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-square77fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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-square77fedilink
minus-squareeardon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 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-squarekcuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoIt’s obvious but blew my mind when I was told that
minus-squarebassad@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThen after only 4-5 years of this they are slaughtered because the milk production begins to diminish.
minus-squareantlion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 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.
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.
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.
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.