![]() While this may be true for the majority of organic companies, Horizon has become a glaring exception. Grain and soy for cows? Most people assume that when purchasing organic (or " organic") that they are supporting companies who give animals more humane treatment than conventional farms do. Only occasionally do they eat fresh grass." Jammed in crowded pens atop the hardpan of the Idaho desert, the cows are fed a diet of alfalfa, hay, grains and soy, all certified organic. "At a Horizon dairy farm in central Idaho, the cows don't look that happy. Four thousand cows live in a stark landscape of sagebrush fields, long silver barns and open-air sheds. Horizon has now earned itself a reputation for following organic regulations as loosely as is legally possible. ![]() factory farming) in the United States, and they bought Horizon for profit, rather than any interest in adhering to pesky organic principles. Many in the health movement have been involved in a long-term boycott against this company. Horizon remains the leading seller of "organic" milk products, and has been under fire for years for its less-than-organic practices. It is incredible that Horizon can so shamelessly get away with using the term "organic", after destroying the milk's chemical make-up, so that it becomes excessively harmful with long-term use. We detailed the toxicity factors of homogenized milk in our heart disease article, and we recommend that you continue reading about the specifics there. If you must choose between Horizon's "organic" milk and smoking, then definitely choose smoking. In the long term, you would be healthier as a smoker than anyone who drinks this stuff several times a day. Shamefully, all of the milk products distributed under the umbrella of Horizon "organic" are just mislabeled heart disease delivery systems. Some milk companies use the terms "cream line" and "cream top" to emphasize their healthier products. It was nothing more than intuition which led me to call Horizon's headquarters, at which point they confirmed that all of their milk is homogenized, despite the deceptive labeling. To the contrary, there are actually no mandatory labeling requirements concerning homogenization. There was no mention of homogenization on the labels, which I had always assumed was a requirement. We recently noticed the presence of Horizon brand, ultra-pasteurized, "organic" milk, during a visit to our local Walmart store. We routinely purchase milk that is pasteurized, but not homogenized. Raw Milk is the most nutritionally rich stuff out there, and as long as you trust the farmer to know they are cleaning their cows properly before milking, then it's safe, and i guarantee a farmers milk cows are being treated 100x better than commercial dairy cows. Homogenization and pasturization kill everything in the milk, they do it because it's a safe bet that no bacteria is in the milk when it gets to you. Some communities have co-ops where you can go straight to the farm, pick it up and leave money for it. Im in Idaho now and my local store has Raw Milk for 6 dollars a gallon. California has raw milk available in some of their stores from Organic Pastures, ive seen their operation. They only sold it in their store at the farm because Utahs laws are weird. Look up Utah Natural Meat or Utah Natural Milk. Im not sure if they deliver, they didnt when i was there. Just curious, what do you all feed your child or what do you think is better? Am I wasting $$$ on grass fed n organic or it is worth it?ĭoes th added vit D really help with immunity boosting as it is supposed to? Then there is A2 whole milk that apparently digests better.no proof as far as I can tell from personal experience. Maple Hill organic grass fed and organic valley to me are at par. ![]() Then there is a Horizons growing years high vit D milk.which has some more of the goody vitamins stuff. Horizon had grass fed organic vit D.which I read online is not pure grass fed,they do have upto 30% grain fed in it!! And it has a few other goody vitamins here and there which the Organic Valley lacks. The Ped was like all whole milk has vit D.so I don't know if I should question her or the label. ![]() It is $$$ but tastes better IMHO but btw has no Vit D. With all of nature's choices and the marketing gimmicks,which one does it boil down to? I feed my almost 16mo whole grass fed milk. Not endorsing any brand here.not shaming any!! Also not that I have too much time to research, I just like to read labels and be aware.that's all:-) ![]()
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