Dairy Cow (photo by Emily Roesly, courtesy of morguefile.com)

Have you been buying organic milk for your family? If you have, you’ve got plenty of company. The California Department of Food and Agriculture says sales of organic milk grew by almost 34% during the past year.

According to an article in HealthNews.com:

Organic milk has been found to be even healthier than traditional milk, and demand for organic brands has been on the rise. While many may be skeptical, a recent study conducted in Wales supports the increased benefits, including high content of conjugated linoleic acid, also known as CLA9, and higher levels of vitamin E, beta carotene, antioxidants, and the presence of more omega-3 fatty acids.

Organic milk is produced by cows that are fed all-natural foods by grazing and eating fresh grass, forage, and clover. Non-organic farms are allowed to use pesticides and fertilizer for the growth of fodder, and feed hormones and antibiotics to their cows.

A number of separate studies have linked pesticides with Parkinson's Disease over the past several years. Antibiotics in food have been found to increase human resistance to medical treatment with antibiotics and many suspect the hormones administered to animals have led to an earlier onset of puberty in human females. We think those are very good reasons to buy organic milk for your family!

If you’d like to read the HealthNews.com article cited above go to: Organic Milk: A Better Alternative