What is a Cow Share – I Keep Hearing About this but What Does it Mean?
If you have been doing any research about raw milk and so forth, you’ve probably heard about cow shares. But you may not be quite sure what it means. Read more »
How Can I Find a Reputable Farm Where I Can Buy Raw Milk?
Once you have made the decision to switch to raw milk, your next problem is going to be finding a reputable source for good, safe, quality milk. How can you do that? Read more »
There is Some Confusion as to the Difference Between Raw Milk and Organic Milk
You’ve probably heard people talking about raw milk, or maybe you’ve read an article discussing the many benefits. You may be wondering what the difference is between raw and organic milk. Read more »
The Campaign for Raw Milk is Going Strong
There is a slowly increasing campaign across the United States, a campaign to find and drink raw milk straight from the cow just as our ancestors did for hundreds of years. People are willing to risk illness and death (so says the FDA) to find this elixir. Demand is booming in a huge way. Read more »
Raw Milk Health Benefits and Facts You Might Not Have Known
Raw milk straight from the cow or goat is chock full of the benefits of wonderfully healthy bacteria, vitamins, and enzymes that you simply will not get from store-bought milk. Read more »
What are the Real Health Benefits of Switching to Raw Milk?
Some people may think it’s just a fad, but the truth is drinking raw milk has many health benefits.
First, what is it anyway? It is very basically milk straight from the cow or goat, not pasteurized, not homogenized. The milk you buy in the grocery store has been heated (pasteurized) and sometimes heated even further (ultra pasteurized) to kill bacteria. Unfortunately, this also kills the friendly bacteria and other nutrients and enzymes that would naturally be in the milk. Read more »
The Charbray Bull is Here, and he is Mostly Staying in the Pasture
“Blue,” the bull arrived Sunday as scheduled. He is a pleasant chap! My son thought he was going to be like in the rodeo or something, but he is quite calm, nice, and friendly. He is a Charbray/Angus cross so, since our cow is an Ayrshire dairy cow, we will not have a purebred dairy breed calf. However, if we get a heifer this time, I’ll probably keep her and will probably still get some great milk from her. Read more »
Raw Cow Milk and Raw Cream Overabundance
Well I just made the mistake of typing out like a 500-word post and managed to lose it. So I will just say we have quite a lot of raw cow milk and raw cream at the moment, and we only have one cow. You would think with only one cow we would not have such a surplus! But right now there are 24 half-gallon jars of cream in the fridge. The spare refrigerator that is. We either need to buy a new fridge or find more to do with the milk. Read more »
Kick the Coffee-Mate Habit and Start Using Raw Cream in Your Coffee Instead
Ever look on the container of Coffee Mate and peruse the ingredient list? Kind of icky. I used Coffee Mate in my coffee for years and years, mainly because it’s how I started drinking coffee and I was used to the taste. I actually did not even like cream in my coffee. But ever since we’ve had our cow and I’ve been using real cream, my coffee is so amazing. Read more »
The Source of Our Raw Milk and Other Nonsense Like Ultra Pasteurized Cream
I introduced another friend of mine and her husband to the joys of raw milk last night. This week I MUST make some cheese because we have a surplus of milk. I keep saying that every day and I have not made any cheese in 2 weeks at least. But I am enjoying the cream this week, it’s made for some delicious coffee. Read more »
