naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoThe truth about organic milk: cows are suffering on even the most “humane” dairy farmswww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down139cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkThe truth about organic milk: cows are suffering on even the most “humane” dairy farmswww.theatlantic.comnaturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square171fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareeardon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down4·9 months agoCows need to be pregnant to produce milk so dairy cows are artificially inseminated throughout most of their lives. They don’t tell you this in school.
minus-squareantlion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·9 months agoNot only that but the calves would require a large percentage of that milk, and so a byproduct of dairy farms is often veal, at least for the male calves.
minus-squarekcuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoIt’s obvious but blew my mind when I was told that
minus-squarebassad@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoThen after only 4-5 years of this they are slaughtered because the milk production begins to diminish.
minus-squareNounka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·9 months agoThey do tell it in school. What is meat. Vegan vegetarian… Ethical working with animals … 11-12 year old classes btw.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI don’t remember ever getting a class like that, and if they tried to put one in they’d invite the considerably scary wrath of the farmers.
minus-squareJasonDJlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI don’t remember any of that from school. I got one year of food wheel followed by 11 of food pyramid, and that was the extent of diet and nutrition.
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThat depends on your school, and when you went there. Many of us did not learn any of this.
Cows need to be pregnant to produce milk so dairy cows are artificially inseminated throughout most of their lives.
They don’t tell you this in school.
Not only that but the calves would require a large percentage of that milk, and so a byproduct of dairy farms is often veal, at least for the male calves.
It’s obvious but blew my mind when I was told that
Then after only 4-5 years of this they are slaughtered because the milk production begins to diminish.
They do tell it in school. What is meat. Vegan vegetarian… Ethical working with animals … 11-12 year old classes btw.
I don’t remember ever getting a class like that, and if they tried to put one in they’d invite the considerably scary wrath of the farmers.
I don’t remember any of that from school.
I got one year of food wheel followed by 11 of food pyramid, and that was the extent of diet and nutrition.
That depends on your school, and when you went there. Many of us did not learn any of this.