Comments on: Turner Dairy, Pittsburgh, PA

By: Oceans24

Oceans24 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:46:01 +0000

To KimMae - I thought Turner’s would be the best choice for cheesemaking since it was local and didn’t go through the “Long-haul”. The label does not say ultra-pasteurized, however i have now wasted 5 gallons of milk because it just forms soupy, ricotta like curds instead of coming together to form the mozzarella i was shooting for. I’m giong to try raw milk next from east end coop

By: Pittsburgh Storage

Pittsburgh Storage — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:56:57 +0000

That was a great read. Much of family spent their lives on farms(and they were also named Turner, coincidentally), and the old farms have disappeared. It’s great to see how a family dairy business has adpated to technology and consumer demand.

By: jwsharrard

jwsharrard — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:38:06 +0000

Giant Eagle is the grocery store chain local to / based in Pittsburgh. As far as I know, it’s not affiliated with Giant.

By: cathy

cathy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:37:32 +0000

is Giant Eagle the brand sold by Giant groceries? If not, where do you find it? Thanks

By: Corduroy Orange » Blog Archive » Where Giant Eagle Milk Comes From

Corduroy Orange » Blog Archive » Where Giant Eagle Milk Comes From — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:12:55 +0000

[...] Around the time I visited Turner Dairy, I noticed an announcement from Giant Eagle that all milk sold under their brand name was sourced from farmers who certify that they do not use rBGH (aka rBST) in their milk production—which is fantastic; anyone who has read descriptions of the udder sores and infections that cows given the hormone suffer must realize that there is a price to be paid for the 10% increased milk production the hormone causes. While the FDA says that there is no significant difference between milk from cows given the hormones and milk from cows not given the hormones, I’d disagree—even if the two substances appear the same in laboratory tests, the comfort and well-being f the animal providing the milk is of definite concern to me. [...]

By: KimMae

KimMae — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:51:46 +0000

SamChevre or CorduroyOrange - are you sure? I thought it was standard practice to treat prophylactically cows with antibiotics so all milk would contain antibiotics unless prevented as described in the post.

Do you know if Turner’s milk is Ultra pasteurized or just pasteurized? I’m looking for just pasteurized milk to make cheese.

By: Corduroy Orange » Blog Archive » Raw Milk Farmer Bucks Regulatory Attempts

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:04:12 +0000

[...] But I refuse to sit idly by and allow the Weston A. Price Foundation to make unsubstantiated claims about it being the best choice for everyone, that it poses no risk, and that its bacterial levels shouldn’t be tested (even pasteurized milk is tested for bacterial counts!). Disasters are built on decisions made based on misinformation. [...]

By: mom

mom — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:21:44 +0000

You didn’t mention the purpose of homogenization. I’m sure most of your readers know why it’s done, but I know that my high school students have no idea. The process breaks up the fat molecules and keeps them distributed throughout the milk and prevents the cream from rising to the top.

My father had 4 milk cows when I was very small and gradually got down to just 1 before he decided to give up on them all together. You always had to shake up the bottles of milk (it was raw milk) to get the cream mixed in. If you wanted cream, you just poured it off the top.

I don’t remember much about the testing process, but I do know that he had to have the cows and milk tested regularly to be sure it was disease free.

Milk takes on the flavor of whatever the cows eat. I remember early spring when the milk tasted of the green onions (probably chives) that were the first green thing to emerge in the pasture. The milk would be so heavily onion flavored that we couldn’t drink it sometimes. I wonder how the modern grass-fed milk producer handles this problem. The local daries purchased small amounts of milk from small operations like ours and the taste of milk was a problem for them in the spring.

By: SamChevre

SamChevre — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:05:59 +0000

Probably worth noting, as I grew up on a dairy farm: the way Turner Dairies handles antibiotic issues is the way the industry as a whole does. Any milk you buy in the store will be tested as antibiotic-free.