Yes, it is unfortunate that our choice in some things has been taken away to due to a perceived need to protect us from anything that could go wrong. gosh - i hope that statement makes sense.
I remember when i was young spending every school hols on my grandparents farm. My pop would milk the cow every day and bring back 2 buckets of milk which would be poured into jugs to get to room temperature and the cream would form on the top and get scooped off to be used for dessert and then the jugs would go in the fridge. no-one was ever sick. if it could be sold without the need for mass transportation i am guessing it would be health ie. i am sure those large milk tankers would harbour bacteria as it would be difficult to empty and clean them out completely. but if consumers could go directly to the farmer, surely that would be safe.
I grew up on a farm with milk cows and I drank raw milk but TBH I wouldn't want to drink mass produced raw milk. Milk is a great medium for germs and it is also possible to catch diseases from cows via milk. TB is one that springs to mind.
my kinesiologist told me that the bottled milk we get now is much worse for us then raw milk. the homogenising and pasterising(sp) actually takes out the calcium so the amount we are now getting from milk is very very minimal.
i grew up on proper cows milk on a farm and it does taste very different.
So where can one get raw milk in Melbourne or Geelong? I've seen raw jersey milk at the South Melbourne Markets, but it was a two litre bottle and I doubt I'd drink it all before it started to sour! Of course if freezing it doesn't damage the nutrients that's an option.
Does anyone know of dairy farmers that are happy to sell raw milk on the farm?
Look up your local chapter (there is a Melbourne one) on the westonaprice dot org website. The chapter leader should be able to help you find the best of whatever may be available (even if that may mean a less harshly pasturised milk).
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