When buying raw milk, we are going to take more care to make sure the cow’s diets are appropriate (they’re eating what they’re designed to eat- grass), the dairy is clean and the cows are in good health. In industrial farming, where commercial milk comes from, unfortunately too many dairies are too crowded, the cows are fed grain (which makes them sick) and less than sanitary living conditions exist, with the thought that everything will be killed during pasteurization so it’s okay.
Dehydrating Almonds for flour (and a few rabbit trails)
February 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
Share A 25-pound box of almonds from Azure Standard. A friend and I went in together on the almonds, they’re not pasteurized with propylene oxide like most almonds sold in stores (I was told my almonds from Costco are). Why are almonds pasteurized? Just like everything that’s pasteurized, they do it to cover up the [...]
Apricot Kernels and vitamin b17
September 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
ShareKnow what these are? Apricot pits. We found yummy organic apricots at our health food store, reasonably priced, on our last errand day. We ate them in the car and saved the pits in a baggie to take home and crack open. I learned about apricot kernels, B17, and cancer a couple years ago, and [...]
