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Consumption – in all of its forms ebbs and flows as my priorities in life.
Sometimes I stay on top of what goes in my ears, eyes and into my tummy while sometimes I slack and pay the consequences.
Then there are seasons, like the one I am in now.
A rough season of sorts that included a long caregiving trip for my parents out-of state, followed by the death of their dog, then a sudden death of my own Great Dane Dutch and then the shocking death of my Father.
Consumption matters more than ever right now. At times it may feel like burying myself in a big bowl of lobster mac n cheese or a plate of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies might make me feel better. Or, perhaps letting life pass by as I numb myself with entertaining shows.
Lots and lots of twaddle Charlotte Mason would say.
Twaddle sounds comforting but I know myself and I know better. In my current state that leans more fragile, I am carefully selecting my environment.
And in this post, I wanted to talk about my food consumption that is as clean as could be. Local meats & local dairy.
Raw milk is one of my favorite nutritional drinks. Sourcing raw milk is best done at the root of the creation, local farms. Farmers that raise cows that are used for raw milk eat grass, which benefits the bacteria in their stomach, which then passes along through the milk. Cows consumption greatly matters too. Fresh air, how much grass they eat, and production expectations are all important factors for making healthy milk.
I look for milk that hasn’t been pasteurized.
Pasteurization is the heating of the milk to kill off ALL of the bacteria. This was initially put into practice so that the milk would have a longer shelf-life. But just like other techniques that aim to kill bacteria, they end up killing off the beneficial bacteria in the process as well.
Finding Raw Milk in Dallas
Through the years, Milk has become a heavily processed food.
So where do we go to get raw milk in Dallas?
Lavon Farms (Plano)
This is the main farm we head over to since its closest to home. Hands down, my top recommended dairy farm.
Reeves Farm (Princeton)
This farm shop is open from May to September and a few days into October I believe. Check their social media. We love this place, good people, geat quality of items and the largest variety of food items. Stock up on fruits, veggies, honey, syrup, casseroles, eggs, meat, dairy, pastires, butter and all the yummy things.
N&P Dairy Farm (Farmersville)
This farm was referred to me by a like minded patriot. I would check socials or call before you show up to make sure they have raw milk available. It is normal for farms to sell out.
We finally made it up here after a fun morning in Downtown Farmersville and we were so excited as we heard great things about their porch talks. I also wanted to snag a picture for this blog post. Unfortunately (and surprisingly), we were greeted by some angry retail employees. We were surprised by the very un-welcome treatment we received from these folks (not the older farmers). I never knew we would feel so uncomfortable at a farm. But there we were met with 2 employees that seemed won down and ready to throw us out. They were out of raw milk but they did have some meat that we purchased since we felt so badly and shook up on our treatment. Even my husband was a bit in shock. We just selected something else on the menu and got out of dodge. Funny thing is, just hours before we had to pop into the Dollar General for a small item in downtown Farmersville and were being treated like gold by the cashier. =) I hear amazing things about this farm but for us, we will never return to experience the raw milk.
For those of you on the northern side of Collin County, this will be you go to spot. Just be sure to call ahead because they run out as do many local farms.
Local Yocal (McKinney)
Head to the shop, not the new restaurant for raw milk. They stock dairy products from Mill-King in McGregor, Texas. Mill-King cows are grass-fed as much as possible, supplemented by forage-based feed that is GMO, soy and corn free. Their cows are never given artificial hormones to increase production, and you’ll never find preservatives or additives in their milk.
Raw milk is nutritious, delicious and healing.
An excerpt from a Weston A. Price article on the health benefits of raw milk highlights just how much healing history it has. “Since ancient times, physicians like Hippocrates, Galen, Pliny and Varro have used raw milk to cure a wide range of diseases. Hippocrates advised tuberculosis sufferers to drink raw milk in quantity. In the Ayurvedic medicine of India, milk is used in the practice of brimhana meaning to “buck up” or nourish the body. It’s also used in rasayana to rejuvenate the body and in vajikarana, to promote sexual function and fertility. Physicians prescribed raw milk as a gentle laxative, to cool inflammation of ulcerated tissues, and as a galactagogue to increase milk production for the nursing mother. In the U.S., raw milk was used for one hundred fifty years to treat a wide range of conditions and is still used today in some hospitals in European and other countries.”
We have been conditioned to think what is good and what is bad in this world.
If you are interested in finding raw milk in Dallas, I invite you to esearch more and talk with your local farmers who can give you more valuable insight.