Sponsored: Know your farm ... know your farmers
There is increasing interest in knowing where our food comes from. But how about milk? I recently posted a photo of a dairy farmer on his farm in Buncombe County and received this tweet in response:
"This is the 1st human farmer I've ever seen who provided milk to a grocery store. The process of getting milk from a cow to my buggy is one most of us take for granted and rarely think about..."
Did you know that the majority of the milk used for Laura Lynn milk comes from dairy farms within 150 miles of Asheville NC? There are still family owned dairy farms in Buncombe and Haywood County that milk their cows 2-3 times each day. That milk is transported to MILKCO (owned by Ingles Markets) in West Asheville where, within just a few hours,it is pasteurized and bottled in opaque containers and becomes Laura Lynn milk as well as milk for food service and other retailers.From cow to shelf it only takes about 48 hours to get that local Laura Lynn milk to your Ingles Market! When you are driving around Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, be sure and look for those signs that identify dairy farms that supply Ingles Markets... we appreciate them and their hard work.
Leah McGrath, RDN, LDN
Ingles Markets Corporate Dietitian
facebook.com/LeahMcgrathDietitian
800-334-4936
