If you can afford it , buy Organic milk which does not contain antibiotics and hormones. And organic milk comes from cows that are grass fed, not fed on grains and corn. Cows evolved eating grass, and the milk actually tastes much better than non-organic milk.
Raw, unpasturized, non-homogenized milk is even better for you - it contains all the vitamins and minerals that it had coming out of the cow, plus immunoglobulins. There are 13 states that now "allow" the sale of raw milk (how ridiculous that we have gotten to the point where our government feels we are better off with them telling us what we can and can't put in our mouths). That's the only milk I drink now, since it does not cause lactose intolerance - because another thing it stillhas is the enzyme lactase.
Exactly the reason I love raw milk, no lactose problems. I make simple cottage cheese from it.
I'll see if I can buy raw milk where I live. Thank's for the tip.
States that allow raw milk to be sold in any retail store: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Washington.
This is a huge improvement. Only 7 or so years ago it was only California and Connecticut. I don't have further details, but I'm sure more specific info is out there. I'm in California, and have been buying raw milk from the few stores that carry Organic Pastures, which seems to have changed its name recently to plain old Raw Milk. Hope this helps.
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