I know that Radiance Dairy is probably the best you can do to attempt to get "ethical" dairy products. I cannot seem to access a website that provides details about their farm, but I have inquired about their practices in the past. I will say that milk from a cow is meant for her calf and humans have no need for it. I don't know if Franc…
I know that Radiance Dairy is probably the best you can do to attempt to get "ethical" dairy products. I cannot seem to access a website that provides details about their farm, but I have inquired about their practices in the past. I will say that milk from a cow is meant for her calf and humans have no need for it. I don't know if Francis Thicke allows the calves to stay with their mothers for a long time. As you probably know, most take the calves away within 24 hours. I think that is unethical. In most situations, the male calves are raised for veal, often in those terrible hutches --and the cows end up at the slaughterhouse. All this for a product that we do not need. I don't think any of that is ethical. But his cows do have a better quality of life than 99.99% of the other cows in the dairy industry.
As far as eggs go---even if you purchase them at a farmer's mkt, almost all of the chicks come from huge hatcheries : https://vimeo.com/62826795 There is nothing ethical about this. Most of the hens, no matter the size of the "farm" end up being slaughtered at about 1 1/2 years old. They have all been selectively bred to produce 300 or more eggs a year. In the wild, before domestication, they would have produced 12 to 20 eggs a year. Producing over 300 eggs a year it horribly stressful for the hens.
The humane myth is used to market all of these products. You have to look deeper to understand the whole process.
I know that Radiance Dairy is probably the best you can do to attempt to get "ethical" dairy products. I cannot seem to access a website that provides details about their farm, but I have inquired about their practices in the past. I will say that milk from a cow is meant for her calf and humans have no need for it. I don't know if Francis Thicke allows the calves to stay with their mothers for a long time. As you probably know, most take the calves away within 24 hours. I think that is unethical. In most situations, the male calves are raised for veal, often in those terrible hutches --and the cows end up at the slaughterhouse. All this for a product that we do not need. I don't think any of that is ethical. But his cows do have a better quality of life than 99.99% of the other cows in the dairy industry.
As far as eggs go---even if you purchase them at a farmer's mkt, almost all of the chicks come from huge hatcheries : https://vimeo.com/62826795 There is nothing ethical about this. Most of the hens, no matter the size of the "farm" end up being slaughtered at about 1 1/2 years old. They have all been selectively bred to produce 300 or more eggs a year. In the wild, before domestication, they would have produced 12 to 20 eggs a year. Producing over 300 eggs a year it horribly stressful for the hens.
The humane myth is used to market all of these products. You have to look deeper to understand the whole process.
So, if you consume cow dairy products, what is the best policy practice concerning mail calves?
Every glass of milk comes with a veal cutlet. I hate milk, but I’m down with the VEAL!
Chickens knew what chickens do for you no doubt we have made some errors in our selective breeding but for the most part, we are really good at it.