5. Dairy Facts:
Organic milk comes from cows that eat organic grain and not grain,
enhanced with hormones, antibiotics or other chemicals.
Organic dairy farmer's do not use pesticides. On the other hand, there
are about 500 different pesticides licensed for use on non-organic
mixed farms.
-According to the USDA study from 2005, conventional milk contains
an average of 2.5 pesticides.
- Organic cows are only given antibiotics when they are sick, but non-
organic farms routinely treat cows with antibiotics even when they are
not sick.
Organic milk must come from cows that have not been treated with
growth hormones, or BGH. BGH is used to increase milk supply.
For Milk to be certified organic, the cows must have access to
pastures.