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Old Sat, Jun-01-19, 20:27
Verbena Verbena is offline
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Bob, I have no idea how it is in Florida, but here on the west coast more and more dairies have been following consumer demand and not using rBGH on their cows. Trader Joe's, at least out here, does not source their dairy products from farmers who use this hormone. Even their regular, non organic stuff. Our local dairy, based in the small city where I live, but sourcing their milk from eastern Oregon, has, in recent years, proclaimed itself rBGH free. For awhile they had additives in their cream, but in the last year or so that is no longer the case. Their organic cream is still ultra pasteurized, so I buy the regular. There is a dairy in Northern California that sells organic cream, not ultra pasteurized, in glass bottles; I can find that in a store an hour's drive away, and sometimes buy it, but it is expensive, and obviously not easily available, so I am OK with the local dairy's non organic, but also non rBGH, cream. About 20 some years ago I couldn't find any cream at all that wasn't ultra pasteurized, even TJ's, and just didn't buy any. I wasn't LC then, but did enjoy cream on occasion, but not for those several years. You have probably done your homework, but still, in my experience, dairys change their rules periodically so it is worth keeping an eye out for changes.
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