Cow Share Program

[wharris]

Not sure why,  but the scene from Napoleon Dynamite comes to mind:

"The defect in that one is bleach."
"Yessssssss"

[cozcoester]

Not sure why,  but the scene from Napoleon Dynamite comes to mind:

"The defect in that one is bleach."
"Yessssssss"

hahaha!

[cozcoester]

thats a very smart idea to check up on things.  I never would have occured to me personally.  I prefer my cheeses pesticide free.

[homeacremom]

Share programs are the loophole in the milk distribution regs. Sometimes it works and sometimes they catch your head and hang you.
I'd love to see more Grade B licensing. I've been checking into it in my state and it is still not clear to me if it is allowed to market to individual home cheesemakers or only to a cheese plant.
I agree that you need to check up on your milk source. it's called common sense. That round-up senario is outrageous, but let's not deceive ourselves into thinking the big guys do any better. I've been around commercial dairy farms all my life. Rare to find a conscientious farmer. 

[SpiritedRose]

In Washington, the state has noticed that "loophole" and they note that cow shares are only legal IF you are also a grade A dairy, and therefore, the cow share idea is kind of a moot point.

I'd be wary about a chow share deal, wondering what I was really paying for the product...

[Cartierusm]

Spirited, I belive you meant to say, "it's a mooo point" not moot. Just trying to be helpful.

[Captain Caprine]

Damn it Carter!
You beat me to it
CC

[wharris]

LOL,

I have given up on trying to acquire raw milk for now.   Right now, I don't have a recipe that I can execute well enough over time to justify the expense/risk associated with raw milk anyway.

Hell, I cannot even adhere to a scalding temperature protocol consistently yet.

So, in the mean time, I will spend my time, perfecting my craft with cheap, store bought milk.

Someday, when I have perfected my process to the point that only a new source of raw milk will make it better, I will again look for raw milk.

If I appear a bit down, I'm sorry.  Sometimes cheese making is a bit frustrating. 

(But I keep at it.)