Milk and girls, a wwyd ?

hamilton.ja · May 2011

We have a semi-local dairy around here that does milk and ice cream and we've purchased their milk in the past. It is hormone free, cows are pastured in summer and kept indoors in winter (but not packed in or anything horrible that I can tell). Now, Evelyn is drinking some milk now just to get her used to it (maybe 1 oz every few days). Anyway, I was at a store that sells this local milk today and got a gallon of 1% and then I hesitated on getting her a 1/2 gallon of whole. I am pretty strict about organic dairy usually, and have been especially strict for her. I do give this milk to Bruce and never really thought twice about it but now I am with Evelyn; the whole early puberty thing in girls worries me way more than in boys, not sure if that is warranted but anyway it does.

What do other organic dairy families think of this? Is hormone free enough? I like that this is local lot and I always was pleased it was hormone free when it was just DH/DS and I drinking it. And a bonus, its a LOT cheaper than any other milk we could buy around here. Even regular milk in the store would be more expensive.

kdello · May 2011

The "organic" labeling process is prohibitively expensive for many local dairies. I would choose local and hormone-free over organic every time.

blissfully_caffeinated · May 2011

I'd call them up and ask about their policies. I get milk delivered from a local hormone free "organic" dairy. They aren't technically organic. The process takes close to 10 years I believe and is really expensive. I don't even agree with all the stuff that farm's have to do to be considered organic. But anyway, my place has organic policies. I think hormone free is the most important followed by being local and organic. I don't care if they have the label. Call them up and see what they say. I bet they are pretty much organic just without the label. I'd buy from them.

sophabelle · May 2011

sadly i've never given this much thought! but i am jealous of your local resources!!

Ris1127 · May 2011

I would buy the local milk. I wish I had something like that close to me.

danaann78 · May 2011

kdello:
The "organic" labeling process is prohibitively expensive for many local dairies. I would choose local and hormone-free over organic every time.

This.

daisyterp · May 2011

Hormone free is the biggest thing for me. Since rBST wasn't even introduced until what 1994? I feel like we still don't know the full effects it could have.

We do organic milk and as much other organic dairy as I can find/afford. Organic string cheese, but hormone free yogurt- because she doesn't like the organic whole milk yogurt, etc.

wendic22 · May 2011

kdello:
The "organic" labeling process is prohibitively expensive for many local dairies. I would choose local and hormone-free over organic every time.

This!

lytedark · May 2011

i agree with calling and asking about their policies to ease your mind.

what's the name of the dairy?? is it the crescent moon or crescent farms or whatever it is that does delivery from the south shore?

Dobie_Mama · May 2011

We use a local dairy that is hormone free & humanely raised, but not certified organic (though they use organic practices). That's good enough for me. I'd rather support local and get the hormone free than buy store bought just because the label says "organic".

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