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Milk as It Should Be: Raw

.... " Stunned by their beautiful straight teeth, he researched their traditional

diets and found these isolated people were eating 10 times the norm of

fat-soluble vitamins from animal foods such as butter, fish, eggs, shellfish and

organ meats­the very cholesterol-rich foods now shunned by Americans as

unhealthy....

It was Price's contention that fat-soluble vitamins A and D are catalysts to

mineral absorption and protein utilization. " ...

Here is more on how processed foods are making us sick...

See also: Re: Vegetarianism & Milk Consumption

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http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2005/01/07/milk_as_it_should_be_raw.htm

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From Well Being Journal Vol. 12, No. 5 ~ September/October 2003

Milk as It Should Be: Raw

Wisconsin Family Farm Develops Raw Milk Program

By Slattery

Janet Brunner's past health problems led her and her husband to farm in a

fashion they couldn't have imagined some years ago. Today they are excited about

what they are doing, and confident that they can help others attain better

health by eating real foods­in particular, the healthy fats available in

unprocessed whole milk products.

The Brunners' Midvalleyvu Farms is a family-owned, MOSA Certified Organic, Grade

A dairy farm located in Pepin County, Wisconsin. The family consists of Wayne

and Janet Brunner, sons and ph, oldest daughter Becky and her husband,

Josh, and their daughters, Jordin and andra. Midvalleyvu is one of the few

true family farms left in the state. The Brunner family has owned this farm

since the 1940s, and Wayne has carried on this family farm tradition since his

folks retired and built a new home across the road two decades ago. They work

about 350 acres of land and milk about 85 cows.

Wayne said in times past he was like most younger dairy farmers: ambitious to

grow more crops, put more milk in the bulk tank, and get a bigger milk check,

without thinking much about milk quality except how it might affect his premium

payments.

In the mid-1990s, however, Janet became very sick, and conventional doctoring,

including visits to the Mayo Clinic, wasn't coming up with any answers. One

doctor told her she had advanced cancer, and there wasn't anything they could do

for her. Her weight fell below 100 pounds, and she was quite weak.

Janet says she was finally helped by a naturally-minded physician who diagnosed

her as having candidiasis, a yeast-like fungus infection that grew out of

control in her gastrointestinal tract. The doctor suggested a change in diet to

more natural foods might help. The Brunners did so, Janet's health took an

about-face for the better, and today she reports being fully free of her past

ailments.

Key in her recovery, she believes, has been the change in their eating habits as

guided by the counsel they have received from the Weston A. Price Foundation

[see previous issues of Well Being Journal or endnotes for more information].

Dr. Price was a Cleveland dentist, who in the 1930s traveled the globe to study

the health of populations untouched by Western Civilizations. Stunned by their

beautiful straight teeth, he researched their traditional diets and found these

isolated people were eating 10 times the norm of fat-soluble vitamins from

animal foods such as butter, fish, eggs, shellfish and organ meats­the very

cholesterol-rich foods now shunned by Americans as unhealthy.

It was Price's contention that fat-soluble vitamins A and D are catalysts to

mineral absorption and protein utilization. Price, who died in 1948, presented

his research in a book titled Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. His work is

carried on today by a Washington D.C.-based foundation and has been popularized

in recent times, especially in organic circles, by the Sally Fallon cookbook,

Nourishing Traditions ($25 plus $5 shipping: 1-888-532-3117), which she

describes as being politically incorrect for going against the low-fat advice of

" the diet dictocrats. "

Following this line of thinking, the Brunners have gone to eating mostly whole,

unprocessed food. They use animal fat, especially butter, liberally, and are

drinking their own milk from their own bulk tank.

While the Nourishing Traditions cookbook is highly pro-dairy products, its

counsel runs against many of the standards that have long been the norm for

Wisconsin's dairy industry. Its emphasis is on eating full-fat milk products

from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw or fermented, such as raw milk, whole

yogurt, kefir, cultured butter, whole raw cheeses, and fresh and sour cream [see

related articles on milk and dairy, front cover and page 17, this issue, for

dangers of non-raw, or homogenized and pasteurized dairy products].

The Brunners believe in these principles and are critical of the effects of

pasteurization and homogenization. " Basically all that heat destroys the enzymes

and turns milk into a dead product, which makes it easier for the processor and

retailer, but doesn't do consumers any good, " maintains Wayne. Furthermore, he

adds, the dairy industry " shot itself in the foot " when rBGH (recombinant bovine

growth hormone) was made legal, and he believes it's going to turn many people

away from conventional milk (see sidebar, page 18, on rBGH).

This is shameful, believe the Brunners, because they believe raw milk has many

health-regenerative properties. Many of their convictions are spelled out in The

Milk Book, by s, M.D., and they have shared their copy

of this book with many.

As a result of what the Brunners have learned in recent years, Midvalleyvu Farms

has drastically changed many of its farming practices. During the farm's

transition period, Wayne put 80 acres of former crop land into rotational

grazing paddocks and was well pleased with the results, estimating that he cut

his feed costs by about half. During warmer weather, his cows are on pasture all

the time except for returning to be milked in their tie stall barn. Cow

cleanliness and herd health have improved considerably as a result of pasturing,

he reports.

Now, after years of hard work to meet legal requirements and regulations in

their state, the Brunners can at last provide fresh, organic, raw milk, butter,

cheese, cream, yogurt and buttermilk­all rich in CLA (conjugated linoleic

acid)­to consumers who have grown tired of the denatured products available on

supermarket shelves. By purchasing a $10 share of stock in Midvalleyvu Farms,

Inc. (a separate corporation that has as sole asset the milk-producer license),

consumers are able to purchase legally any of the raw dairy products the farm

sells. The stock share comes with certain terms and conditions that the consumer

must agree to at the time of purchase (see " Investing in Nourishment, " to the

right, this page).

Wayne and Janet Brunner desire to work with others to promote the return of

nutrient-dense foods to American tables through education and activist

activities. They encourage others who share their interest to contact them.

Slattery writes for ACRES USA, from which this article in the May, 2003

edition is reprinted by permission. ACRES: Box 91299, Austin, TX 78709,

1-512-892-4400, www.acresusa.com.

Wayne and Janet Brunner: Midvalleyvu Farms, W8481 County Road Z, Arkansaw,

Wisconsin 54721, 1-715-285-5331, e-mail: wajabrun @nelson-tel.net

The Weston A. Price Foundation: PMB 106-380, 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW,

Washington, D.C. 20016, 1-202-333-4325 or www.westonaprice.org.

Sally Fallon's Nourishing Traditions is available from Well Being, Inc.

bookstore for $25 plus $5 shipping: 1-888-532-3117.

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