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Do You Still Believe Dairy Farming Is Benign?

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For those who think that dairy farming provides a romantic view of happy maidens milking their smiling cows this article might be shocking news. The fate of a cow is completely dependent on its gender. After giving birth a calf is being taken away from its mother for the reason of giving milk to you and not to the calf. If the young baby cow is male, it might even be killed immediately or raised a few more months for veal. If it’s female, it is going to face the same fate like its mother. Read on to learn more about the cruel practices on a dairy farm.

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This Country Reports 1,002 Dairy Farms Closed In The Last Three Years

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Reading about the closures of more than 1,000 dairy farms in this country due to a dramatic price decline down to about 10 pence a litre which is less than the cost of production is on the one hand definitely bad news for farmers who struggle to just survive. However, on the other hand considering the fact that consuming milk…

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Half A million Cows Turned Into Cheap Hamburger To Increase Milk Price

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Due to an article published by Off The Grid News several major milk brands made an agreement to inflate the milk price artificially between 2004 and 2008. The milk price had dramatically dropped then down to 66 cents per hundredweight. Against this background and with strong support by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), those milk brands decided…

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11 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Drinking Milk At Any Price

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When I was child my parents used to work for the US-forces. After school, I often used to drop by their office and sometimes they took me with them to the mess hall. Even at that young age, it struck me that almost every G.I. had a glass of milk next to his meal and even my parents often encouraged me to drink milk with the meal.

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