unpasteurized cow's milk. or raw cows milk where can I get it?

[Blackbird]

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But my boss sells it for human consumption and I know that it's raw.

Depends on where you live, in MN its illegal to advertise for sale, the person has to come to the farm, and supply their own container. Each state is different it seems.

 

[kees]

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MeOW

 

[ODS-n-ENS FARM]

Here is the states statues on raw milk.
http://www.realmilk.com/happening.html

Here is sources by stat or by country for raw milk.
http://www.realmilk.com/where.html

 

[Dar]

my only concern if I were to buy raw milk from a local farmer for my "cats" to drink...if he thought i was serious that its ofr my cats, what if the container he used was not clean when he was collecting the milk?

 

[lilshadow]

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I wouldn't use it then, and I would give it to my cats. My friends sanitize my containers which are milk jugs. I watch them sanitize, and give me the milk out of the tank.

 

[luvmygirlsinAK]

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Have read this several times also. And yes, goat's milk is absolutely delicious when done right (keeping the male away from the female, proper cleansing, and cooling the milk quickly) no absolutely horrifying goaty taste such as store bought pasteurized goat's milk!!!

 

[luvmygirlsinAK]

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In our cow share, the owner of the cows has us bring our own container for which we are responsible for cleaning. Nobody else uses our milk containers, which I wash with a few drops of food grade (30%) hydrogen peroxide, and they have my name on them with the pick up day written on them.

 

[Dar]

we had a "cow sharing" thing running here too but they were charged and fined. the case is currently being heard in the courts

hope for a good outcome

 

[country lady]

We bought raw milk years ago in Washington state--so delicious. It was the big commercial milk companies who were constantly trying to put the raw milk dairy out of business--the competition! The raw milk dairy always had a lower bacteria count than the bigger dairies. It's the bottom line, the dollars, my dears that drives the big companies crazy against raw milk.

 

[Beekissed]

The commercial dairies in our area are horrible to see. One of them has the cows standing in a muddy, manure filled feedlot all day or just off the feedlot in a sparsely green pasture. The cows have their tales docked and are always muddy and poop-smeared all the way up their sides. They stand hunched over in the lot or field....not much real cow activity going on there.

I just purchased a Jersey cow that comes with her own customers for the raw milk. It will be labeled ~Not for human consumption~ and will be waiting in a fridge in our open garage for anyone to have for their "animals". It will be a treat to have fresh butter, cream, milk, etc. like when I was young.

It always amazes me that folks feel like milk bought in a store is cleaner and healthier than fresh, unpastuerized milk. It doesn't even resemble milk anymore and just heating it doesn't remove the fact that automatic milkers don't notice if a cow's milk has blood, pus, etc. in it. Nice thought....cooked pus from a cow's teat....YUM!

Someone who milks by hand and is the consumer of their own milk production is much more attentive to any abnormalities in the milk, the cleanliness of the process and the general health of the cow.