Corporate News Shows Kids Raised on Farms Live Better, Greater ImmunityHeather Callaghan Children who grow up on the farm are generally healthier due to exposure to animals and other aspects of farm life, but also experience a significantly lower amount of sickness, allergies and hay fever. What isnt focused on in the video is their diet namely, the 99% chance the family pictured consumes raw milk and non-GMO foods. At least theWeston A. Price Facebook page was sure when they posted this video and said [Because] They drink raw milk! In 2011, a well-circulated European study that sampled immunoglobulin E (IgE) from over 7,500 children found that children drinking raw milk are 41% less likely to have asthma and allergies. Wouldnt that seem to align with the statistics in the video? One of the biggest reasons mothers switch their families to raw milk is due to their childrens food allergies and asthma a health problem that takes 5,000 lives each year in the US. Have you wanted to transition into the farm life? The benefits go way beyond healthy eats and extend into the health benefits of theactual process of farming, gardening, and working with animals. So even if a beginner experiments and doesnt see a profit or big grocery savings, they improved their health in more than one way. More and more, the people around me are treading the gardening-livestock process. Some prefer to stick with gardening/aquaponics and canning, while others start with some chickens and go on to have goats, perhaps some pigs and a cow. A local experimental pig farmer told me it was surprisingly easy to raise pigs easier than chickens! He runs one hot wire around as a pen, lets them forage, and throws food in not donuts and candy he told me. One pig raised for six months supplies his family of four with meat up to twice a day for a year they will not purchase pork or often other meats from any grocery. Even if you dont have land, families with pets fare better for a few reasons. Companionship, therapeutic love, but also shared immunity. Plus, many local farms open up their land for visitors all the time you can visit with happy animals, volunteer, see how it runs, and eat homegrown. This also makes for a great homeschooling field trip. Help find your farm at Localharvest.org or by contacting a Weston A. Price local chapter leader. Read other articles by Heather Callaghan Here 