{"id":2468,"date":"2010-08-24T11:25:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T17:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2013-08-21T19:54:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T19:54:45","slug":"bloggers-hit-up-local-dairy-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/b\/bloggers-hit-up-local-dairy-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloggers Hit Up Local Dairy Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Do you know where your milk comes from?” Reads a brochure I picked up after I toured\u00a0Prairieland Dairy <\/a>in Firth, Nebraska, with a group of my coworkers. To be honest, I haven’t really thought about it other than, from a cow. Ultimately, I trust the system that brings the milk I buy to the grocery store. The tour of the operating dairy farm, helped me understand more about the process. Most of the milk that we buy in the grocery store comes from a combination of farms, and so ultimately, you don’t know exactly which farms your milk comes from.\u00a0You should know\u00a0that most of the milk\u00a0sold in grocery stores is local, by this I mean that it travels less than 100 miles from farm to table.<\/p>\n

If you\u00a0do want to know exactly where you milk comes from, you can buy from a local dairy farmer at your community’s farmers market (avoid raw or unpasteurized milk <\/a>\u00a0products as they can\u00a0contain dangerous bacteria, which are responsible for many food-borne illnesses).\u00a0Some dairy farms, such as Prairieland Dairy,\u00a0do put their own label on the milk they produce. At Prairieland,\u00a0a portion of their milk is sold under their name, ensuring that it is coming from only their farm. Currently, Prairieland Dairy is only available in the Lincoln area grocery stores, but they have plans to expand to the Omaha market this October.<\/p>\n

\"Group<\/p>\n

Dan Rice, the owner, farmer and general manager, answered all our questions (and there were many! What else do you expect from a bunch of dietitians and foodies?).\u00a0 Dan gave honest, matter-of-fact answers, which we all appreciated. He walked us through the farm, showing us that happy cows don’t only come from California.<\/p>\n

\"Cows<\/p>\n

\"Week<\/p>\n

We learned about everything from antibiotic use to how a newborn calf gets colostrum from its mother, all while walking around in cute blue booties!\u00a0Dan talked openly about how they do occassionally\u00a0use antibiotics, but only when a cow is sick, just like\u00a0we do as humans. A cow is isolated from the group and their milk is dumped until the antibiotics are out of their system. All milk is tested for antibiotics at\u00a0the farm and then again at the processing facility to ensure that none of it gets to you, the consumer.<\/p>\n

When we hear the word\u00a0organic we often\u00a0think local and sustainable, which is often true, but here in Nebraska, there are\u00a0very few\u00a0organic\u00a0dairy farms. Consequently,\u00a0if you’re buying organic milk from a Nebraska grocer it is very unlikely that any of it is\u00a0actually local.\u00a0\u00a0Prairieland Dairy is not certified as organic, but they make every effort to be sustainable and transparent.<\/p>\n

Our group truly enjoyed the visit to this local dairy farm. We appreciated the opportunity to see where the cows are raised and how they are milked. It affirmed our trust in the farmers that are bringing milk to our tables.<\/p>\n

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