[GTFC197]

Hi everyone,
not sure where to post this, so if in wrong section I apologise now.

Does anyone who lives near Spalding/Boston Lincolnshire, know where we can buy milk from direct from a farm, cutting out the middleman, therefore all monies go to the farmer?

[arugula]

I'll move it to Frugal Living, but you might be better placing an ad on the main forum boards, here:


http://ads.allotment-garden.org/




Edit to add location of classified ad boards.

[GTFC197]

thanks, never thought of that.

[GrannieAnnie]

I wish!!!!

[thestens]

Are you talking about pasteurised or raw milk ? I am not sure whether you are legally still allowed to buy raw milk. Most farmers I guess are tied into contracts with Arla and the like and will not be able to allow 'commoners' to be allowed near the milk. These contracts along with the supermarkets demands are really restrictive and not really good for the farmers. We should all really get deliveries then the farmers would get a fair price and the supermarkets would be put in their place. Support your local Milkman!
Its not always about getting the cheapest , it's sometimes doing whats right.

[grinling]

Farm in Lodge Road, Tattershall sells milk and free range eggs.

[GrannieAnnie]

Is it their own milk grinling???

[grinling]

Can't say I've seen a cow, but it might be indoors. Chooks outdoor free range type.

[Mother-Hen]

I milk cows for a living, and we are not allowed to sell or give unpasteurized milk to anyone. Due to the fact that raw milk as it were can contain unsavoury bacteria. In saying that I take home milk from the farm, my boys have been brought up drinking this milk and have never had any ill effects. ( both are well over  6 ft.)

I was brought up on unpasteurized milk and have never suffered a day sickness in all my working life. But because of health and safety and of course the EU we have to abide by their rules unfortunately.
 

[Madame Cholet]

some small holders sell goats milk as long as you say its for your dog

[Plot74]

They take the bacteria out of the milk then sell you it back in them little tubs with flavouring
Yak--t .
I was brought up on fresh unpasturised milk never did me any harm.
Now I don't touch milk at all .
John

[Trillium]

I always bought fresh milk from a local farm and raised my kids on it. We're all healthy and kicking.

As for bacteria and such in the milk, that's mostly a bunch of hooey. Cows are so regularly checked for infections, diseases, etc that it's pretty much impossible for them to give tainted milk. Especially when you consider that the big milk truck comes along and pumps each farm's milk into one single tanker........duh!!! Milk companies would never think of ruining a big tanker of milk if there really was a worry. It's mostly a ploy to get people to pay retail prices so the shops can profit.

[Mother-Hen]

That is absolutely right, anything to have control over farmers and prices. I'm sorry to say that unless something happens there won't be any dairy farmers left in the UK  in ten years time.

Don't get me started on this homogenised milk, it's just all wrong.....

[arugula]

Farm in Lodge Road, Tattershall sells milk and free range eggs.

Back on topic... GTFC you could try here.

[Daamoot]

Red23.co.uk will post raw milk to you but it's very expensive so not really what you're looking for I guess.

I currently buy pasturized goats milk from supermarkets because I hear its easier to digest and get nutrition from but I'm very tempted to get some goats and milk them myself.  Waiting til I'm sure I can't find an alternative though as that's a big commitment.