Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 >>>I just found a farmer who sells raw milk close to my house!! I'm very excited ($2.25/gallon, not bad!). I'm not sure what questions to ask him to make sure I'm getting good quality food. ****Hi Barb, ask him to see the cows! I just started buying raw milk from local farms here in Maine recently. I went to one last weekend (only one of two in my area that I know of) and bought the milk and some beef. Then the farmer's sister asked if we'd like to see the cows and we said yes. Glad I did. They were in a pretty dark barn, heads locked into some old fashioned head holding contraption, so that they could not move, other than to stand up and lie down. Some had feces smeared on them, not such a horrible thing, but they seemed a bit excessively dirty. One milking cow had a HUGE mass on her front leg joint and I asked the farmer's sister about it...she told me it was a normal joint. That thing was a mass of inflammation and I'm sure the cow was in pain. These cattle are pastured in May, but seem to live a horrible existence between May and October. I want HUMANE milk. *Properly fed* animals is not enough. They need to be treated with respect in regards to their own health and comfort as far as I'm concerned. So ask to see the cows. >>>>Also, sometimes they have butter but not often. Is it hard to make butter yourself? ***I made some butter this weekend for the first time and it was a snap! Just toss it in a food processor, for the easiest method. Enjoy! Suze Fisher Web Design & Development http://www.suscom-maine.net/~cfisher/ mailto:cfisher@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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