah, I hate to say it, but I suspect that"This is not the raw milk you are looking for." As an intelligent consumer, there is no way you should be accepting unpasteurized IPP "intended for pasteurization and processing" milk instead of real raw milk "for direct human consumption." This person is trying to rip you off. <br /><br />Industrial CAFO milk, even if it hasn't been pasteurized, still will not provide you with the nutrition or health benefits that REAL raw milk will. What this person is offering to you is nothing but dirty slop. There is a good reason why industrial milk is pasteurized - because it often contains manure and a host of nasty bugs. Raw milk does not contain these things, because farmers take care from the outset on ensuring that hygiene is followed, "from grass to glass," and that there is no point along with way (and this includes educating consumers) where contamination is allowed to happen. Do you find this in industrial CAFO farms? No, and seldom do you find it for farmers who have come from industrial CAFO backgrounds, because these farmers have not been trained in raw milk production, and often have no idea how to do it. <br /><br />First off, for example, ask your farmer where he/she got their training in raw milk production. If he or she cannot state that his/her training came from Cow Share Canada, RAWMI, Tim Wightman of the F2CLDF, or a similar training program (or in Europe, producing Vorzugsmilch, etc.) and will give you the name and phone number of his/her instructor so you can follow up, walk away.<br /><br />And remember, with milk, what the cow eats, you ingest too. So, do you want your cow to be eating unnatural feeds such as grain and TMR ("total mixed rations"), or do you want your cow to be eating her natural diet, grazing on a proper grass and legume (clover, alfalfa, etc) pasture? Read Dr. Ton Baars work on the importance of grass. Adding grain to a cow's diet changes her internal flora, increasing "bad bacteria" e-coli which might then go into the milk. Cows on pasture have higher levels of Vitamins D, C, CLA, and beta-carotene in their milk (and hence the milk does not need to be fortified). Cows were not meant to be eating a diet of grain - it puts their bodies into a perpetual state of illness, which they then often need continual doses of antibiotics for.<br /><br />You also want a farm which has cattle tested A2 in genotype, not A1 - read up on Dr. Keith Woodford's work on this -- the A2 beta-casein protein is not only an opiate, but also is harmful to human health. Start with a farm raising heritage breeds such as Jerseys, Guernseys, or Canadienne cattle - they tend to have the old A2 gene. The farmer has Holsteins? Head the other way. Look for a microdairy-herdshare of 10 cattle or less, preferable on a biodynamic farm. See if the farmer milks each cow individually by hand and bottles the milk from each cow individually (good) or uses big milking machines and bulk tanks (not so good). Pipes going to bulk tanks, and bulk tanks themselves, are difficult to keep clean of biofilm, and you want to know that no biofilm exists on ANY surface that your milk will be touching. Is the farmer putting milk into plastic containers (bad), or into easily-sterilizable glass jars (good)? Did the farmer give you clear instructions on the transport and storage of your milk (good), or no instructions at all (bad)? <br /><br />Buying black-market IPP milk from a CAFO operation is not going to give you any benefits over pasteurized. It would be worth your while to continue your search for real raw milk, and not be fooled by someone trying to pedal his IPP milk as such. SEvanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15446921165642865051noreply@blogger.com