Cow's milk - organic or regular? - Page 2

[Twinklefae]

We drink regular, mostly for financial reasons right now, but while reading this thread I realized something. My regular milk is local (ie. produced in the Maritimes) whereas organic milk is trucked in from Quebec.

[trivett]

We drink regular milk here as well. Sarah - I am in Halifax too and that is a very interesting observation. The amount of milk we drink between myself and the two girls (DH is not a big milk fan...just in his coffee and cereal) would put us in the hole if we bought organic. As long as there are no hormones in the milk etc. then I'm OK with regular.

[CarrieMF]

We use regular. I knew it had no hormones/antibiotics.

Our family of 5 goes through 4L in 2 WEEKS. 2 of my kids would drink more, but they have issues with too much dairy so they're limited. It's mostly used for cereal or soup.

Besides, I live in oil country I get more crap in my system breathing the air than I would get out of milk.lol

[busybee16]

Originally Posted by Cujobunny

Just wondering, for Canadians, if you drink cow's milk, do you drink only organic and why? Do you think regular milk is ok and why? Any links would be appreciated too

wellll...i'm not sure what i think about no hormones being given to our cows in canada, as they are kept in a perpetual state of lactation *somehow*, right? i mean, it is not really natural to produce milk for years at a time without a little help from some drugs or something - at least not without a baby constantly suckling. just like us, i imagine that it is a supply and demand issue. or, even more horrifying, do we continuously impregnate our cows to boost their own natural hormonal response to keep them lactating? (i'm not even sure this is possible)

anyway, i don't know the answers to those questions, but if i do buy cow's milk, it is organic, (we mostly drink soy/rice/hemp milk). the idea of drinking another animal's milk has always been icky to me, so the less 'stuff' in it, the better!!

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[MamaDaednu]

We used to drink organic milk but after a bit of a bollocking from our new nurse practitioner I'm trying the switch to soy milk.

[Tuesday]

If we had more money available, I'd buy organic. But DH and I just can absolutely not afford to buy organic milk. In my Ontario city, organic milk is about $9.00 for a bag. I just can't afford that price. I'm incredibly frugal too. But we are a very tight budget.

We do occasionally buy organic yogurt if it's on sale though. For about 80% percent of our dairy purchases, we rely on the regular (i.e. Parmalat, Sealtest, Neilsen) brands of milk.

Whatever I consume, I do need the Vit D and Calcium - I am on a medication that apparently increases my need of these nutrients. So I make sure I consume a lot of greens and also yogurt and milk daily.

[mamabadger]

I agree with Tooticky:

1. Toxins move up the food chain, so I think it is important to drink milk from a cow that has not eaten grass (or grains) that have been treated with pesticides.
2. Beyond personal health, I believe that eating organic food is better for the planet.

I buy organic milk at Zehrs, for about $7-8 a bag. I wouldn't be able to afford it if there were more people in the house.