NUTRITION
ORIGIN Milk naturally contains
more vitamin D
more vitamin A
more vitamin K
more calcium
more protein
more omega-3
milkfat
…all this is naturally inherent to the milk produced by these legendary heritage breeds.
HERITAGE BREEDS ARE RENOWNED FOR UNSURPASSED QUALITY
golden hue
An abundance of nutrients, vitamins, beta-carotene, and naturally-rich fat and protein content contributes to the distinct color of ORIGIN Milk – the Golden hue – which visually represents the quality of our milk and absolutely stands out on the dairy shelf. Milk is not supposed to be white, but all of the modifications we’ve made to other breeds have led to low-quality white milk being the standard.
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There is also interesting science behind the genetics of ORIGIN A2 Heritage Milk. A2 milk harkens back to the way milk was before natural & human intervention caused cows to develop A1 proteins in their milk. All other mammals produce A2 milk, including humans, which means A2 milk offers a closer experience to drinking the milk that humans are supposed to have.
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The uniquely rich and creamy taste of ORIGIN milk, cheese & butter is the result of wholesome cream that rises to the top and that awakens the taste buds with flavor and all-around, robust mouthfeel. As any chef or food lover will tell you – with fat comes flavor and nowhere is that more true than with milk.
NUTRITION
Known in antiquity as the milk of the gods, the legendary heritage breeds are renowned for their superior nutrition and the unique aspects that make these breeds representative of how all cows were before modern modifications that turned cows into factories that now produce low-quality, white milk.
NUTRITION
ORIGIN Milk naturally contains
more vitamin D
more vitamin A
more vitamin K
more calcium
more protein
more omega-3
milkfat
…all this is naturally inherent to the milk produced by these legendary heritage breeds.
The Guernsey cattle breed originated in the Channel Islands between France and England, which is the most western of the group. A product of her famed island home, the legendary Isle lies in the English Channel between France and England, the Guernsey is renowned for its unique features and characteristics of its milk. The Guernsey first became popular in English dairies in the late 18th Century. Her renown as a unique producer of rich cream-colored milk gave her the title “Golden Guernsey”.
Much has been written about the origins of Guernsey Cattle and many claims have been made about the way in which the Guernsey Breed came to be established on a small island in the English Channel. In fact, very little concrete evidence exists about the cattle of Guernsey prior to the nineteenth Century but a leading theory suggests that cattle brought to the island by monks who had been banished from Mont St. Michel in the year 960 A.D. formed the foundation of the present breed. This storied breed was maintained its pure genetics on the island and legends of the rich flavor, famed golden hue, and butterfat content soon reached the highest echelons of European society and beyond. It was the Rockefeller family who brought the first Guernsey herd to America and soon, the famed Waldorf-Astoria began to feature golden-Guernsey milk to the elite clientele of the Gilded Era.
The breed reached such fame and demand that imports into and exports out of the Isle were banned in order to keep the breed pure and to discourage turning the breed into a mass-production breed like the black-and-white Holstein.
Only approximately 44,000 Guernseys are registered around the world today with roughly 14,000 of those here in the U.S. The Guernsey is listed as a protected heritage breed and also included on an endangered watch list.
Guernsey have had a prominent place in American agriculture, but the breed has fallen into numeric decline in the modern era with the dairy industry focused exclusively on the quantity of milk produced under confinement conditions, and pricing favoring the quantity of milk over the quality of milk! Traditionally the breed has been an excellent and efficient grazer, able to produce on quality pastures, and adaptable to a variety of climates and conditions. These abilities are being called upon as mass-produced, legacy dairy continues to wreak havoc on human health and the planet.
ORIGIN heritage
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THE PREEMINENT BREED THAT PRODUCES INCREDIBLE MILK
Modern-day milk is wreaking havoc on human health and the environment. Mass-produced milk (conventional and organic) has become all about quantity over quality. 98% of all milk these days comes from oversized and modified, production cows we see everywhere – the ubiquitous black-and-white Holstein. These cows have been modified to produce low-quality, white-colored milk that needs to be fortified with vitamins, has the lactose removed, etc. This has led to people moving from the amazing pure milk we once produced to the many overly-processed alternatives.
But there is a better way – we need to return to a time when milk was all about quality. ORIGIN harkens back to a time such as this – a time before human intervention. ORIGIN is simply milk in its original form – original taste, original nutrition, and original genetics. The ORIGIN crew has one singular focus: to bring back the original milk – milk as it was at its origins when cows were first domesticated – and to do so locally in each community that we serve. Returning to the origin of dairy – that’s what we are all about.
CHECK OUT WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING
“I love your milk! It tastes great, and it’s local and from an actual farm, thank you!”
– Central Ohio