Re: My Thoughts on Raw Milk Pricing

[Guest guest]

> Here are my thoughts: IF I could find a source of 100%

> grass/hay/silage-fed raw milk from Jersey or other traditional-breed

> cows raised organically or biodynamically, I would be overjoyed to pay

> a premium for it. Big " if " . Something like $5-8/gal would be

> reasonable.

Yes. I agree.

> Holsteins when he bought the place in 1994, and there hasn't been an

> incentive for him to acquire Jerseys, nor has there been an incentive

> to switch to 100% grass-fed (although I really need to find out more

> from him about what he feeds them...).

I wouldn't be surprised if they get soy as well as other stuff. In that

case it makes sense that he doesn't get the top dollar because he isn't

feeding all grass and hay.

So for the milk I'm

> getting--which of course is manifold superior to anything in the

> stores around here--I believe $3/gal is fair.

Your argument makes sense to me.

To charge $10/gal for

> this raw milk would be a bit ridiculous,

$10/gallon in Connecticut and $12/gallon in California is for the milk

at the store. The farmer sells it wholesale to the store for a lower

price and the consumer's price includes the markup.

and also VERY off-putting to

> new raw milk drinkers, who are ESSENTIAL to the success of the

> raw-milk movement!

I believe new raw milk consumers will be motivated and will pay a higher

price. The issue is education. With that the price can be higher. Once

someone wakes up they won't go back too easily.

Laurel

[Guest guest]

> I wouldn't be surprised if they get soy as well as other stuff.

In that case it makes sense that he doesn't get the top dollar

because he isn't feeding all grass and hay. >

I believe Tom is talking about the Siegmanns and there's NO WAY

they'd feed their cows soy. They're the ones who gave me the NT

book and are strong believers in the principles. That's my 2 cents.

Barbara

[Guest guest]

> > I wouldn't be surprised if they get soy as well as other stuff.

> In that case it makes sense that he doesn't get the top dollar

> because he isn't feeding all grass and hay. >

>

> I believe Tom is talking about the Siegmanns and there's NO WAY

> they'd feed their cows soy. They're the ones who gave me the NT

> book and are strong believers in the principles. That's my 2 cents.

>

> Barbara

Well then, if these are Barbara's friends.... maybe Tom needs to pay

them more bucks!

<ducking>

Laurel

[Guest guest]

Yes I am, and in fact that's the only thing I know about their cows'

diet: no soy.

Tom

> > I wouldn't be surprised if they get soy as well as other stuff.

> In that case it makes sense that he doesn't get the top dollar

> because he isn't feeding all grass and hay. >

>

> I believe Tom is talking about the Siegmanns and there's NO WAY

> they'd feed their cows soy. They're the ones who gave me the NT

> book and are strong believers in the principles. That's my 2 cents.

>

> Barbara

[Guest guest]

Well, last time my bill including groceries from their wonderful store

came to $38 and I gave them $40---for a kid just out of college,

that's a pretty good tip!

Tom

>

>

> > > I wouldn't be surprised if they get soy as well as other stuff.

> > In that case it makes sense that he doesn't get the top dollar

> > because he isn't feeding all grass and hay. >

> >

> > I believe Tom is talking about the Siegmanns and there's NO WAY

> > they'd feed their cows soy. They're the ones who gave me the NT

> > book and are strong believers in the principles. That's my 2 cents.

> >

> > Barbara

>

> Well then, if these are Barbara's friends.... maybe Tom needs to pay

> them more bucks!

>

> <ducking>

>

> Laurel

[Guest guest]

Just about 24 here. I give my mother great credit for feeding us kids

nutritious whole foods while we were growing up, but as the years wore

on, she got brainwashed with the rest of us and started buying low-fat

etc. I'm now trying to push them back to the good stuff. So far I have

them eating organic butter and cutting back on grains.

There are a bunch of younger people on the Native Nutrition board. I

also give great credit to the Internet for giving me access to the

information in the first place. Back when you were in college, Laurel,

there was no such thing and you had to go by hearsay unless you were

really interested and went to the library. The Internet makes it

easier to learn about so many things.

I'm also just a perfectionist. Oh, now I remember the main reason I

started looking up things online: I had moderate acne in high school

and college which, of course, bothered me and after hearing about the

drug Accutane and all its terrible side effects, I went searching for

an alternative solution. My skin is vastly improved.

I'm looking forward to getting several more gallons of raw milk

tomorrow. I've been " dry " for a week and a half because I was out of

town for Thanksgiving and couldn't stop by the farm. Mmm, fresh milk...

Tom

>

> I'm amazed with the younger folks on these WAP-like lists who are

> interested in good nutrition. When I was just out of college I was

> smoking cigarettes, drinking diet pop, and fiddling with being

> vegetarian. Diet pop is vegetarian! It took me years to wake up! I

> had to get a wake up call, ya know, the kind where you get your face

> planted into the pavement of life.

>

> Thank goodness for the internet! It came just in time to save me.

>

> Yes, just out of college means barely any $.

>

> Laurel

> Just about 43

[Guest guest]

> Well then, if these are Barbara's friends.... maybe Tom needs to

pay them more bucks!>

LOL!!! :-D

[Guest guest]

Tom,

You know what else we could do with a Jersey?

Remember what you said about a poker face game.

Lots of brand-new businesses could be set up, each with one (Jersey)

cow. When the ill-health department comes to harass one...

Guess what would happen. Farmer asks what Department's business is,

Dep answers health concerns. Farmer asks, why - milk is healthy. The

Dep would begin to recite cases of infection caused by raw milk and

the farmer could answer

" That's because they were Holsteins. Jerseys are immune. "

Do you know what? Because it's not true, the ill-health department

rep would believe it.

LAURA.

---[[in RawDairy , " Tom " <cassiusdio@g...> wrote:]]----

> > Here are my thoughts: IF I could find a source of 100%

> grass/hay/silage-fed raw milk from Jersey or other traditional-breed

> cows raised organically or biodynamically, I would be overjoyed to

pay

> a premium for it. Big " if " .

> Tom