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judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 06 9:18 am Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

Local for me, glass bottles from Pat Mustard the milkman.

Not falling for that one again

Verminda spirit

Joined: 07 Apr 2006
Posts: 11

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 06 7:34 am Post subject:
I used to have the local milk, until someone kept pinching it from my doorstep!..... ..... Now i just buy milk from my local shop, however they dont have organic....

gingerwelly

Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Posts: 419
Location: Wales ...in cardiff at the mo but from mid wales

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 06 11:22 am Post subject:
I think I must be very lucky been in Wales ... in all the shops and supermarkets there is always welsh milk ( produced and processed in wales) and I know that the milk I buy in Cardiff (if welsh milk) is from below the mid wales line, due to the influence of the welsh assembly people ....and my uncle

gingerwelly

Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Posts: 419
Location: Wales ...in cardiff at the mo but from mid wales

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 06 11:22 am Post subject:
I think I must be very lucky been in Wales ... in all the shops and supermarkets there is always welsh milk ( produced and processed in wales) and I know that the milk I buy in Cardiff (if welsh milk) is from below the mid wales line, due to the influence of the welsh assembly people ....and my uncle

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 06 6:55 pm Post subject:

i now buy organic milk from the dreaded tesco

i buy it because i do not wish to contribute to the intensive method of milk production that also contributes to the live transportation of day old calves to the continent

i also try and buy organic butter and cheese for the same reason

i can't say if it comes from the continent or not though i read that Yeo valley do send some of their milk to that supermarket and i hope that it finds my way to my fridge

if i could find a more local source of organic milk i would use it but there doesn't seem to be one though we do have the marybelle dairie conglomerate for locally produced milk

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 06 8:47 pm Post subject:

We go with local and are lucky to have it delivered to the doorstep in "proper" glass milk bottles from a farm up the road.

I always go for local over organic, and the semi-skimmed milk we get is richer-tasting and creamier than any full-fat milk we've ever had. My partner (who was possibly a humphrey in a previous life

) will even drink the semi-skimmed straight from the bottle, a pint at a time -- something he'd never do with any other semi-skimmed.

I know we're lucky to have this option, but do go for it when it's available, I'd say...

npsmama

Joined: 26 Oct 2006
Posts: 49

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 06 12:44 am Post subject:

Very interesting topic.

I'm very late contirbuting but still thought I'd join in.

Having tasted supermarket organic there's no way we ever want o have supermarket nonorganic evey again.

I do somethimes buy local non-homogenised but I have 2 problems with it.

1. it goes off very fast
and 2. it retails at 99p for 2 pints. We use about 6 pints a week and I find it hard to spend that amount on milk.
But I feel that I am wrong and stingey thinking like this.
But I can't help thinking I am paying a premium to make up for the disgraceful price supermarkets pays milk producers...

Also, I'll admit I prefer the taste of organic to local!

So now I compromise: I buy local but also buy yeo Valley as my understanding is that it is fairer to farmers - at least i think so and hope so!

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 06 7:13 am Post subject:
You may be able to get Calon Wen Welsh organic milk from supermarkets - I know some Tesco's sell it.

ros

Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 2469
Location: Beds

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 06 8:50 am Post subject:
Local non-homogenised, delivered 3 times a wk. costs more but comes in glass bottles. fat milk has proper cream on the top, semi skimmed is nice. I read somewhere that homogenised milk is not good for you, but I can't remember why, anyone know?

katie

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 713
Location: midlands

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 06 8:53 am Post subject:
We're lucky enough to have local organic milk delivered in glass bottles.

npsmama

Joined: 26 Oct 2006
Posts: 49

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 06 10:25 pm Post subject:

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We're lucky enough to have local organic milk delivered in glass bottles.

I really envy you!!!

Amazingly, in South east Kent, I have not been able to find anything like this!

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