I simply prefer almond milk because it is velvety and silky smooth in my coffee.

Does it taste better than regular milk? How does it taste

And rBGH is no longer used in 98% of dairy production.

My son is now 19 yrs old, I ONLY buy organic milk since I switch from formula to milk. I just feel better knowing myself and my boy that we are putting less toxic food and drinks in our body. Unfortunately, non-organic milk gives my son major gas too! Lol! What kind of a mom if I send him to school farting all day? Ha ha! Less toxicity on our daily food and drinks intake is something we all have to take serious consideration. Organic food! Organic milk!! And.... we are sticking to it! Good article.

I think this world is going a little to crazy about milk and organic milk. Back in the day there was non organic milk and those ppl came out fine.

Um GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism, so no, it's not "in" anything it either IS a GMO or is not. Many foods that you mention like soy, canola (which is actually a flowering plant where they derive the oil from the seed of the plant called the rapeseed, but society doesn't like that word so they say canola) and corn are not GMO's and you can buy non GMO ingredient foods and drinks. People are sadly mistaken that "organic" means healthy and so much better for you. It's so inflated and overrated.

I drink regular because: #1. Non-organic milk also comes from cows that have not been treated with antibiotics. And there has been NO evidence to show a difference between milk from antibiotic treated cows and not treated cows. #2. Pesticides are not growth hormones, I'm not sure why you were talking about that when your point was supposed to be about pesticides. #3. Regular milk has CLA's too, in the same number as organic #4. Regular milk also supports bone formation #5. It's not obnoxiously over priced.

@Justine Nicole Spraakman the saying "back in the day everybody grew up with it & they're all fine" is the biggest misconception. The fact is, the products you buy in the stores today are not necessarily the same as when you or your parents were kids. There are way more chemicals in the marketplace today and most of them have never been tested for human safety. This goes for food products, cosmetics, cleaning supplies, you name it. This article is not particularly well written. Certified organic milk is the right choice as you can be sure it doesn't contain any GMOs (found in canola, soybeans and corn, the main ingredients in animal feed), antibiotics, which are given to the cows to prevent or treat diseases (common for cows that are being overmilked - their udders become blistered and infected, mucus in your milk? - and animals living in confined spaces), rBGH, recombinant bovine growth hormone (not a pesticide) is given to the cows to boost milk production (rBGH can interfere with hormone function). These are just a few ingredients in mainstream store bought milk these days in North America. Not only are you buying poor quality milk, but the same goes for all dairy products. If you think that milk is coming from happy little cows grazing in a wide open grassy field, you are sadly mistaken. In some factory raised animals, they've never even seen the light of day. If you're going to drink milk, go organic. If you are concerned about your lactose intake or allergens try almond milk which in most manufacturers cases has just as much calcium and added vitamin D to give you the same nutrition - if not better - than milk will.