raw milk

[mimi]

where can i buy raw milk in chicago? is it recommended to buy through a specialty store, or can i go straight to the dairy farmer?

[YourPalWill]

If you mean unhomogenized milk, Fox and Obel carries a brand of it.

[Akatonbo]

If by raw, you mean unpasteurized, you may have to search to find it from a farmer. Here's a link to a web site that spells out the restrictions to selling raw milk in each state where it is legal.

I'd personally be really careful about buying raw milk - the number of microbes you can get from raw milk far exceeds the benefits in taste, IMHO.

Link: http://www.realmilk.com/happening.html

[Barbara]

Pasteurized milk can be full of more bad microbes, because the good microbes have been killed off in the pasteurizing process. I buy and drink only raw milk. It's crucial that you know the farm, however, and its cleanliness level. Most farmers who sell raw milk (where legal) are very careful to be sanitary in their milking and storage practices. Dairies that produce milk that will be pasteurized are often not as careful.

[jlawrence01]

Can't speak for every farmer but you will find resistance from many to selling raw milk to strangers. We had a policy of not selling raw milk to strangers to avoid the liability should someone get sick from the milk.