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In reply to the discussion: Was at grocery store yesterday, saw something disturbing. [View all]47of74
(18,470 posts)Almost straight from the cow, as it were, before it was pasteurized. My Grandparents did too from their own tank, as did many of the other farmers in the area.
We quit doing that when I was a teenager. Namely because my dad's cholesterol levels got a bit on the high side and his doctor recommended switching to 1% milk. That's when we started buying the milk from the store like everyone else. My grandparents eventually switched too as they got older. Still they had been drinking raw milk for decades and both lived over 89 years.
Knowing what I know now I certainly wouldn't consume raw milk. I'd want to go with something that's been pasteurized.
I suppose our farm's milk wouldn't qualify as organic because of the fact that we use robots for the milking process.