Freyberger, Nescopeck, PA

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Hi, my name is and I am new to milking goats and fresh milk.

We have milked our Cashmere doe for about six weeks after she had a stillborn

buck kid in January. But she is not a dairy goat, and didn't give much, or for

long...however I believe it was the best milk I have ever tasted. I think it

was richer even than what the dairy does give.

We also have two dairy does that will be two in the summer. I hope they are

bred and will freshen in about May. But I couldn't wait. So we bought a lovely

LaMancha girl, and a mini Nubian, both in milk. The mini girl comes with two

doe kids, so we milk her but much goes to them. We are bottle feeding the one

because Mama won't let her nurse.

My daughters don't see the point to raw milk; they seem to think I am trying to

poison them. But they think the goats are cute, and they like that I am paying

them some of the money I will save by not having to buy raw goat milk at $7 a

half gallon from the health food store. So we seem to have the milking chores

covered. One of the reasons I want the goats milking is so that my daughters

will learn how to get up in the morning and do meaningful work! So many people

seem to think it's child abuse to expect a teenager to do work...I think it's

child abuse not to.

I don't milk much myself because I work night shifts and go to school. I am

studying mathematics, with some biology and music thrown in, and I hope to apply

to medical school this summer for next year.

I am primarily interested in endocrinology (e.g. diabetes) and obesity, and

right now I'm trying to read everything I can find about the A1/A2 milk protein

issue.

I live in Nescopeck, PA, which is in the eastern part of the state southwest of

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. It is legal to sell raw milk in PA, at least with a

license. You can be licensed for on-farm sales or through stores.

We are in Luzerne County, but our township is trying to secede and become part

of neighboring (and more rural) Columbia County.

My email is d.freyberger@..., or dianiline@... .

I've been drinking raw milk for maybe five months. I found the Weston A. Price

people online--actually I think I found the book Nourishing Traditions first.

If I recall, I bought it from Amazon and when I looked through it, I thought, oh

this is all a bunch of crap! Fat and cholesterol are good for me--right!

And then, because I forget things sometimes, I forgot all of this, and one day

looked at the book again, in a more receptive frame of mind. It's possible that

it was actually the fourth or fifth or tenth time that I forgot about the book

and found it again, in a more receptive frame of mind. But anyway, this time I

didn't forget it, because although it is so completely opposed to the

conventional " wisdom " about diet, it makes sense. In the back of my mind I have

always had the nagging suspicion that God didn't really intend us to eat Splenda

and fat-free dairy products. And I blame the years of trying to follow the

conventional " wisdom " on diet for my current state of diabetes.

So I was open to new ideas.

I am happy to be here, and I hope that I have not missed any important

questions.

I must go now as I am being called to dinner. Any typos are exclusively the

fault of my feline assistant!

Blessings,