Through the Cooking Glass

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1. on July 9, 2008 at 8:43 pm | Reply Wendy

   I would like to send this video to family members… would you post the link? Thank you.

   
   
2. on April 1, 2010 at 7:36 pm | Reply Egbert

   I would be grateful to know why humans are the only mammals on Earth that have to insist on this terrible and retrograde mistake, namely drinking milk (raw or industrialised which are produced mostly by animals that evolutionarily speaking have little to do with homo sapiens. Not only is this anthropogenic trait environmentally unsustainable, but also nutritiously fallacious. Cow milk is naturally designed to feed calf, not humans, let alone children.

   The dairy industry is an extension of the beef industry, which means it plays a major role in creating climate change. The dairy industry uses cows before passing them on to be slaughtered by the beef industry which is now recognized as an environmental nightmare. According to a UN report, “cows are contributors to climate change. Accounting for putting out 18% of the world’s CO2, cows emit more greenhouse gases than cars, planes, and all other forms of transportation combined.”

   There are other sources of nutrients that are allegedly present in lactic produces which have a much lower carbon path and are much more nutritious. In fact, average dairy cow produces 120 pounds of waste/day, equal to that of more than 24 people, but without toilets, sewers, or treatment plants.