Sterile Food, Means Dead Food

Yesterday turned out to be a fairly busy day with our goat's arriving we had a lot to get prepared, secure the fencing and shift into goat owner mode. Right now our little barn is filling up with all of these animals some of which will be invited for Christmas dinner....LOL.

Right now we are all adjusting to having some new animals around as well as something very different from what we are used to with all the birds. It turns out that while goats tend to be quite stubborn, they are also very friendly, easy to handle and gentle creatures. 

These 2 we have acquired are brother and sister (twins) who have never been separated having spent the last 4 or 5 years of their lives side by side. And treated very well I might add. Perhaps that is part of the reason they have such a nice temperament...

My hope is to be able to at the very least have fresh milk year round - and perhaps to breed the female so that we can grow our own little goat herd. But right now, a little real milk is great! The reason I use the word real is because of the taste...

I don't know if you have ever tasted shop bought pasteurized milk and then taken some fresh from a goat. It is actually quite remarkable because the difference is huge. Of course I could never help but wonder if all those things said about the negatives of pasteurization are true.

When you do the least amount of research on this topic one of the first statements to be found is this: 'Farms are not sterile environments' ; therefore they cannot be trusted as far as providing fresh milk that would be bacteria free.

That for me as as far as I need to go with this issue. Perhaps the main problem with our guts, digestion, immune system and health right now on this planet, is the fact that there are those who are determined to eradicate every living thing from our bodies....

We are meant to be living. Inside and out - with teams of healthy bacteria working together especially within our guts helping us to digest our food, make vitamins and synthesize useful nutrients. They also have a huge role to play with our immune function.

Or basically, we cannot function without them. This constant eating and drinking sterile food is killing us inside - because sterile food means dead food. 

Of course, drinking raw milk would only be something I would do from my own animals (I know their care, feed and habits). And this needs to be part of the larger picture here of healthy eating and living. 

Personally, I feel it has taken us a few years to get our immune systems back to where they should be to function in this world. I can only imagine how people are faring who take medication regularly, eat rubbish foods and otherwise do nothing to support these vital processes. 

It is time to get back to health everyone!

April 

Welcome to the goats!