I found an article by friendsEAT that discusses the recent confession from Kraft foods that recombinant bovine growth hormones are present in their food (rBGH).
What is rBGH and why should we care?
Introduced by seed monopoly Monsanto, rBGH is injected into cows to make them produce more milk. Our food is not labeled if it contains this hormone because of the "revolving door" between Monstanto and the government. (Monsanto has people in the FDA, etc. etc.)
rBGH is illegal in every country except for the United States and Brazil. It's illegal everywhere else for good reason... "milk from cows injected with recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) increases risks of breast and colon cancers in humans. (friendsEAT)"
Not to mention the increase in PUS in cow's milk, along with other nasty things.
So, if you want to avoid this, first and foremost, organic dairy needs to be hormone free, such as Organic Valley. So, you can buy organic dairy, but there are a few non-organic brands as well that do not have rBGH in their products. A sample list: General Mills (Yoplait yogurt), Dannon yogurt, Costco's "Kirkland Signature," Target's "Archer Farm," Sam's and Walmart's "Great Value," Safeway’s "O," Publix’s “High Meadows,” Giant's "Nature's Promise," Fresh and Easy store brand, and Kroger store brand (Natalie Lovins).
Here's a great link to rBGH free products by state. I highly suggest that everyone takes a look at this and starts buying organic/rBGH free. After all, in a market economy, if we buy more organic, more organic things will be produced! :)
I like this, it's really informative. I used to be adamant about buying organic milk slash organic food in general, but stopped because it was expensive and now I take turns w/ my roommate in buying milk. This inspires me to start buying organic/local again...
ReplyDeleteWhat's really awesome about organic milk is that it stays good a lot longer than regular milk. So if you're paying more, it ends up paying out in the end because you don't EVER have to dump spoiled milk out. It's funny because you think all of the added chemicals they would add some extra preservatives to make regular milk stay better longer!
ReplyDeleteJust another positive of organic dairy :)