Money saving tip!

Alright, so I buy organic milk like many of you. (Just a little side note: I really love writing things like "many of you." It tickles me. Even thought I know that like 4 of my friends read this. It still tickles me). Not much if any pesticide actually ends up in milk, but the reason to buy organic milk is not about pesticide, it is about hormones. We already get a lot of naturally occurring hormones in milk, and even they may be harmful. So it is important not to let the dirty nasty agri-chemical company Monsato shove the synthetic hormone rBGH down your throat. Artificial hormones increase milk production in the cows, so I know, of course it must be great. Why allow cows to produce milk at a natural pace when you can make more more uber more? And of course the hormone also increases the incidence of mastitis in cows! It increases not only milk production but also infection! Yum! I love wholesome milk.

Monsato is pretty much the sole producer of the synthetic hormone. They have convinced the FDA to basically require any producer that wants to say "we didn't use synthetic hormones" to also say, "but there is no health difference between milk that has synthietic hormone and milk that has none." Anyway the point of this whole thing is that even some milk that is not fully organic is still free of synthetic hormone, and since there really are no pesticides in milk anyway, hormone free is plenty good enough. The milk may not be advertised as hormone free because the dairy may not want to get into the whole disclaimer rigamarole.

So, the overall point of that this whole (looong) post is that Dean, who also owns the organic brand Horizon Organic, produces a lot of milk that while not fully organic is made by dairies that do not use synthetic hormone. To find it, you have to look for Dean milk that has a little seal on it that says "Our farmers pledge not the use synthetic hormone," and they have it at Woodmans! Mister Jeff is very happy. He loves milk. He tried to hide it but I could tell that his patience was wearing thin with the price of organic milk (and my insistence on buying it :)). Well, the Dean hormone free is like more than $2 cheaper than the organic! So go buy it!