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Is organic milk worth the cost?

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I've been buying organic milk for DD ever since we transitioned to whole milk. I've been buying the kind with DHA Omega added to it. However, this weekend we were in a pinch and I bought some "regular" whole milk. It is not organic but the cows are not treated with the rGBH hormone that is so questionable.

The milk I've been buying is $3.74 per half gallon and the kind I bought yesterday was $4.00 for a full gallon. Now that I'm really looking at the cost, I'm wondering if the organic truly is worth it if I know there's no hormone in it. Thoughts? 

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  • Jess.OJess.O
    To me, it is.  I don't have any scientific information to back it up but I personally don't mind paying extra (and I'm a cheapo.)  Wink
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  • SinafeySinafey member

    Hormones aren't the only concern.  Cows that give non-organic milk typically don't spend any time out to pasture and their feed is grown using pesticides and chemical fertilizer.

    Milk is one of those things that I won't budge on, personally. 

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  • thethompsthethomps member
    imageSinafey:

    Hormones aren't the only concern.  Cows that give non-organic milk typically don't spend any time out to pasture and their feed is grown using pesticides and chemical fertilizer.

    Milk is one of those things that I won't budge on, personally. 

    This.  We are pretty adamant about organic milk.

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  • TayteeTaytee

    It's worth it to me. Plus, I've tried every Organic milk out there (Kirklands for example from Costco) and I really only like the taste of Horizon whole milk anymore.

    Also - "Organic regulations prohibit the use of genetic modification. That means you can be sure that Horizon?s organic dairy products are produced without genetically modified organisms (GMO?s). Horizon? also does not accept milk from cloned cows." https://www.horizondairy.com/why-organic/what-is-organic/ propogandoa or not (and I know there are articles that dispute the things "promised" here), but overall, I feel good about drinking milk that is at least trying to be good to the earth.

    We also buy organic yogurt, cheese and butter (just to cover dairy, there are others)

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  • HSartteachHSartteach member
    Yeah.  The only thing I always get organic is milk.  Unlike Taytee though, I can't stand Horizon.  I usually get the central market brand from heb.
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  • kiarox2002kiarox2002
    It's worth it to us, but I totally "drank the koolaide" when it comes to organic.  I try to buy everything organic, even safe foods like banana, because I think it's so much better for the environment. When it comes to milk, I'm totally unwilling to compromise.  
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  • AmethystBrideAmethystBride
    imageSinafey:

    Hormones aren't the only concern.  Cows that give non-organic milk typically don't spend any time out to pasture and their feed is grown using pesticides and chemical fertilizer.

    Milk is one of those things that I won't budge on, personally. 

    This goes for us, too. 

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  • funkymonkeyohyeahhhfunkymonkeyohyeahhh member

    imageHSartteach:
    Yeah.  The only thing I always get organic is milk.  Unlike Taytee though, I can't stand Horizon.  I usually get the central market brand from heb.

    Ditto this. 

    Aside from the other reasons stated in this post, my reason for buying organic is a bit vanity driven also. My skin cannot take non organic milk/dairy. This idea was planted in my head by a professional make up artist friend ("professional" not in the sense that she works at a mall but she actually works with organizations like Sports Illustrated and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, fashion week, etc so I really trust her beauty advice). She tied her skin issues to non organic dairy and mentioned it to me. Sure enough, it worked. Recently I ate cereal two days in a row while at my mom's house (using non organic milk) and my face broke out horribly.

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  • mlf625mlf625
    Given that milk is probably the one thing my kids drink/eat the most of, it's worth it to me.  I don't want Vivi sprouting boobs when she's 6.  ;)  I don't do a lot of organic on things we only eat occasionally, but the milk is a must imo.  At home, anyway.  An occasional dose of non-organic when we're out to eat or visiting friends isn't a huge deal.
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  • brideonjuly8brideonjuly8 member
    My son drinks a TON of milk, so it's really important to me.  I don't care if he ever drinks non-organic (like at a restaurant or something), but for home I'll always buy organic. 
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  • AbrooksAbrooks

    I am pretty anal about us eating organic meat and dairy.  My understanding for the growth hormones are that you can use and then quit using it and that counts as not using it although it's still present in the cow.  So the cows may have received it at some point in time - but if they are receiving it when the milk is produced for sale, it can be labeled as not having it.  

    Another reason we buy organic is treatment of animals and grazing - The animals on organic farms have different treatment standards than animals on conventional farms. The animals are required to have grazing time and generally eat more natural feed from grazing rather than being bulk fed feed.  This results in a healthier animal and also results in more nutrients being in the milk since the cows are eating the way they are supposed to eat.  Additionally, the feed that conventional cows eat is generally treated w/ pesticides or other chemicals and could also contain genetically modified ingredients.  So - that is ingested into the cow and output in the milk.  

    Another reason for us buying organic meat and dairy is the antibiotics.  Organic milk companies cannot put cows back into the dairy production if they've received antibiotics.  Lots of organic farmers actually treat the cows naturally so this isn't an issue.  Conventional farms can use antibiotics and then put the cow back into production after they've completed the antibiotic cycle. There is debate about how much of this gets into the the milk and different tests and results.   Also cows that are allowed to graze naturally have less need for antibiotics in the first place.  

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  • NessiaNessia
    imageHSartteach:
    Yeah.  The only thing I always get organic is milk.  Unlike Taytee though, I can't stand Horizon.  I usually get the central market brand from heb.
    Me too. We aren't huge milk drinkers so I appreciate that organic milk stays good longer.
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