You may be walking through your local gorcery story dairy aisle, and you see a gallon of milk labled Organic Milk. What is this milk and what makes it different from regular milk?? Well the answer lies in how the cows are treated. With regular milk, the cows are fed just regular feed. They are all put in a small pen with little room to move, and they can be given any hormones in oder to make them grow faster. Organic milk is something that gets approved by USDA's standards.
These standards state that....
- the cow has been fed only organic feed
- the cow is kept in a pen with adequate space
- the cow is allowed periodic access to the outdoors and sunlight
- the cow is not treated with synthetic hormones
- and the cow is not given any medications to treat for illnesses
Organic milk is just another option when you are shopping for milk. It has no more nutrients in it than regular milk, nor is it safer to consume. It is just the process that the cow goes through that makes the milk different.
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I bet some people buy organic milk just for the fact that it is labeled "organic" even if it isnt any more healthier for you. It's kind of funny how you can label something as "organic" just by the way the cows are treated.
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