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Canadians have always prided themselves on choice. In growing ways we continue expanding choices for our health. One of the primary ways we do this is by owning our diet. Knowing how, where and by whom our foods are produced, become indicators to the quality and nutrient density of our food.

Whats up?

Raw unprocessed milk is one of natures superfoods. Loaded with vitamins, enzymes, minerals and proteins, this pure substance in its natural unprocessed state offers health, healing and satisfaction. Many people with asthmas and allergies that have switched to raw milk have noted that their ailments have cleared up. In fact, a raw milk diet has been well documented by Physicians for successfully treating thousands of cases of many chronic diseases. However when subjected to pasteurization, the heat sensitive vitamins and minerals get destroyed, the enzymes are rendered impotent and the proteins denatured. This once living and life-giving food becomes a shadow of what it was … albeit with a longer shelf life.

The two kinds of milk

When healthy animals are raised the way nature intended – outside with a grass-based diet – real milk in its natural state is one of natures most healing and perfect living whole foods. A grass-based diet provides for significantly higher levels of vitamins in the milk and a much healthier ratio of healthy Omega 3 to Omega 6 Essential Fatty Acids. Research shows that Vitamin E along with cancer fighting fats such as CLA’s, are 300%-500% higher in animals or their milk products, when animals are raised on grass. In contrast to this natural production paradigm is the industrial agribusiness system that much of our milk is currently produced in. These industrialized confinement operations have been designed to maximize efficiencies and production quantities while limiting costs – feed and otherwise– all at the expense of the quality of the milk. Commodity milk produced in this manner without regard to natures intention, provides a case for pasteurization.

The impact on our environment

Apart from beautifying rural landscapes, grass-based animal production also has a net reducing effect on green house gasses in the atmosphere. As shown in a recent study when grasslands are nurtured intentionally through holistic grazing management, the total net atmospheric carbon load is reduced - animal emissions included. This process of absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and adding it to the soil raises the soil’s organic matter which heightens the biological activity in the soil, increases moisture absorption and retention while reducing the incidence of erosion.

What now?

Choosing what one puts in to their mouth is one of the most basic of human freedoms and self-expression. Currently in Canada it is illegal to purchase unprocessed raw milk; the drink that nourished many of our parents and generations beyond. As our society strengthens its focus in selecting invigorating and life giving foods, real unprocessed milk offers unequalled possibilities for vitality and health fulfillment. We invite you to research the facts on this subject for yourself and make this your own choice. A whole world of health and culinary delight awaits!