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whole milk.....
Which organic or non organic whole milk do you use for you LO?
Re: whole milk.....
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
I've been buying the Target Archer Farms because it's on sale and not that bad. I want to switch the household over to organic because milk is 2nd on my list to the dirty dozen to buy organic, but with gallons costing almost $5.99 its hard when regular is $2.99. I get the half gallon of Archer Farms for $2.99 and that lasts a week for Gianna.
I have some coupons for Stonyfield so if Archer Farms isn't on sale, I'd buy that, but so far it always has been. The Archer Farms has added DHA which I really like to give G since we don't eat fish and with DH's nut allergies I'm not ready to give her nuts so I want her to get it from somewhere.
Similar to Ked though, I like to buy the local milk too, although the Farmer's Cow did get a little pricey for us when I was PG and drinking a ridiculous amount. I really need to switch back though as this is important to me. We've been buying local farm raised beef and pork recently too and it's wonderful.
I think almost all milk now a days is hormone free due to the bad press it got.
This is a very personal choice - if you are feeding organic other foods, go with organic milk. If you aren't feeding organic baby food (veggies/fruit), I'd say take that step first before milk. DH's family thinks I'm nuts and overprotective for doing the organic/all natural route, whereas my family thinks its normal because they've always grown their own produce and raised farm stock at various points. I like knowing where my food comes from myself so local and/or organic is top choice for me when affordable - some stuff just isn't available or doesn't make sense (although I do still indulge in my organic bananas imported from Lord knows where with a HUGE carbon footprint).
I don't have little ones yet, but when we're using enough milk to justify the $10 minimum order we plan to go with delivery from Christiansen's Dairy or Munroe Dairy (fresh, local, hormone free, reusable glass bottles...)
For now we use Rhody Fresh and get the cheapest organic milk when we need it to last longer (most organic milk is ultra pasteurized and lasts forever!)"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
do not feel guilty! As long as there is no added hormones, it will be fine.
I actually was going to give Ella organic milk when I switched her over but most organic milks back then (not sure about now) did not have all the needed vitamins so I just used Hood and made sure it have added hormones. Now I switch from Hood to Trader Joe's. Depends on where I am shopping.
Please don't feel guilty! Like you say the no hormones thing is the primary concern. In my household it actually saves us money to buy organic milk because we don't use it fast and the organic lasts longer, so we don't throw milk away. That's the only reason we buy it.
As a consumer who can spend a little more on groceries (now granted I don't have kids yet) - a big part of why I choose to spend more is to drive demand for organic/local/no pesticides foods and help reduce prices in future so that it's accessible to all people, whether they make a million dollars or have to use food stamps. If the big corporate farms see the demand, they'll start doing it more and more and things will get cheaper. I feel the same way about spending extra on renewable energy, etc. That's the power of capitalism! And I do see prices coming down (or at least approaching conventional) on certain organic foods, etc.
Anyway, that's my long winded way of saying don't feel guilty! We all do what we can.
We were using Rhody Fresh and were happy with it, but Monroe is so good and I lik that it is fresh and in glass bottles (also no hormones, etc).
I don't drink milk, but G does and I'm trying to get L to like it!
im pretty sure all the milk in the store has the farmers pledge of no added growth hormones on it. i also buy whatever is on sale..... most of the time that is stop & shop brand.
im right there with ya michelle!!!!!
Thanks ladies. Look, in an ideal world I would buy all fresh, local and organic. But life hasn't exactly been fvcking ideal for me in a while, so I do my best. I make my own bread 90% of the time, I try to buy organic yogurt for the kids when it's on sale, etc. I use reusable shopping bags, reusable produce bags, no paper towels, no cloth napkins, try to make food for the kids but can't help it when the only thing they will eat is freakin eggo waffles and gerber yogurt puffs.
Sorry - was just feeling like a really crappy parent with all the folks who can do so much "better" for their kids. It's not like they are eating mcdonald's every day (hell or every week!).... just touched a nerve I guess. Sorry.
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns