Raw Milk
The following information is from The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund regarding a bill that will be introduced to help protect the rights of both farmers and consumers to produce and consume raw milk. Here is the link to the full article http://www.farmtoconsumer.org . Please contact your reps and ask them to support this [...]
It would appear that the Greene County Health Department is exercising an anti raw milk political agenda. The following is a post from the local Weston A. Price foundation chapter website.
Save Our Raw Milk
In recent months farmers all over Southwest Missouri have been harassed by the Greene County Health Dept. The Health Dept. [...]
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Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has decided to make himself an enemy of the small family farm and freedom in general. Koster is suing the Brechard family for distributing raw milk. Here is the link to the article on the Springfield News Leader’s website. People have the right to consume what they deem to be [...]
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We do! Today is the day we can start saving Daisy’s milk. We will be making lots of cheese and have a bit more raw milk for sale to the general public.
Whole milk is for sale for $6 a gallon, bring your own jars. For more information you can contact [...]
Why Grassfed Butter Is Better
Because living grass is richer in vitamins E, A, and beta-carotene than stored hay or standard dairy diets, butter from dairy cows grazing on fresh pasture is also richer in these important nutrients. The naturally golden color of grassfed butter is a clear indication of its superior nutritional value. (Searles, SK [...]
We had a new little heifer calf born this morning to our smallest Jersey girl, Daisy.
She is bouncing all over the pasture already. It is unclear if she will stay here on the farm at this point. If she does end up going to a new home, she won’t be far away. [...]
“Our rich raw milk comes from Jersey cows fed a predominately grass/hay diet along with alfalfa pellets, Fertrell minerals and kelp meal at milking time.”
Pasteurization destroys enzymes, diminishes vitamin content, denatures fragile milk proteins, destroys vitamins C, B12, B6, kills beneficial bacteria, promotes pathogens and is associated with allergies, increased tooth decay, colic in infants, [...]
It has been too long since I posted a blog update. Canning season is hitting me in full force and haven’t had much time to spare. The apples have started to be ready to pick now and school has also started. I picked a bushel basket full of acorn squash yesterday and our very first [...]
Our next intro on our cow tour is Lily, who will be aka Heart’s Gamboge once I get around to sending her papers in. She was our first calf born here on the farm. She was born on December 29th of 2007. I found her about 3 am while I was making [...]
I would like to introduce our herd to everyone, one at a time. First up is Heart, our herd queen. She is pictured on the homepage to our website. She is registered with the AJCA and her “real” name is Larklund BFW Hearts. She will be 6 years old next month [...]
