Organic Milk

mardatha

My god. Any subject imaginable and there's a thread on it in here somewhere! TY!

Kimitatsu

http://www.organicmilk.co.uk/index.cfm/e/benefits.welfare

This explains the differences in organic milk production compared to non organic herds. All land that the herds graze on HAVE to be tested for up to 3 years prior to being grazed by an organic herd to ensure that they are pesticide free - up until that point they can label their goods organic in conversion but cannot label them with an organic label.

I only buy organic milk - with the latest news that there is a new strain of MRSA in dairy herds that can pass through milk, I feel that the cost has been justified. Waitrose however are the only supermarket which sell what I term to be "proper" milk, which is not homogenised. Homegenisation prolongs the shelf life of the milk but has been shown to damage the cell walls of blood vessels in clinical trials :eek:

mardatha

We havent got Waitrose. I drink an awful lot of milk..

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Sounds silly, but organic milk tastes nicer. Even when I don't know if it's organic or not (funds not always allowing for the organic and I don't always buy the milk or make the tea)

ashaput

yes, organic milk does taste nicer and, I think, fresher. Then it leads me to a thought that organic milk is almost the same as fresh milk, but it's fresher.

mardatha

In times like this I cant afford the food bill to go UP - I will need to go and check the difference in price. I was ok with it until I read of the MRSA thing, it might be as bad as BSE. There's only two of us but we use 16-18 pints a week.

abaxas

Just a note on organic products. They take more energy per unit food to produce.

So you can be 'green' or 'organic'. Not both.

I prefer the milk form the farmer down the road. It's not organic, but it's local and non homogenised.

mardatha

I'm not interested in being green abaxas. Just in looking after our health. I am bad. I know this

Mojisola

abaxas wrote: »

Just a note on organic products. They take more energy per unit food to produce.

So you can be 'green' or 'organic'. Not both.

What do you base this on?

abaxas

Mojisola wrote: »

What do you base this on?

Increased energy use in production.

That is on pesticide/hormone advantage. You get more out per unit energy used.