Okay, as part of my dream, research is very important. Because of some friends, I started my research on raw milk. I do know that in a few states, raw milk is illegal, though I'm not sure to what extent. My homestate of Alaska has a law that makes selling raw milk for human consumption illegal, though they make exceptions for people who own dairy producing animals, live on a farm, have a cow share, or are selling raw milk for animal consumption.
Raw milk is basically milk that has not been pasteurized, frozen, homogenized, or altered in any other way. Most of the articles that I read also include that the cows are fed organic grass only. These writers go on to say that if the cows are fed anything that they naturally would not eat on their own (such as corn) than it makes the milk extremely dangerous. It was already proven on a documentary, which was not promoting raw milk by the way, that corn ruins cows stomachs.
The FDA website says that raw milk is extremely unhealthy. There are 800 cases where people had gotten sick from drinking raw milk since the year since 1998. I have my own issues with the FDA.
I am still on the fence as to whether or not I would drink raw milk or give it to my family. I think if I were to ever buy a cow, which is a possibility, I would get a small machine to quickly pasteurize or homogenize the milk I take home. I would definitely let the cow graze and feed it grass or similar feed in the winter. I would let others who wanted milk to decide if they wanted it raw or not.
Monday, June 7, 2010
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