Our New Milk Connection

While living in Washington, we belonged to a great raw milk co-op which we really appreciated. We have very strong feelings about feeding our family raw milk as opposed to milk which has been altered by homogenizing and pasteurizing. (for further info on raw milk, I suggest you read this book)http://www.amazon.com/The-Untold-Story-Milk-Contented/dp/0967089743I  Now, I *know* there is much controversy over this topic but for us, we only drink the raw stuff. Here in this community you can go two ways. You can either purchase milk from the farmer before the milk truck comes to get it or pay twice as much and purchase it at the store after being processed. As I have already alluded to, we prefer the first option! :-) Anyhow, we were excited to get connected with a farmer who allows customers to come to the tank, fill up bottles of milk and put payment into the box provided.

It was fun for us to see the milk going from the cow..

Directly into this sterile flask

 

Can't get much more fresh than this!

 

And into this chilled tank

We simply fill the jugs and then wash the spigot with water with the hose provided..

and only $2.50 per gallon! Thank you to Jehovah Jireh who provides so well for our family, from the big things to the small things like good fresh milk at an affordable price. :-)