Reading a story about how dairy cows are taken from their mother, males are slaughtered when young, and a jaw-dropping statement that “a dairy cow’s job is to produce milk for humans and not for her calf,” made me sick to my stomach. There is a lot of cruelty that goes into that glass of cow’s milk. Always remember that cow’s milk is hormonal juice meant to grow a baby cow into a big cow. Are you a cow? If not, I suggest soy, oat, almond, banana, rice, macadamia nut, or coconut milk. You can choose fortified or not. Those options are so much healthier than cow hormone juice. Don’t be taken in by what the government and the Concord Monitor (sadly enough) tells you what you need to consume. I haven’t touched dairy or meat in over a decade and am as healthy as can be. Maybe it is time to move on from Carole Soule’s self promotion of her farm when there is never another side to the story given. I would be happy to write a regular piece on plant-based living to serve as another viewpoint. If not me, then there are many others. Please don’t be fooled by the cute cows and one-sided perspective. You can choose compassion over that cruelty every day of the week.
Kristina Snyder
Chester