How we go above and beyond to provide your pets the best quality foods

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May 6, 2022

Fermented raw A2/A2 dairy can provide better nutrition and digestion and can also help your pets heal from illnesses. If you’d like to learn more, here are 7 reasons why raw A2/A2 dairy can boost your pet’s health!

**We know that you love your pets. Just like we do with our animals on the farm, we want you to be able to provide your pets with the best quality foods possible.**

This just makes sense. If you provide your human family with the best food and best health, you’d of course want the same for the furry members of your family.

That’s why we make our raw A2/A2 pet food products with 100% grass-fed A2/A2 milk, produced with rigorous milk safety standards.

The raw A2/A2 milk used to make our pet products is certified by the State of Pennsylvania for human consumption. This is above and beyond what’s required for dairy for pet consumption.

On top of that, we also go above and beyond the State’s raw milk standards. We test every batch of milk on site for general bacteria counts. You can learn more about our meticulous milk safety standards here.

Miller’s Bio Farm’s goal is to provide you with ultra low risk raw dairy products for your pets.

Our on farm kitchen facility is licensed for making pet food. It should be no surprise that we go above and beyond those standards as well.

In order to manufacture pet food in Pennsylvania, you need to get a license from the State and pass periodic inspections for general cleanliness.

We put extra love and care in. For example, we have stainless steel countertops, use clean well water, and have 3 sinks (one for mops/cleaning, one for hands, and one for food prep).

All of our pet dairy products are made using old world techniques, the same way you would make fermented raw dairy products in your home kitchen… just on a larger scale.

**Lastly, all of our raw dairy products for cats and dogs are fresh, never frozen (with the exception of colostrum and ice cream, which are frozen).**

Most pet food manufacturers sell dairy products that are frozen. Miller’s believes that providing fresh dairy gives you the highest quality food for your pets.

What’s your experience feeding your pets A2/A2 dairy? What do you look for when choosing which foods to feed your furry family?

I’d love to hear from you. Comment below (no account required) or contact us.

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Ugh greenwashed labels. What does it take to get ___ on a label anyway?

Not a fan of the confusing, greenwashed labels in store? Yea, me too! And it's especially real for me, because I'm responsible for getting our labels approved with the "powers that be". Here's a little story with a big inside scoop... I made new labels for our bone broth a little while ago. It didn't go as smoothly as planned. Why? I put the little icons about our farming practices on them. They look like this: Yup, despite being 100% accurate and true, they were denied!! We're not allowed to put those statements on our food labels. So, I asked the USDA guy, "What would it take to get those claims on the labels, anyway?" The answer was kinda shocking. First off, there's some guidance on wording. Silly technicalities in my opinion. For example, you can't use the term "No Spray" but you can say "Produced without the use of synthetic pesticides." Or another example is that you can't say "No Routine Antibiotics or Vaccines" but you can say "Raised without routine use of antibiotics or vaccines." Second, the processor needs to update their documents to provide traceability. In other words, they need to document how they make sure the bones for our bone broth don't get mixed up with bones from other farms. I mean, this is pretty simple, especially with small batch foods like ours. But the documentation needs to be meticulous. Drafting it in government-approved language can be time consuming and/or costly. And lastly, once you get the wording and process right, you need proof. This was the real shocker for me: Want to know what proof would suffice for all the claims above? A 2-3 sentence affidavit (AKA a super short letter) signed by all farmers that supply us. That's it!? This lead me to a bunch of questions: What if a company submits a letter from one farmer but actually has other farmers that supply them, too? What if a company changes farmers? Will they submit new letters?What if a company's farmers change their practices in the future? Will they immediately update their labels?Are the "powers that be" checking on this? Is anyone checking on this?Is this why most farms and food facilities don't allow outside people coming in? It seems to me that, if a business isn't doing what the label says, the only way to find out is via a whistleblower. And the only way to make them stop is to take them to court. You know, like what's happening with Vital Farms and their pasture raised egg claim right now. It seems to me that, all that good natural stuff on labels - grass fed, pasture raised, antibiotic free, etc - doesn't mean it's true. Certifications are a little better, but the same kinda thing can be said about those, too. This is why, at Miller's, we choose to NOT sell in stores. No wholesale for us. In fact, we don't even have an on farm store. We only sell directly to our customers via our website. And, we choose to only get certified for what's required. This way, we can make our own natural standards. And, we can provide you will all the info and proof you need. Descriptions, photos, blog posts, test results, and more. So, what do you think? Should we do the affidavit thing to get claims on our bone broth labels? What proof do you need to feel confident in your food choices? I'd love to hear from you. Comment below (no account required - just start typing) or contact us 😊

Should I choose animal rennet or vegetable rennet in my natural cheese?

Let’s take a look at what rennet is and why it’s used in cheesemaking, compare the different types of animal and vegetable rennets, check out the labeling requirements for rennet, and consider the potential health consequences. Keeping all this in mind, Miller’s Bio Farm aims to produce the most nutrient-dense, natural, A2/A2 cheese we can and gives you all the info you need to make the choice that’s best for your body!

Is yolk color is no longer a great indicator of the egg's nutrition?

It used to be true that, if your egg yolks were darker in color, then the better the egg's nutrition. Conscious consumers of the past would look for that deep orange yolk and stray away from lighter yellow yolks. It's sad, but this simply isn't the case anymore. Here's why you can't trust cheap store-bought eggs with orange yolks and need to know your farmer instead.

How we go above and beyond to provide your pets the best quality foods

**We know that you love your pets. Just like we do with our animals on the farm, we want you to be able to provide your pets with the best quality foods possible.**

That’s why we make our raw A2/A2 pet food products with 100% grass-fed A2/A2 milk, produced with rigorous milk safety standards.

Our on farm kitchen facility is licensed for making pet food. It should be no surprise that we go above and beyond those standards as well.

**Lastly, all of our raw dairy products for cats and dogs are fresh, never frozen (with the exception of colostrum and ice cream, which are frozen).**

What’s your experience feeding your pets A2/A2 dairy? What do you look for when choosing which foods to feed your furry family?

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