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babylove26
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Milk? Organic or Non?
Which do you use?
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Posted 9/1/12 5:33 PM  |
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mnmsoinlove
Mommy to 2 sweet girls!
Member since 3/09 8585 total posts
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Melissa
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
We only drink organic milk in our house both dh and I and my oldest dd.
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| Posted 9/1/12 5:50 PM |
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lcherian
He is the reason!
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Organic for sure. Non organic milk comes from cows that are most likely given Gmo feed, antibiotics and are not raised in a humane way.
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| Posted 9/1/12 5:55 PM |
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mommyIam
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Shana
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
more info than what you asked, but its harmless to share, I hope...
organic is not enough for me, there are too many loopholes in organic regulations. I'm very distrustful of organic labels and do the research on the foods we eat the most.
I try to find grass fed cow milk, from one farm sources that are pasteurized (as apposed to ultra pasteurized)
Cornucopia's Diary Ratings
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| Posted 9/1/12 6:03 PM |
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Naturalmama
Love my boys!!
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Christine
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Milk? Organic or Non?
DS always gets organic whole milk, I usually buy it at Trader Joe's. DH and I drink 1%. Sometimes I buy organic for us if it is on sale, but usually its regular for us. Once DS moves onto 1% we will all drink organic.
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| Posted 9/1/12 6:45 PM |
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teaforthree
My Handsome Boy!
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by mommyIam
more info than what you asked, but its harmless to share, I hope...
organic is not enough for me, there are too many loopholes in organic regulations. I'm very distrustful of organic labels and do the research on the foods we eat the most.
I try to find grass fed cow milk, from one farm sources that are pasteurized (as apposed to ultra pasteurized)
Cornucopia's Diary Ratings
Awesome source! Thanks! I thought organic was organic. My Nature's Choice for my little guy is only "two cows". I'll have to find another brand.
To the OP, I used regular milk when I first started transitioning last week, but then read an article that milk is on the list of the top 10 foods that should be organic. So, I switched to organic in his second week of milk.
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| Posted 9/1/12 7:27 PM |
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mommyIam
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Shana
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by teaforthree
Awesome source! Thanks! I thought organic was organic. My Nature's Choice for my little guy is only "two cows". I'll have to find another brand.
I only knew about this source from LIF parents! (seriously this forum rocks!)
but btw, their rating is just their opinion, all they do is call the company and ask a few questions, you can call the company yourself and ask your own questions come to your own conclusions, call the farm directly, find out who the farm is supplying the milk, by entering the code here
http://whereismymilkfrom.com/
Message edited 9/1/2012 7:37:45 PM.
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babylove26
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Thanks everyone for your responses. I was all set to buy organic today at costco and the only organic they had was 1%. I was bummed because I was out of formula and needed milk so I just bought regular and after reading articles I felt guilty. I am going to switch after I use up the milk I have.
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| Posted 9/1/12 7:34 PM |
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TheDivineMrsM
2 girls 4 me!
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by mnmsoinlove
We only drink organic milk in our house both dh and I and my oldest dd.
Same.
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| Posted 9/1/12 7:45 PM |
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maymama
my little loves
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
organic 98% of the time. if we are in a pinch, no hormones at the very least!
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| Posted 9/1/12 8:27 PM |
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MissMeliss
Love my kids
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Milk? Organic or Non?
Organic only for DS. I usually buy Organic Valley brand.
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| Posted 9/1/12 8:36 PM |
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maybemommy10
Big Brothers to Be !
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Organic, don't want my sons to get boobs 
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| Posted 9/1/12 8:38 PM |
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fdnywife
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Organic here too. Had no idea I was with the majority! Wouldnt it be nice if it was somehow cheaper?
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| Posted 9/1/12 9:12 PM |
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Bearcat
Love my little girls!!! <3
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by maybemommy10
Organic, don't want my sons to get boobs
we will use organic when dd gets there.
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| Posted 9/1/12 9:16 PM |
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junebride06
love my boys!
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Robin
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Organic
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| Posted 9/1/12 9:48 PM |
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melbalalala
Little Lady
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Melissa
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by mommyIam
more info than what you asked, but its harmless to share, I hope...
organic is not enough for me, there are too many loopholes in organic regulations. I'm very distrustful of organic labels and do the research on the foods we eat the most.
I try to find grass fed cow milk, from one farm sources that are pasteurized (as apposed to ultra pasteurized)
Cornucopia's Diary Ratings
This site seems a bit biased? It's sponsored by "family scale" farmers who are clearly going to try to knock bigger (and cheaper) producers to boost their own reputations.
Would love to know more about the organic regulations "loopholes".. I thought getting organic certified was pretty strict?
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| Posted 9/1/12 9:57 PM |
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FergieK
Loving my girls
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Just curious Does Organic milk NOT have hormones in it?
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| Posted 9/1/12 10:14 PM |
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wingsofsong
My 3 little loves <3<3<3
Member since 1/09 7395 total posts
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Maureen
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Milk? Organic or Non?
We've done only organic milk for a while now in our house, even before we had children.
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| Posted 9/2/12 12:25 AM |
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jewels
Stop and smell the flowers
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by mommyIam
more info than what you asked, but its harmless to share, I hope...
organic is not enough for me, there are too many loopholes in organic regulations. I'm very distrustful of organic labels and do the research on the foods we eat the most.
I try to find grass fed cow milk, from one farm sources that are pasteurized (as apposed to ultra pasteurized)
Cornucopia's Diary Ratings
Thank you for posting this. I usually buy Stonyfield or Horizon but I may stick with Stonyfield from now on.
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| Posted 9/2/12 9:51 AM |
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MrsA1012
love my little girl !
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Me
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by mommyIam
more info than what you asked, but its harmless to share, I hope...
organic is not enough for me, there are too many loopholes in organic regulations. I'm very distrustful of organic labels and do the research on the foods we eat the most.
I try to find grass fed cow milk, from one farm sources that are pasteurized (as apposed to ultra pasteurized)
Cornucopia's Diary Ratings
Agreed. I don't drink dairy milk anymore, but I used to consult this website alot.
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LadyBug1209
Mommy to FOUR little men!
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
I'm not a nut about everything being organic, but milk is the one thing that I won't compromise on.
I buy it from BJs and it's $3/per 1/2 gallon. That's the cheapest I've seen it.
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| Posted 9/2/12 1:30 PM |
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janedoe
3 GIRLS!!!!
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
only organic
DD drinks - organic valley brand
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bjrn100
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
How about non dairy milk like almond or rice milk? We drink almond milk (but not so good for coffee! lol)
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| Posted 9/2/12 2:20 PM |
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mommyIam
Member since 7/09 9209 total posts
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Shana
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by melbalalala
This site seems a bit biased? It's sponsored by "family scale" farmers who are clearly going to try to knock bigger (and cheaper) producers to boost their own reputations.
Would love to know more about the organic regulations "loopholes".. I thought getting organic certified was pretty strict?
Of course its biaed, what isnt... but personally am myself biased for small farmers. They dont have resources big companies do, if they get caught breaking rules their livliehood is over. They are usually one farm in one location, you can see for yourself what they are.
Horizon, for example, gets their milk from many different farms. Certification requires only some proportion of these farms be organic.
Google where does my milk come from there is an app that will track by the code on the milk bottle. Find the farm it comes from, you can then call the farm and ask for yourself the questions, for the reasons why you choose organic milk.
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| Posted 9/2/12 5:15 PM |
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mommyIam
Member since 7/09 9209 total posts
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Shana
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Re: Milk? Organic or Non?
Posted by bjrn100
How about non dairy milk like almond or rice milk? We drink almond milk (but not so good for coffee! lol)
I dont like the ingredients in store bought almond milk, and rice is high arsenic, I wouldnt drink rice milk every day....but those are just my reasons. There are plenty of people drinking these on daily basis and living healthy, just personally dont like it.
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