Page 28 October 2014 (800) 339-3548 www.cpspeo.com Let Us Simplify Your Business! Locally Owned for Over 20 Years! OUR PAYROLL SERVICE INVOICE ________________________________ Start-Up Fee............included Tax Filing Fee..........included New Hire Reporting Fee..included Employee Set-Up Fee.....included Direct Deposit Fee......included Online Services.........included Are You Overpaying for Your Payroll Services? Call for a Quote and Save! By Katie Mayer Whenever Stephanie Kreun’s oldest son consumed dairy, a peculiar rash – almost like abrasions – would spread across the back of his body. As a mother, Kruen didn’t want her child to experience the rashes, but found that it was difficult to eliminate all forms of dairy from his diet. So she began searching for other options, and that’s when she discovered raw milk. “I didn’t think it was really fair that some of my children could have dairy and one couldn’t, so I thought ‘Well, let’s give the raw a try.’” Kruen said. Eight years later, the family is rash free and all of them enjoy the taste and benefits they say raw milk offers their family. Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Those who drink it say it tastes better and offers more health benefits than pasteurized or homogenized milk, but the FDA warns that raw milk can harbor dangerous microorganisms that can make people sick. Some states do not allow raw milk to be sold on grocery shelves, but in Arizona it’s legal. And due to increasing popularity and demand, the beverage is now available for purchase at La Grande Orange Grocery. Jenifer Steele, who curates the gourmet foods offered at LGO said they began offering the product because people were requesting it. Local family farm brings raw milk to Arcadia market “I had guests coming to me asking if we have heard of raw milk and have we heard of the farm,” Steele said. The farm is called Fond du Lac Farms and is owned and operated by Maricopa residents Dale and Marilyn Tuck, along with help from their daughter and son-in- law, Rick and Kristin Anglin. The startup farm, located near Casa Grande, south of Stanfield, delivered its first order of milk on July 19 to a Sprouts store and has already expanded to a number of Sprouts stores, as well as Food Conspiracy and Healthy Habit. Tuck, a retired airline pilot, got into the raw milk dairy business in part because of his passion for healthy living – which developed after his daughter was diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease – and also because he was looking for a new career in retirement and could tap the expertise of his fourth generation dairy farmer son-in-law. “We built this dairy and it was designed from the ground up to be a raw milk dairy with the goal of producing, bottling and selling raw milk,” Tuck said. The dairy farm’s herd of 26 Brown Swiss cows live in pens 10 times larger than those in conventional dairies and eat a non- GMO, naturally-grown barley diet, Tuck said. The cows are never given hormones and both cattle and milk are handled with special attention to cleanliness. “You have to go through three different rooms and the clean room is the last room you go through before you even enter the tank room, where the milk is being bottled,” Tuck said. The facility tests its own milk at least twice per week to check for bacteria and the state inspector tests the milk as well. Tuck said the milk at his Grade A state- certified facility consistently tests at zero for dangerous bacteria. “No milk is 100 percent safe, but I feel very confident that the raw milk produced at our dairy is no more or less dangerous than the pasteurized milk people are drinking,” Tuck said. “Our milk has to meet or exceed the same standards that are set for pasteurized milk.” Personal trainer, private cook and fitness and nutrition writer Andrea Barkley, of Arcadia, regularly drinks the raw milk as part of her lifestyle of eating naturally. She also recommends that her clients try the milk, but said many of them assume it is illegal. “I think the milk being at LGO will create more acceptance around it,” Barkley said. Fans of the milk say they do everything from drink the beverage plain, to make butter, ice cream and Kiefer out of it and even mix it in protein shakes. “We just wish we could step up the awareness of the benefits of raw milk, and everybody in some way could benefit from drinking it,” Tuck said. But despite his love of the milk, Tuck said the experience of running the dairy has been a huge learning curve and has required a tremendous amount of work. “We’re getting into a rhythm and things are getting easier,” Tuck said. He is grateful for the support of his wife, who is the CFO; his daughter, who helps bottle the milk; and his son-in-law, who provides him with consulting. The teamwork frees up time for Tuck to focus mainly on delivering the product to the stores. Family friends have also helped the small business along the way. “We have all given time to support it as a family,” said Kristin Anglin. “It’s been really amazing to just see it take off.” Tuck said his family’s plan is to slowly grow the company to bring more of his product to the general public. For now, the farm is only milking 17 of its cows and using about three of its 30 acres. “We are paying our bills, and we are not making a ton of money yet, but we are growing,” Tuck said. “It has been amazing how quickly things have progressed.” Fond du Lac Farms’ milk ranges from $6 to $7.50 per half gallon and can be purchased in stores or at the farm. The farm also offers tours to the public. For more information visit fonddulacfarms.com. live love arcadia

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