A to Z Challenge: Grass-Fed versus Jersey cows

[livingdeb]

I've been reading up on grass-fed beef and milk and pasture-raised chickens. They are expensive to raise because they need space. Not quickly fattened up on grains and hormones, they also need time.

But they are healthier for us to eat. The main difference is that they are lower in fat and the fats they have are healthier. There are also additional vitamins.

Since I prefer skim milk, I lose some of the advantages of grass-fed dairy cows. So maybe it's better if I choose milk from Jersey cows--that has more calcium and protein than milk from other dairy cows.

Obviously Jersey cows can be fed grass--the two categories are not mutually exclusive, in theory. In practice, I can choose one or the other.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Wait... you actually prefer skim milk as in you like the taste of the stuff? I was raised on skim milk and hated it with a passion - but my mother wouldn't let me leave the table until I finished it. It would sit there getting warm and disgusting until I finally held my nose and chugged it. It still makes me gag thinking about it.

When I went to Norway I had whole milk for the first time, and I literally couldn't believe it was even the same substance. It was delicious! It was also grass fed as all the cows there are (or were at the time) so maybe that made a difference.

Anyhow, I guess I'm heartened to know that there are people out there drinking the stuff of their own free will. Whenever I see the gallons and gallons of skim milk at the store, I always think about all the poor people who are being tortured and forced to drink it - so I'm glad to know that perhaps it isn't quite as grim as I had imagined!
:-) -Cat