Johnston Family Dairy Farm Field Trip

Yesterday, our family went on a field trip with a bunch of other families from my two homeschooling co-ops to the Johnston Family Dairy Farm in Newborn, GA. You can go visit their website at http://www.johnstonfamilyfarm.com/ and see what they're all about. We had a blast!! We got to see cows milked (cool beans! or should I say cool milk!), we got to watch the milk be bottled, and then we got to buy some of the milk to drink!! Perfect with Oreos! Two great things about their milk: 1)It is pasteurized at the lowest possible temperature, which means 90% of the live enzymes are still, well, alive. 2) It is non-homogenized, which means all of those little, bitty fat globules that homogenization creates are not absorbed by the body; half of the big globules pass right through! Yippee!! We also got to play on and in a hay bale maze, make and eat homemade ice cream (thank you, Mrs. Johnston), and go on a hay ride in which Farmer Johnston fed the cows right beside the wagon so we got a close-up and personal look. I really bonded with one cow in particular!! She kept looking at me with "cow eyes!" There were about 75 of us there, and everything went smoothly. We even had a picnic lunch, just in time for the sun to peek through the clouds and warm us up. So, thank you, Farmer Russell Johnston, for a wonderful day on your farm!! And I hope we get to come again soon (real soon, cause I'm gonna need more milk asap)!