Common Sense and milk

As stated before, We are what we eat. It makes sense that that would be true for any animal. A healthy cow will provide healthy milk. There are many concerns for me concerning milk. The first being what makes a healthy cow. according to organic livestock production manuals and workbooks a healthy cow requires space to graze, clean water, a waste managed space and organic feed. The feed not only has to be organic but not be fine particles or the beast will bloat. Feeds can be grain, grass, cull vegetables and forage etc. The exception is that the cow not be fed overly grown woody food because it doesn't have high levels of nutrition and of course it has to be organic. This is of course a generalization, I am not a cattle farmer.

Having said all of that, how do we know about the milk we buy at the store? We call the company. As it turns out, our house drinks Coop milk which is supplied (I Think by Saskatchewan dairy producers) and one lives down the road. I think I will ask them some questions and see what I can find out. In the mean time I have found the sources listed below if anyone is concerned with what I am discovering. It turns out that the milk we drink is primarily marketed to stay on the shelf longer. Not be nutritious or taste good. No surprise there. Most food is becoming like this. The processing of the milk after it leaves the farms seems to be the biggest concern to me but I'll see what our neighbour says.

Sources:
ww1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex6769
http://www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF//livestockworkbook.pdf
http://eap.mcgill.ca/MagRack/RH/RH_E_97_05.htm