Raw Milk

Milked once per day.

The Jersey herd roams at-will to graze 24/7/365 (zero confinement) and may free-choice on organic alfalfa (nonGMO alfalfa when organic is not available), at milking time. Our cows and her milk are truly 100% grass, no grain, no corn, no soy, no cottonseed nor brewer's yeast, nor any; hormones, antibiotics, steroids or GMO’s ever used, and we do not practice artificial insemination. We do not ever separate calves from their mama. After milking, the herd rotates immediately onto new pasture instead of the same pasture entered from, in-keeping with our regenerative farming standards. We are not certified organic (by choice due to cost) but we do practice organic standards. The pastures are fertilized most often with the skim milk or whey after churning butter and cheesemaking, and not chemicals, ever.

Cows innately prefer grazing, digesting and ruminating (chewing cud) grass, which also makes for milk that is; 5x higher in CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid), higher vitamins & antioxidants, and balanced healthy EFAs (Omega3 to Omega6).

Store this raw milk inside the fridge but not the door where it's warmer. Ideal temp is 32°-33°. At this temperature, the milk will keep 10+ days. The colder your milk, the longer before it begins to clabber and ripen (fat begins to separate from the protein). Raw Milk will eventually sour (ripen) on its own, and that is how creameries used to culture cheeses. If you transfer your raw milk into glass jars, it will chill colder and prolong the time before it ripens.

Ingredients Raw Milk: Pastured Raw Whole Milk

Ingredients Chocolate Raw Milk: Pastured Raw Whole Milk, Organic Raw Cane Sugar and Organic Alkalized Cocoa Powder.

Come Autumn/Winter, the herd gifts less milk due to shorter pasture grasses reshooting and daylight, and seasonal drops in temperature. Less milk means we don't make chocolate milk, because the demand for milk remains very high. Check back periodically for small batches of Chocolate Milk, until we make it again come Spring/Summer.

Per Florida statute: Protein (min) 4%, Fat (min) 4.5%, Fiber (max) 1%

Milking and bottling at Alday Farm (Arcadia, FL) for Heritage Hen Farm. Per state statute, our Raw Dairy is sold as livestock feed and labeled “not for human consumption”. Local pick up only, we do not ship products.