Atlanta Milk Delivery

Dairy products have been a staple to our food supply for thousands of years. What’s interesting is that the dairy products that people have consumed for the last hundred years or so are different than those that were used for thousands of years prior. It was in 1908 that Chicago would become the first major American City to require dairy products to be pasteurized by law. Because of illnesses that occurred due to unsanitary conditions or infected animals, it was thought that pasteurization would make milk safer for the public to consume.

The next major change to milk was the homogenizing process. Homogenization pushes milk through filters at high pressures. This suspends fat globules and disperses them more evenly in the milk. This process causes those tiny fat globules to bypass our normal digestive system and go into our bloodstream. Homogenization is seen as an unnecessary step by many smaller dairy farmers. In unprocessed milk, cream settles to the top of the liquid. It can be dispersed in the milk by shaking the container before stirring. This is the natural way that milk is supposed to be.

Mass produced dairy products are made by many different cows in no specific herds that are pushed to the maximum of what their bodies can produce. Sometimes cows that are sick or have diseases are still allowed to produce. The milk is heavily processed so the bacteria and disease in the animals is killed in the process. There is also blood and pus from infected cows that is allowed in the milk and it undergoes processing to keep its uniform white color. Commercial “vitamin D milk” contains concentrated hydrogenated vegetable oil as the vitamin D source. Reduced fat and low fat milk contains powdered skim milk to add body to the milk.

As you can see, milk goes through many unnatural processes that takes it away from it’s natural state. There are however still sources of natural dairy products that are produced the in natural and sustainable ways. Nature’s Garden Delivered, an organic home delivery service, carries high quality, low processed dairy products from local farms. The milk they sell is from Mountain Fresh Creamery in Clermont, Georgia. They sell natural cheeses from Sweet Grass Dairy in Thomasville, GA and Capra Gia Cheese Company. These products come from real dairies that produce real products, the way that nature intended. They do not undergo unnatural chemical processes and they do not contain artificial and chemical ingredients. Making the switch to real, natural dairy products as part of a healthy diet is easy with Nature’s Garden. They bring real local dairy products right to your door.