Why sponsor a Milk Coop in Smyrna?

Bottom line: we believe raw milk is the most nutritious beverage for our family bar none. Getting milk directly from the source became a passion after learning of it through reading The Maker's Diet. What I read made a lot of sense.

Many ask why we don't get milk from a local source in Georgia. We opted for getting our milk from a SC certified Grade A Raw Milk supply simply because of my liver disorder. My liver has issues coping with the normal stuff I consume ~ introducing a product that may or may not have potentially deadly pathogens was not an option. My immune system might not be able to cope. It was too big a risk.

Whereas in most other areas of our life, we are for less government, we found that in dealing with a raw product, we wanted to have government oversight. S. Carolina Grade A Raw Dairies are required to follow stringent testing to ensure the safety of the product.

Once my children tasted the raw milk product, they never looked back.

During the three years we have drank raw milk, we have experienced many health benefits. My symptoms of the liver disorder is markedly less. Our youngest son's pediatrician recommended that we consider growth hormone therapy because he was not growing and his dentist had recommended some radical steps to deal with his palate because of overcrowding. Within six months of starting raw milk, both issues resolved themselves.

When we started raw milk, we traveled to a coop that was about an hour each way from our home. We quickly found that we were ordering about 5-6 gallons every week. The kids loved the stuff; they began to drink it all the time. They quit requesting soda pop and sports drink. What mother wouldn't want her kids to drink a nutrient dense product instead of sugar filled flavored water?

Soon we found others in our community who wanted to try the raw milk as well. It is the old "if you build it, they will come" mentality. We have found many people locally who want this wonderful product. Pretty soon, it just made sense to try to organize a coop locally.