Raw Milk

[mullers3acers]

Does any one in the Chicago area have any for sell or trade?

 

[Gazinga]

i too would like to trade eggs for fresh milk in the north Los Angeles area. please let me know too

 

[FarmerChick]

sorry--we have it available from farms out here in NC...just call some local farms and you might hit jackpot

also go into your Dept. of Agriculture site on the web...they list the farms in the area and the products they sell and you could probably easily find one selling milk...good luck!

 

[Homesteadmom]

Find a website with local CSA's on it & you might find a local farm with raw milk. Just be forewarned it is very expensive here in az $10-$12/gal.

When I was a little girl my mom traded eggs for raw milk & it was the best milk I ever drank. Some organic comes close to the taste but not quite.

 

[Gazinga]

questions;

what is "CSA"?

do you have a web site where i could find these?

why is raw milk so expensive!?

 

[PotterWatch]

You can look up CSAs here: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

 

[Homesteadmom]

questions;

what is "CSA"?

do you have a web site where i could find these?

why is raw milk so expensive!?

Consumer sustained agriculture = CSA

www.local harvest.com

Not 100% sure why it is so expensive, except that a lot of the dairies are not as large as the commercial ones & in order for them to make a profit they need to charge more. But you do get the cream with it too, so you would be able to make raw organic butter too & when you factor that in it is not quite as bad. Not to mention whipped cream if you choose too.
It does taste better than what you can buy in the stores, but we can not afford it right now, I wish we could though.

 

[TanksHill]

My local healthy grocer, still carries it. It runs 7-8 bucks for a half gallon. I need a cow.

 

[krjwaj]

I had never really heard of raw milk before this discussion and then, last night while reading the latest Mother Earth News, I see and an article about it!!
This is the link to the article and it discusses the prices in PA.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/2008-08-01/Selling-Raw-Milk-Can-Lead-To-Jail.aspx

 

[Homesteadmom]

My local healthy grocer, still carries it. It runs 7-8 bucks for a half gallon. I need a cow.

When our cow was pg & getting close to her drop time I tried to convince dh wee should milk her but he was dead set against it. Now that baby is almost a year old & close to being breed herself & he is considering milking her when she drops her calf. So I may get my fresh raw milk(in another yr).