Organic Valley Grassmilk Tasting

BRAINSTORMING HOW TO GET OUTSIDE THE BOX

Waking up in the morning to a self created system...

Remember those brainstorming group gatherings? You were told to think outside the box. Well, don't. It's wrong. Think HOW to get outside the box. In this case, we're talking about how to get outside the system. In this case, it's to get out of the system that treats animals poorly, destroys the environment, produces lower nutrition food products, destroys jobs, and removes choices.

Here is a milk tasting conducted by Organic Valley on the introduction of their new product, Grassmilk. They state that the cows are pasture 100% of the time and that their farms are in Northern California. Of course if demand increases, they will be producing this milk from other farms, I hope ones that are more local.

Don't forget they also have eggs, butter, and cheese which I saw on the shelves at Whole Foods last time I was there about a month ago. Btw, the price on Grassmilk has come down to around $4.50 (it might have been $4.80). I don't quite remember but it was around there.

Here again is the link to the very popular blog post on how to identify the source of milk and its rating in terms of business structure and practices, humane treatment of animals, etc.

[Youtube] Organic Valley presents Grassmilk

Organic Valley Grassmilk @ Whole Foods

Behold the mother of all milk.. Organic Valley Grassmilk has been available for almost a year now at Whole Foods. I picked up a half gallon carton about 6 months ago for $5. My most recent purchase a month ago cost me $5.50. So it very affordable (hey it costs less than 2 cappuccinos).

So there I was at Whole Foods to pick up milk as one of the items in shopping list. And there it was in the milk shelf... My mouth popped open, I sighed WOW, and moved in quickly to gaze at carton which read the words GRASS FED. I picked it up and read some more to make sure it was what I thought it was. It was!.



So here's the key to what makes this product great. Yes, it's organic, and yes it has 4 stars on Cornucopia, but what makes this product stand out from the rest is that the cows feed on pasture grass, just like old times! You're getting full nutrition as nature intended. The cows are happy doing what they do, and so is the farmer.

[Link] Organic Valley Grassmilk information webpage

I just visited Organic Valley website today to grab the pic for this post and noticed they are also selling grass fed butter and cheese! I'll have to check those out next time I'm at Whole Foods.

Btw, Whole Foods has a great meat section and it's affordable. I've been able to pick up chicken breast/drumsticks, tri tip, and pork already BBQed and smoked and sauced for lunch and dinner for much less than what a restaurant would charge, and the quality is much higher.

I also like to pick up their brown box double chocolate cookies ($5.99). Last time I picked them up, they had a bit too much oil or butter, but they were still good. Their 10" (or 12"???) banana cream pie is always a winner ($10). Always have liked their little creme brulee ($6).

Oh and the soups are phenomenal. I like their clam chowder, fish soup (they have some seafoodish name for this one), beef soup (forget the exact name), and sometimes the lamb soup (this one's a little rough!). Anytime I sample a new soup, I am coerced by the flavor to buy it.

Their pizza used to be good. I think it's gone down in quality. Their cheese is now cheesefood (combo of oil + cheese).

What have you run into at Whole Foods or other such stores?