Posted on 08/02/2014 9:45:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Move over, organic milk. Health-conscious consumers are increasingly choosing a new bovine beverage: Grass-fed milk.
Derived from cows fed mostly grass—not corn or soy—the pricey beverage is capturing a growing market share among consumers, The Wall Street Journal reports. […]
Branded “Grassmilk,” it has cream on top and is lightly pasteurized with heat. A half-gallon sells for close to $6, more than a dollar more than the average price of organic milk and more than double the price of traditional milk. …
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmaxhealth.com ...
you say - “but how does one determine a cow is happy? “
cows have feelings too ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huT5__BqY_U
yes
easy
Thanks...and also for your informative post above...I was raised on powdered milk...no wonder I didn’t like milk!
” I remember the milkman delivering, and popping off the cardboard cap, and drinking the cream on top!”
The milkman drank the cream off the milk he delivered to your home? Weird milkman; hopefully he was fired.
arrrgh - powdered milk is VILE
However, I used to sometimes get the ‘powdered milk’ that bakers use - now it’s available from places like Bob’s Red Mill - that is totally different. It needs to be mixed with a beater - then, after a few hours in the fridge, you cannot tell the difference from ‘real’ milk. (It can also be mixed with real milk.)
It’s a perfect storage item! and you can ‘dry can’ it - which would give it a shelf life of 20+ years. One bag will provide several quarts -
http://www.bobsredmill.com/non-fat-dry-milk_powder.html
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