Pioneer Pastures Lactose Free A2 Milk - 59 fl oz

A: No—only A2 milk from A2 cows. We don’t blend with conventional (A1) milk, and the protein in our shakes comes solely from our A2 milk (no added protein powders).

A: See below for our animal nutrition; Each of our farms utilize a nutritionist to ensure maximum animal health. A producer and the nutritionist will work together to formulate specific rations that meet a cow’s need based on their age and stage of the lactation cycle. As you can image, with nearly 300 farms, there will be some variety farm-to-farm as far the formulation of those rations; especially once you factor in location within California and access to specific ingredients. The UC Davis CLEAR center did a study on what the California dairy cow eats that summarizes these diets quiet well and provides the average breakdown of forages, hays, grains, byproducts, and minerals & vitamins within a ration. Not only did our members participate in this study but given that all of our members are located and operate solely in California, we are confident that this study is the best representation of animal diets throughout our membership. It is worth noting the rate and diversity of agricultural byproducts within the animal feed found on our farms is unique to California. California is an agricultural powerhouse, surrounding our dairy farms are farming communities that provide over 400 specialty crops to the world. The Golden State Advantage to our cows is that not every fruit and vegetable makes it to the supermarket, and instead is “upcycled” into on-farm feed.