06/26/2026
✌🏼 louder for the people in the back.
And by people in the back I mean the people who are speaking ill of us for bringing raw milk to the community.
We know what we are doing and why we are doing it, as with any decision we have made for Everwild.
Every single batch of milk that leaves their farm is tested for safety, it is milked in a state inspected facility, and by farmers who have been doing it longer than you have been alive.
We stand behind Gillilands Farm and the quality they offer, and will continue to share their products with the community because we will not let misinformation and fear mongering hold us back.
We are here for the people who are tired of being lied to, fed propaganda, and controlled by the big G. ✌🏼
With that being said, fresh raw cows milk is in the store! 😘
Open until 8 pm! ♥️
It’s always the loudest raw milk critics who have never milked a cow, never cleaned a stanchion, never pulled a sample, never read a lab report, never tested a herd, never scrubbed a claw, never sanitized equipment, and couldn’t identify mastitis if it walked up and slapped them with an udder.
But sure, Susan. Tell us more about dairy safety from Aisle 12 at Walmart. 🤪
Here’s the part they love to skip:
Raw milk from a clean, tested, educated dairy is not the same conversation as mystery milk from a dirty bucket behind a barn.
There is a difference between reckless and responsible.
Responsible raw milk farmers know their animals. They test their milk. They monitor cleanliness. They understand bacteria counts, coliforms, mastitis, herd health, sanitation, cooling, bottling, and risk management.
Even public health agencies warn that raw milk can carry pathogens like Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter, Brucella, and others. That risk is real.
That is exactly why educated raw milk farms do not operate on vibes and mason jars.
They operate with protocols.
Monthly or more frequent coliform and Standard Plate Count testing, written risk-management plans, sanitation procedures, herd-health monitoring, and cooling practices matter.
So no, raw milk is not for everyone.
But neither is ignorant fear-mongering from people who think milk magically appears in plastic jugs after a grocery store fairy blesses it.
Ask better questions:
Who is the farmer?
Is the herd tested?
Is the milk tested?
How is it cooled?
How is it bottled?
What are the sanitation protocols?
What are the lab results?
Because informed consumers ask about standards.
Fear-mongers just scream “danger” while knowing absolutely nothing about the dairy animal, the farmer, the lab work, or the process.
Respectfully - and also not respectfully - some of y’all need less keyboard confidence and more barn education.
Receipts:
Raw Milk Institute Common Standards:
https://www.rawmilkinstitute.org/common-standards
Raw Milk Institute on coliform and Standard Plate Count testing:
https://www.rawmilkinstitute.org/updates/on-farm-lab-testing-for-raw-milk-farmers
Research on high-hygiene raw milk producers and testing benchmarks:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7019599/
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