tonym--yeah organic has some big benifits but...

The health of an animal will determine what it is made of, what it eats etc too (what are we made of?)..

But there are organic things that cows are not ment to eat. like grains, corn and soy for example.

A grass fed cow that is non medicated will have the best quality milk.

Organic milk could come from poorly treated animals fed foods that though organic, are not ment for bovine consumption...

Then you have the processing of this very likely wonderful product..

My advice (and what I do) is raw, non medicated over organic any day. If its not raw I don't bother drinking it.

Most lactose intollerant people can handle raw...hmmmm it actually has enzymes (like lactase) to help digest it..processed milk has NO enzymes left in it.

Organic is better than reg for sure. But I wouldn't spend my money on processed dairy...

Here in Canada you can only get raw cheese. But Washington, just across the boarder started selling raw dairy!!! (only milk and yogurt so far) :) So I make a trip down south once in a while (you can freeze milk). I'm also hooking up with a group that brings in raw AND organic dairy from California (Organic Pastures-awesome company!!) so I'll be able to get butter and cream!!!!!!!!! Yum!!!!!!! Butter is huge in health (quality butter that is). In fact, according to someone I know who has a near 100% success rate with women and fertility probs-he says its one of THE BEST things for regulating womens hormones. And raw cream is very very good for someone who processes food the way I do and they are both so damn tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

I support organic for sure when ever I can(of course there is a lot of bs there too) but organic isn't much good when processed IMO