2009 Dairy Trials

After getting the last order of December 2008, we had more comments out the Cows R Us milk. One mom said her children would not drink it; in two other families, only the guys were drinking the milk. How frustrating not only to deal with dissatisfied members but also to be the bearer of bad news to Jennifer at CRU.

The decision was made to switch back to an every 2 week schedule instead of a 3 week schedule. We had switched to the every 3 week schedule because membership was down and gas prices were close to $4 a gallon; which meant that the driver's gas was costing between $50 - 70 each trip. We were not even ordering 70 gallons per trip, so often the $1 per gallon coop fee did not cover the cost of gas much less ice or other expenses. Now that gas was under $2 a gallon, we could afford to go back to an every two week delivery schedule.

We had not scheduled any drivers for 2009 so David and I opted to make the trip to S. Carolina to visit two certified Grade A Raw Milk dairies on the day we picked up our coop's order from CRU. The dairies we visited were Harmony in Westminster, SC and Milky Way in Starr, SC. Both dairies assured us that they would have 12 gallons of milk available for us to purchase ~ we had decided to have the members who had issues try some other dairies milk with their 1/17 order.