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Permalink Reply by Peter Schuback on October 18, 2010 at 7:20pm

Question ? how much milk is in the so called milk we buy from the shops

Permalink Reply by Elizebeth Flower on October 18, 2010 at 9:36pm

Good question, Peter. Lots of people refer to commercial milk as 'white stuff'.

Just to clarify, Russell: Am I right in assuming that by 'fresh' milk, you mean raw, unpasteurised milk?

Permalink Reply by Russell Paul Luck on October 19, 2010 at 5:40pm

Hi Elizebeth and Peter,

Yes and Unhomogenised too.

I called skim milk thickened water.

How old is the milk before it gets to us?

Permalink Reply by Elizebeth Flower on October 19, 2010 at 9:55pm

In other words, 'real milk', Russell. Straight from the cow and unadulterated.

Are you perhaps referring to the situation where people can purchase a share in a dairy cow and therefore, as a part owner, have the right to a share in the milk produced? I think I heard some one in the USA had initiated this plan - but I have the impression legislation here prevented it? If you have any information, I would be most interested.

There has been much unjust legislation applied to milk production and distribution over the years. My father was a leading dairy farmer who supplied raw milk to Gympie and I became involved in campaigning for raw milk as a teenager and, in fact, gained my first taste of subversive agendas on the part of government and farming bodies, in opposition to free enterprise in the dairying industry. It was very eye-opening and we could have written a book, or several!