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History
As a little girl, complaining about my morning chores, my daddy would tell me about how he had to milk the family cow before and after school, so I should count my self lucky. I thought he was the lucky one - Imagine being able to milk your own cow! That nugget stayed in my brain, tickling me once in a while, but would not surface until many years later. Growing up, I did have an affinity to "Olden Times" and felt like I had been born about 100 years too late. I love reading pioneer and homesteading stories. The Little House on the Prairie books are some of my favorites.
This enjoyment of old fashioned ideas stayed with me in adulthood. When my children were young, I gardened for the first time and continued off and on throughout the years. The quality of our food became more of a concern to me. I started baking my own bread, which led to grinding my own wheat. Organic foods were sought out. I wanted meat from animals raised the way Nature intended - outside and eating a natural diet.
About four years ago, after reading Nourishing Traditions, I wanted to find fresh raw milk for my family. None was available in New Mexico. I contemplated having it shipped from California where it was legal to sell; that would have been prohibitively expensive. After searching and researching the benefits and the availability of fresh raw milk, I found that if I wanted fresh raw milk, I would have to buy the cow.
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