In the last post we looked at which containers are available for milk storage. There aren’t too many great choices out there right now, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get creative. Especially if your family purchases milk in plastic jugs.

The best thing to do with plastic jugs?….
Leave them on the shelf – don’t buy them unless you’re dedicated to recycling them. They will never biodegrade. They’ll just sit in that old landfill forever.
That said, there are other options for plastic jug reuse.
Cutting the top off at an angle you can make a toilet brush holder.
Cutting the bottom off …read more

How much thought are you giving to your milk purchases? You should be thinking about your milk, both for the sake of your health and the environment.

First of all, containers aside, milk is one of the foods that should be on your ONLY buy organic list. Organic milk (and all dairy products made with organic milk) won’t contain antibiotics, pesticides, or synthetic hormones, among other junk you don’t need in your body. Of course some folks think that organic milk doesn’t win out over conventional; that’s a choice you need to make on your own. However, no matter the milk …read more