"JeanineAlyse" > wrote in message
...
>I rarely drink a glass of milk, maybe once in the past ten years. I
> do use milk in baking, so I used to buy those little six-packs of 1-
> cup size boxes of "shelf milk" that do not require refrigeration until
> they're opened because keeping even the small, one pint size of
> refrigerated milk would too often sour before I'd use it up.
>
> A friend that never cooks but does drink milk often with her micro'd
> meals or sandwiches suggested I try refrigerated organic milk, and
> that a half gallon of it lasts her more than a month. I tested my
> first buy of "Horizon" brand organic well before my massive Christmas
> 2010 baking was to begin, and what a deal, with very good flavor! My
> question is why does the organic milk have such a long good-use life
> as compared to (what I'll call) plain ole fresh milk?
> ...Picky
>
If it's fresh, it doesn't!!
The only difference is that the cows have been fed on pastures that have
been certified as organic or their food supplements are similarly certified.
Also, they haven't been given any nasty stuff like hormones to increase
production.
Graham