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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
What a bunch of snobs. Don't put Ranch on pizza!! Eat whatever you want on pizza.
Grocery Ninja: Russian Blood Candy, Just in Time for Halloween
Disgusting. I feel bad for the kids that come to your door.
Why Pepperoni Pizza Sucks
Pepperoni is awesome. You are all a bunch of snobs.
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The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
You're all stupid. Organic milk is not any better for you than regular milk. Waste your money.
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
What a bunch of snobs. Don't put Ranch on pizza!! Eat whatever you want on pizza.
Grocery Ninja: Russian Blood Candy, Just in Time for Halloween
Disgusting. I feel bad for the kids that come to your door.
Why Pepperoni Pizza Sucks
Pepperoni is awesome. You are all a bunch of snobs.
Newspaper Food Sections Cutting Jobs; What Can Be Done?
This website is one of the reasons.
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
How do you get a white trash girl to suck your d**k?
Dip it in ranch dressing.
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
I don't put ranch on anything! Gross tasting stuff.
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
Amen "omnomnom"! (I'm from Mich, too. Same area)
Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?
I absolutely love ranch on my pizza. Granted, I am a middle-school student (though homeschooled), and got the idea from my (middle school, homeschooled) friends after we started dipping French-Fries in Ranch (that's justified in Mich--here most of the fries are way too greasy or way too dry). We decided to try it on our pizza--and it's great. Only Hidden Valley (tm) works though. Deep dish pizza doesn't need it, fortunately. A group fave for us is cayenne pepper, fresh black pepper, ranch, and tabasco sauce. I agree, if it's good pizza, it doesn't need condiments, but (1) pizza in metro-detroit isn't that good, and (2), it doesn't matter if it needs it--if ya want it, I say put it on unashamedly!
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
Quality?
Youve got to be kidding!!! This rag will go out of business because it DESERVES to go out of business. Its no different than any other business. If what you got isn't what the public wants, adios...and good riddance.
It would be a good paper if all I wanted was editorials DISGUISED as reporting.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
All our dairy is organic, I wouldn't have anything else in the house. If it is not available we do without. I make our yogurt and buttermilk which saves a bit. . I try to purchase Organic Valley exclusively, but when not available resort to other brands. I realize with a large family it is much more expensive and becomes a tough choice. Thirty years ago you were lucky to get organic milk in a health food store. Now all sorts of products are available and it is wonderful to have them. I would hate to see them disappear again. Please support organics and local farmer's markets as much as you can. It really matters! I am living proof of the difference it makes to one's health.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
Thanks for reporting this. Our organic milk consumption as decreased due to allergies to casein, but half of the family still consumes milk & butter. I buy Organic Valley almost exclusively, the Safeway brand (and many others) do not have the same ethics in my opinion. There are so many loop holes in the system as to what substitutions can be made if organic feed becomes to expensive. Besides I like to support the littler guy.
For our family it is more responsible and better for us to purchase organic. I will continue to do so. My husband always says "you can pay for better food now or the doctor later."
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
I second the sentiment that real reporting is needed to keep us on our toes and aware of the issues that effect us. I'm a voracious reader and major foodie, and I was amazed how little I knew about the problems facing the dairy industry until just this last week. The issues facing the dairy industry are so dire everyone needs to be aware of the effects and what individuals can do to help.
Here is some research I did and made available at Foodwoolf.com concerning what consumers can do to support the struggling dairy farmers.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
For one summer, when I was a child, I drank milk like most people drink coffee or water. Never drank a glass of the stuff after that. Whenever I would try, my stomach wanted to throw it back up. So I finally quit. Good thing my mother didn't insist. I now drink organic soy 'milk' but only if it's chocolate. Don't know why milk bothers me, since other dairy products don't, just milk.
I feel for any small/family farmers today. They don't stand a chance against 'agrifarms', which are driving out the local guy.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
Frankly, I think organic milk is a shuck, like much of the "organic" industry post-USDA categorizing. It's all about bucks to agribusiness, not supporting small local farmers. In a lot of places it's illegal to buy directly from those farmers, anyway (and don't even get me started about the idiocy of drinking raw milk that's been oustide the cow, sheep, or goat it came from for more than an hour).
Me, I'm lactose intolerant, so I either drink coconut milk, almond milk, or treat whatever milk I buy with lactase drops. The lactase may interfere with the flavor, but if so, I don't notice it. Then again, I literally never drink a plain, unadulterated glass of any kind of milk--neither now nor as a child 50+ years ago.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
The thing people were looking for with organic milk mainly was that it was drug free. No hormones and no antibiotics. Many believe that the increased amounts in milk over the years has hurt a generation of milk drinkers. Now that bovine growth hormone has been almost disappeared from milk producing cattle people aren't as worried.Look for labels that state hormone free. It is really the best choice in this crappy economy. Buy organic milk if you want to waste money.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
Personally, I have a cow that I feed only the most organic of feeds, that I milk myself.
... This WAS a contest, right?
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
When my husband and I "cut back" and figured out what we would and wouldn't give up, organic milk was one of those "keeps". Yes it costs more but we figure the price is worth the taste. Plus we get our milk in bottles which are returnable so now carton waste. We'll give up going out to eat once a week or getting a cheaper brand of something else to keep up our organic milk drinking.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
Surprised. We still buy our six litres of organic milk per week. Sometimes more.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
I like the Organic Valley non-fat but I don't like that it only comes in half-gallons. I live 37 miles south of NYC. Does anyone know of a store between here and there where organic milk is sold in quarts?
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
@Shamefree, I completely agree--better taste and longer-lasting. I'm willing to pay a little extra for that.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
I won't drink milk if it has any sort of 'smell.' I don't mean the normal smell after it's been open a couple days; I mean any smell. I know, it's strange. I used to buy 2 or 3 of those small containers of regular milk so it would always be fresh. I started buying organic and not only does it taste cleaner, but it last so much longer that it's worth paying a little bit of a premium.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
I like cheap non-organic milk from mammals. If the price was the same I might buy organic but I won't pay a penny extra. How do you milk a nut?
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
"we buy organic raw milk. after pasteurization even organic milk isn't very healthy."
Oh sure, for I'm guessing, oh, 99.5% of the population, they must just be ignorant or lazy to not run down to their local grocery store and buy raw milk! Oh wait...
Having an infant about to transition onto cows milk I have done a lot of reading about milk and will surely purchase organic when he starts to drink it. Up till now, I've always purchased the cheap non-organic kind, and I quite frankly, am a perfectly healthy 34 year old. It will sting paying more for it, but I hope it never reaches a point where organic will become unavailable. But what am I thinking... I will just buy raw milk *rolls eyes*
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
@Doctrine: Please die???
That seems unnecessarily harsh, don't you think? Sheesh!!
How about "I disagree" as a response? Just a thought...
~ Paula
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
We trade homemade, fresh baked bread for raw milk. If we want it fresher, we can milk the cow ourselves, but since I grew up doing that, I will gladly pass. Our milk supplier sells us this grand stuff as pet food, since it is illegal in this state to sell raw milk. If I were to buy milk, I would buy organic, but the price is truely outrageous.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
One thing I've noticed in the thread is are statements along the line of, if organic milk costs a dolllar more then drink a dollar-less worth of milk. But in most areas in the midwest organic milk costs 5 times that of regular milk. I find myself buying organic soy milk because it is only 3 times more than regular milk. If I bought a cow share maybe it wouldn't be that much more expensive, but I think you need to be careful when purchasing raw milk.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
we buy organic raw milk. after pasteurization even organic milk isn't very healthy.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
I just visited an Amish farm in Indiana which sells to Organic Valley, and they are not struggling because their farm is diversified. They have a seed business and vegetable production. I didn't buy organic milk because the price was to high instead I buy milk from local dairies which I know have good quality milk and take good care of their animals. However I might start buying organic if the other farmers that contribute to organic valley's milk pull have as good of operations as Samuel, the Amish farmer I met. He' been rotational grazing for 16 years (way ahead of his time) and the most lush pasture I have seen in all my years of agricultural education.
The Organic Milk Business Has Gone Bad: Are You Buying Less Organic Milk?
I would not deprive children of milk if I could possibly help it. They will drink milk while it is often difficult to coax them into eating other sources of the vitamins and minerals they get from milk. As for adults, dark green leafy vegetables are a better source of minerals, including calcium.
Having said all that, I am not willing to give up on milk or other dairy products. They are important for cooking and straight consumption. They bring pleasure to life and there is absolutely nothing wrong with a little pleasure.
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You're all stupid. Organic milk is not any better for you than regular milk. Waste your money.