Brand Name Sham Organic Milk?

"QAI has been widely criticized in the organic industry for certifying Vander Eyk and a number of other large industrial-scale dairies in the desertlike conditions of the West, where cattle have little if any access to pasture. The Cornucopia Institute has also filed legal complaints against dairies owned by Dean Foods (Horizon Organics), which owns an 8000-head dairy in Idaho, and Aurora Organic Dairy, milking thousands of cows in Texas and Colorado, which produces private-label milk for grocery chains including Wild Oats, Trader Joe's, Safeway, and Wal-Mart. Until recently Dean Foods, the industry leader, was purchasing some of its organic milk from Vander Eyk."

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This is pretty troublesome. A lot of people blindly purchase brand name products, but in the end, they don't really even know what they're getting. What's a consumer to do? Buy lower cost sham organic milk or do a little research and find REAL organic milk? Research sounds like the best option. For more information on REAL organic milk and farms, check out Cornucopia's organic dairy report. It's a great resource that I find myself rereading again and again.