OMG VOX sheds light on dairy farm horror
This box news story about coke branded protein milk absolutely disgusts me, and breaks my 59 year streak on farming nietivity. I’m going back to vegan sources of protein (can’t kick a Lima bean in the head and force it to stay pregnant its entire life while ripping away its babies the second they’re born). I’m gonna leave out all the bad parts of the story, but
Paywalled article. vox article on dairy farm horrors
Excerpt: Along the way, Fairlife removed humane care claims from its bottles, and earlier this year, it took down a lengthy yet vague web page about its animal welfare commitments. Of course, no one at the top of these companies actively wants animals to be abused, but the continued investigations reflect a structural reality of animal agriculture: Mass producing cheap animal products is all but impossible to do humanely. Dozens of investigations into the US meat, milk, and egg industries have revealed that the constantly growing demand for cheap animal products — combined with virtually zero legal protections for farmed animals and captured regulatory agencies — means that efficiency and profit are almost always prioritized over animal welfare.
