The higher your cholesterol levels – the longer you live!

Selling milk as it was meant to be | Stuff.co.nz.

These eating styles emphasize nutrient dense, whole foods and animal fats, and are based on the research of Price, a Cleveland dentist, who in the 1920s and ’30s traveled the world researching the traditional diets of healthy cultures.

via Sally Fallon Weston Price low carbohydrates – chicagotribune.com.

As defined from WiseGeek, a food co-op is described in the following way:

A food co-op is a collectively owned grocery store. Most frequently, a food co-opfocuses on making natural foods more affordable for co-op members, although other products may be carried as well. There are a number of different styles of food co-op, but all of them share common values of group management and decision making, social responsibility, and equality. Towns of all sizes have food co-ops ranging from very small to quite large, and it is usually easy to find a food co-op near you.

In a private food co-op, only members may shop at the store. In order to become a member, someone pays a small initiation fee and usually invests a set amount of money in the food co-op to purchase a share. Some food co-ops allow members to purchase multiple shares, or require an annual fee, which causes long term members of the food co-op to own more shares. In some cases, members also join work crews, contributing a few hours of work to the running of the co-op. The frequency and duration of work shifts varies from co-op to co-op.

And from Wikipedia, a food co-op is defined as:

A food cooperative or food co-op is a grocery store organized as a cooperative. Food cooperatives are usually consumers’ cooperatives and are owned by their members. Food cooperatives follow the 7 Cooperative Principles and typically offer natural foods. Since decisions about how to run the cooperative are not made by outside shareholders, cooperatives often exhibit a higher degree of social responsibility than their corporate brethren.^[1]

The cooperative movement started in the 19th century and the first notable food cooperative was started in Rochdale, England by industrial weavers known as the Rochdale Pioneers. The cooperative movement saw a resurgence in the 1970s when many “second wave” cooperatives started.

In the United States, the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) is a cooperative federation that is composed of 146 food cooperatives.

Ok, so now we have defined a bit better what a food co-op should be.  Now according to these definitions, we can definitely tell you that Farm Fresh Windermere is NOT a food co-op. We don’t get better pricing. We don’t get a better deal or even ASK for a better deal. INSTEAD, we look for a BETTER FOOD from farmers that do NOT cut corners on the quality of  their land and animals. These farmers feed their animals the highest quality and CORRECT food for them, i.e. grass being the correct food for cows, and take extra care above and beyond to nourish the soil in which this grass is grown.

So, to answer this question as to whether Farm Fresh Windermere is a co-op for Windermere, Winter Garden and Dr. Phillips in southwest Orlando, we can only say kinda…  only if a co-op meant getting the HIGHEST QUALITY farm fresh, local, and beyond organic raised food, but it doesn’t seem to be the correct definition, now does it? INSTEAD, I think we could best be described as a super high quality food delivery service or buying club.

Sally Fallon Morell on the Weston A. Price Foundation: How It All Began.

The Native Americans knew that the fat was absolutely necessary for the pemmican to sustain life.

Why Is Fattier Grassfed Meat Best? | Tender Grassfed Meat.

Does freezing damage raw dairy products?

Freezing puts raw milk products to sleep and has little effect on the important health benefits that raw dairy products provide. Enzymes and bacteria are fully active when they awake after thawing. Some vitamins are reduced by trace amounts after being frozen. The flavor is sometimes slightly affected by this and is not always apparent. All OPDC products may be frozen. Thawing should be done by placing the frozen product in a regular refrigerator for a day. Milk should be shaken to mix up the butterfat after thawing. Warming the product to room temperature just prior to drinking will also make the fat blend in better with the milk (if it has clumped or separated during freezing). Some consumers report that rapid thawing of frozen raw milk makes for better taste. To do this place frozen milk container into warm water for an hour and then place back into refrigerator when thawed and drink it in the next two days for best flavor.

via ORGANIC PASTURES FRESH RAW DAIRY.

Myths About Whole Grains and Vegetarianism.

”The proposed 2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines perpetuate the mistakes of previous guidelines in demonizing saturated fats and animal foods rich in saturated fatty acids such as egg yolks, butter, whole milk, cheese, and animal fats for cooking. The current obesity epidemic emerged as vegetable oils and refined carbohydrates replaced these healthy, nutrient-dense traditional fats. Animal fats supply many essential nutrients that are difficult to obtain from other sources,” explains Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation.

D.C. health foundation offers alternative dietary guidelines | Washington Times Communities.