Organic Dairy Products

Twyla, our personal milk cow

Dairy products – to eat or not to eat?  While some say we need a certain number of glasses of milk per day, others say milk is only for calves, and still others that milk is medicine.

The problem is not milk, but rather the processing that makes it unfit for consumption. This life-giving wonder food has been stripped of its nutrition and health benefits by pasteurization and homogenization.

Most milk is processed at very high temperatures (ultra-pasteurization or UHT).  Temperatures as high as 140° C (284°F) destroy essential vitamins and enzymes, and denature the milk proteins.  This leads to lactose intolerance and other problems digesting dairy products. 

Homogenization is even worse.  Reducing the size of fat globules in the milk prevents cream from separating, but it also allows the enzyme xanthine oxidase to pass directly into the bloodstream where it attacks the artery walls and heart muscle. This causes lesions that the body tries to heal with a protective layer of cholesterol resulting in scar tissue, calcified plaques, and a build-up of fatty deposits.

What about the cows?  In a conventional dairy herd, cows are kept in unhealthy conditions, fed chemicalled feeds, given hormones to over-produce, and antibiotics because they live in such stressful circumstances. There is evidence that dairy products from commercial operations do contain antibiotics which have been given to the cows.

For more on this topic go to: "More Reasons To Avoid Milk" - Mercola.com.

For more on what happens in conventional milk production, watch: The Meatrix 2.

The very best is organic raw milk, but it is illegal to sell raw milk in Canada. Follow this ‘must read’ link about the issues facing farmers who want to do things right: "The Incredible Story of Michael and Dorothea Schmidt and Real Milk in Canada" - Real Milk.com    

At Harvest Haven we have the next best option to raw milk: Vital Green Farms dairy products - organic, low-temperature pasteurized and non-homogenized. We also carry a large variety of organic cheeses some of which are made from raw milk – from Cheddar to Ricotta to Havarti to Swiss – we have a cheese for everyone and every occasion.

Customer Feedback

“For three years, my daughter has been a very unhappy child. She was always tired and always clinging and screaming. In early September she was hospitalized for terrible pain – so bad that she could not breathe. After three days the pain stopped – but the doctors could not find the problem. I took her to a homeopath who suggested it was a food allergy that made her grumpy all the time. We switched to Vital Green Farms milk and noticed a difference immediately. Two months later, she is happier, more energetic and does not have screaming tantrums anymore!”
- A.S., Coaldale

“Coming back from California to Alberta, we were concerned that we would not be able to find the same quality of organic dairy and produce. However, to our delight, Harvest Haven carries everything we were able to have in California.

My daughter has allergies to milk but she has no problems with the organic non-homogenized milk offered at Harvest Haven.

I just made chicken stock from one chicken I purchased at Harvest Haven and it is the best I have ever been able to make.”
- Angela Quinton

“We use the milk we purchase at Harvest Haven to make baby formula for my little girl. She is not gassy on it, which is nice. It seems to work better than goat’s milk. We both liked the bananas, they keep better and did not go brown as fast.”
- Jackie