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Greenwood Farms is once again
offering raw milk. The State Milk Board has
revisited its interpretation of raw milk laws yet again and has informed us that
the sale of raw milk is now permitted as long as we sell from the farm
or deliver from the farm.
Because
of the state's previous ruling that banned raw milk sales
from uninspected farms, we cut back on the number of cows we
were milking to just enough to supply our needs. That means
until our other two cows calve in mid-March, we will only
have about 12 gallons of milk per week to sell in Rolla and
the same in St. Louis.
At this
time, we will only be selling whole milk -
not skim milk, butter, or cheese. Skimming milk is too
labor intensive for us at this time, especially during
lambing season, and we need all the
fluid milk we can spare just to fill orders. We will sell
our whole milk for $10 per gallon ($5 per half-gallon)
available in either one gallon or half-gallon recyclable
plastic jugs.
We broke ground on our new dairy in
March (2008) and we
expect to be up and running in a few short months. Once the
dairy is completed, we will become an inspected Grade A Raw
Milk Dairy - which not only gives us the facilities to milk
up to 30 cows and gives you peace of mind concerning the
cleanliness of our milk, but will also open up more venues
for the sale of our milk. The Milk Board is considering
allowing us to deliver pre-ordered milk to the farmer's
markets we attend and this may also open the door for sales
to grocery stores and restaurants. We will keep you posted
as this progresses.
Currently, we
are making a WEEKLY delivery to St.
Louis (at the Edward Jones YMCA in Maryland Heights) until
the Tower Grove Farmer's Market opens in May. We'll also be
taking meat orders for these deliveries. We also make a
weekly delivery to Rolla. For more information on these
deliveries, please visit our NEWS page.
Please
feel free to email us at
orders@greenwoodfarms.com
or call us at
573-762-3217
if you have any questions or would like to place an order.
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