Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  What has happened recently is that Wal-Mart was buying their organic milk from genuine organic dairy farmers that pastured their animals, and then they turned around to that company -- Organic Valley -- and they said, "Hey, we want a lower price," just as Wal-Mart always does. Organic Valley said no, so Wal-Mart then turned to Dean Foods, the largest dairy conglomerate in the world -- which had bought out Horizon Organic -- and said, "Would you sell to us?" To which Horizon said, "We will sell you the cheapest organic milk you have ever seen. | | We are going to talk today about organic milk. So what is the overview of this situation, Ronnie?
Ronnie: Well, the good news is, there is such a huge demand for organic products across the United States and North America that there is a serious shortage of supply. One of the types of products that are in serious short supply is organic milk. This is already more than a $1 billion a year industry in the United States out of the $15 billion in organic food sales last year.
The problem is that our government -- specifically the U. S. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts | | Lax standards of corporate manufacturers and retailers affect both organic milk and soymilk products
Mike: Now, you mentioned that pasture-fed cows are healthier cows. This gets back to something you mentioned earlier that needs to be emphasized, because most people simply do not believe this is happening. Conventional cows, in fact, are being fed chicken litter and other animals.
Ronnie: Yes, they take it from birth. | | To which Horizon said, "We will sell you the cheapest organic milk you have ever seen."
Horizon conveniently took advantage of the fact that Federal Organic Standards say the cows must have access to pasture, and they said, "Oh well, I guess theoretical access to pasture is good enough. We are going to chain up our cows and milk them three times a day, and they will never get out pasturing unless there is a news organization coming to the farm that day. We will still call it organic. | | One of the types of products that are in serious short supply is organic milk. This is already more than a $1-billion-a-year industry in the United States, out of the $15 billion in organic food sales last year.
The problem is that our government - specifically the U. S. Department of Agriculture - takes about $90 billion of our tax money every year, and they give subsidies to all of these factory farms to go organic, but they give no subsidies to help family-scale dairies make the transition to organic. | | The situation has become so alarming that the Organic Consumers Association ultimately called for a boycott, and many knowledgeable consumers are now avoiding the Horizon brand entirely.
The organic milk controversy extends to organic soy milk as well. Horizon Organic's parent company, Dean Foods, also bought out Silk, the leading organic soy milk brand in the United States. Dean Foods has pushed for lower organic standards in the United States and to allow industrial-style production to be called "organic. | | According to the Organic Consumers Association, half of Horizon's "organic" milk today comes from what can only be considered "factory" dairy feedlots -- and much of Aurora's organic milk does as well. Rather than buy organic calves that have been raised from birth on organic farms, these companies seemed to have discovered it's cheaper to buy conventional calves that have been raised on conventional farms, install them in factory feedlots, then milk them and call it organic. | | Wal-Mart is now the number-one seller of organic milk in the country. The problem is that the milk they are selling - Horizon Organic - is not really organic. It is coming from the factory-style dairy farms where the animals are kept in intensive confinement and have been imported from conventional farms as calves. They simply label it organic, and the USDA lets them get away with it.
Mike: Let us get into more detail on that, because I want people to understand how they do an end-run around this organic label. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts | | One of the types of products that are in serious short supply is organic milk. This is already more than a $1 billion a year industry in the United States out of the $15 billion in organic food sales last year.
The problem is that our government -- specifically the U. S. Department of Agriculture -- takes about $90 billion of our tax money every year and they give subsidies to all of these factory farms to go organic, but they give no subsidies to help family-scale dairies make the transition to organic. | | To which Horizon said, "We will sell you the cheapest organic milk you have ever seen."
Horizon conveniently took advantage of the fact that Federal Organic Standards say the cows must have access to pasture, and they said, "Oh well, I guess theoretical access to pasture is good enough. We are going to chain up our cows and milk them three times a day, and they will never get out pasturing unless there is a news organization coming to the farm that day. We will still call it organic. | | Many consumers have no idea that Silk -- just like Horizon organic milk -- was bought out by this giant conglomerate, Dean Foods.
Silk used to buy their organic soybeans from U.S. and Canadian organic soybean farmers, and they paid them a decent price -- $16 to $21 a bushel -- for these organic soybeans. Well, now that Dean Foods has bought out Silk, they are starting to import cheap, so-called organic soybeans from China, where the workers are treated like slaves and organic standards are dubious. | | The problem is that the milk they are selling -- Horizon Organic -- is not really organic. It is coming from the factory-style dairy farms where the animals are kept in intensive confinement and have been imported from conventional farms as calves. They simply label it organic, and the USDA lets them get away with it.
Mike: Let us get into more detail on that, because I want people to understand how they do an end run around this organic label. First, do you agree that there is some degree of success in the fact that consumer demand for organic products is now so strong? |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  And research at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) at Aberystwyth, Wales, showed that organic milk contains between 71 percent and a whopping 240 percent more omega-3s than nonorganic milk, plus it has a much better ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats than conventional milk. This is probably because the pasture-fed cows graze on a diet rich in red clover silage as well as their natural diet of grasses. |
David Steinman
See book keywords and concepts |  Simeon decided his dairy cooperative could only provide the kind of pricing the retail leviathan was demanding if they diluted the integrity of their organic milk by crowding animals and feeding them more grains than pasture grass.
"Wal-Mart allows you to really build market share," Simeon told the New York Times. "But we're about our values and being able to sustain our farmers. If a customer wants to stretch us to the point where we're not able to deliver our mission, then we have to find different markets. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  In order to protect Monsanto, the manufacturer of hormones used in the industry, the USDA currently bans organic milk producers from claiming their milk comes from cows that were not treated with synthetic hormones. Even organic milk is now under fire as the Organic Consumers Association says Horizon milk products are falsely labeled as organic. See Horizon milk, Wild Oats named in consumer boycott of "false" organic products. (The solution to all this? Drink raw almond milk instead. Make it yourself with a Vitamix, water and a nut milk bag.)
9. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | During the same period, there were many instances of contamination in pasteurized milk, some of which resulted in death.
Raw organic milk is hard to find—only a couple of states sell it (California is one). But more and more people are turning to small farms and collectives (at this writing, there are nearly forty such farms licensed to sell raw milk in Pennsylvania alone). It's worth looking for.
A Note on Goat's Milk
Goat's milk has more easily digestible fat and protein content than cow's milk. |
Hyla Cass
See book keywords and concepts |  Drink a glass of organic milk or eat a few ounces of plain yogurt.
?Drink a teaspoon of baking soda mixed with 4 to 8 ounces of warm water.
To Prevent Constipation:
?Vegetables, fruit, and whole grains! A diet rich in these foods—especially the first two—will help a great deal with constipation.
?Make sure you're getting 30 or more grams of fiber each day in your food and supplements.
?Repopulate the colon with "good" bacteria—live probiotics, including L. acidophilus and B. bifidus strains—with each meal or once a day for six weeks.
?Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water each day.
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David Steinman
See book keywords and concepts | | In November 2005, Naturally Iowa Dairy of Clarinda, Iowa, announced it would use corn packaging for its natural and organic milk products in its Rolling Hills Organic Farms and Naturally Iowa all-natural milk brands.25
Coop Italy and Auchon, a supermarket chain in France, are also using corn-based plastics from NatureWorks.
The textile market is beginning to embrace corn-based fibers as the natural alternative to fossil-fuel-derived fabrics. Pacific Coast Feather Co. | | All served organic milk, and half ran on renewable energy. All newly built sites use piping made with recycled material. The McDonald's in Sweden recycled 97 percent of its solid waste.40 One McDonald's in that country sells biodiesel made from the cooking oil used for their fries. So why don't we get organic ice cream and all-natural beef at McDonald's in the United States?
Because we're slobs, and we don't care. We just keep getting fat on the chemical beef and corn that we're being fed while our health declines rapidly after age fifty. | | Horizon Organic joined with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2006 in a show of support for New York farmers, announcing an initiative dedicated to helping more state farmers transition to organic, and processing more milk locally, to meet the ever-increasing demand for organic milk in New York and the region. Horizon Organic currently works with 119 certified organic dairy farmers in the state of New York, more than any other state in the country.16 However, the same program is now being undertaken nationwide. This will help many smaller family dairies to stay in business. www.horizonorganic. | | You begin to realize consuming organic milk and other organic foods is part of an expanding consciousness and awareness that your own actions have far-reaching implications. We are industry leaders and the people who come to Garden of Life so often are leaders too. Once people begin to see that their personal lives reflect larger values, they keep adding to their lifestyles in a positive manner. For example, eating organic foods can transform into a greater appreciation for sustainable fashion and organic cotton, and even sustainable shoes. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | However if you're dying to know what I personally eat, I'll tell you: oatmeal, guava, raw certified organic milk, eggs, blueberries, spinach, sardines, kale, whey protein powder, free-range beef, apples, wild salmon, turmeric, nuts, coconut oil, avocado, green tea, fresh vegetable juice, and green drinks. There, now you know.
Read the entries and you'll know why I—and so many of the experts—love those foods. I hope you will, too.
CHAPTER 1
Vegetables
Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: There are no bad vegetables. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Drink a glass of organic milk or eat a few ounces of plain yogurt.
• Drink a teaspoon of baking soda mixed with 4 to 8 ounces of warm water.
To Prevent Constipation:
• Vegetables, fruit, and whole grains! A diet rich in these foods—especially the first two—will help a great deal with constipation.
• Make sure you're getting 30 or more grams of fiber each day in your food and supplements.
• Repopulate the colon with "good" bacteria—live probiotics, including L. acidophilus and B. bifidus strains—with each meal or once a day for six weeks.
• Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water each day. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  The lawsuits allege that Aurora Organic Dairy Corporation, which supplies organic milk to Wal-Mart, Wild Oats, Target, Costco, Safeway, and other retailers, is engaged in "consumer fraud, negligence, and unjust enrichment" by failing to adhere to USDA organic standards even while selling its milk under the organic label.
Federal investigators have already found Aurora in violation of organic standards, according to the Cornucopia Institute, and the USDA has warned Aurora over multiple "willful" violations of organic standards. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  The dairy department will likely have organic milk, cream, and other products.
As always, scrutinize the labels of any packaged food to avoid unwanted ingredients.
Other Types of Food Stores
Depending on where you live, you may have access to Italian, Asian, and other types of ethnic grocery stores, as well as boutique food stores. The selections may be varied, exotic, and full of interesting flavors, but don't ever assume anything about ingredients. Make it a habit to read food labels. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  It also has basically the same nutritional makeup, which I have shown to be deficient in the minerals and healthy oils needed to support healthy human nervous systems. organic milk is also just as difficult to digest as regular milk, and therefore initiates the very same allergic responses: asthma, constipation, and sinus problems, to name three.
While organic milk does avoid the dangerous hormones and antibiotics used in the production of conventional milk, organic cows' milk is still just organic baby food for cows and in no way qualifies as food for healthy, adult, mature human beings. | | Paul Pitchford, Healing With Whole Foods
What's wrong with organic milk
It is worth noting that most of the problems inherent to cows' milk as described in this section are not necessarily avoided by purchasing organic milk. Organic cows' milk contains homogenized milk fats, just like regular milk. It also has basically the same nutritional makeup, which I have shown to be deficient in the minerals and healthy oils needed to support healthy human nervous systems. |
David Steinman
See book keywords and concepts | | The markets had no organic milk. A man and his family walked solemnly in single file into the one formal restaurant in town. I could see its tables with high-backed stiff chairs through the window. I went to get a haircut and the barbershop was closed in one part of town, and I punted when I got to the other after seeing the barber ensconced comfortably in the second chair of his two-chair shop reading a paper. It is good, this town, that it takes life to this level, I initially think, and then back off. I came here to see reality, not romanticize poverty. This town has lots of problems. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts |  I love the flavor of coffee with freshly steamed, organic milk, so I went out of my way to purchase a coffee maker that has a built-in steamer. I steam the milk until it is hot and frothy and I pour the coffee and steamed milk into a huge mug. I add a little organic or raw sugar and I sprinkle on some cinnamon and, voila: fresh, hot Cafe au lait with my morning paper. It may not sound like much, but that little routine has me looking forward to every new day.
Another great way to treat yourself is to have a massage on a regular basis. |
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