Free Range/Intensive Milk

_Andy_

Mojisola wrote: »

There is a big difference between the meat of a short-lived, intensively raised animal and a slower-growing, organically raised one.

I agree however I take exception to the phrase 'happy meat' and the implications that somehow the animal is quite willing and happy to be slaughtered. The whole concept is merely to help people feel a bit better about what is a disgusting, cruel industry.

Mojisola

_Andy_ wrote: »

I agree however I take exception to the phrase 'happy meat' and the implications that somehow the animal is quite willing and happy to be slaughtered. The whole concept is merely to help people feel a bit better about what is a disgusting, cruel industry.

That's your prerogative but most people would use the term as shorthand to describe the life the animal led rather than its death.

kafkathecat

I have also read that cows fed on clover have higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids in their milk, something many of us are short of these days. I don't know if that helps or just further muddies the issue.
K

Ben84

kafkathecat wrote: »

I have also read that cows fed on clover have higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids in their milk, something many of us are short of these days. I don't know if that helps or just further muddies the issue.
K

Interesting, but does anyone know what organic farms typically feed their cattle? I've been reading a lot about how many processed animal feeds often contain soya, which I don't have any direct objections to as a food, but the soya plantations are being blamed for extensive rainforest destruction.

aycor

I started only using organic milk a long while ago when there was a debate as to the experimental use of a milk enducing drug Bovine Somatotropin (BST) The WI debated it 's use I did not like the idea of this drug getting into the human food chain at the time and still do not think the idea that a drug is used and we have no idea wether we are getting it in our milk or not and have no choice as the milk all goes into one tank and is mixed whether the cows are treated with it or not so JUST IN CASE I use organic milk when ever possible.
I am not sure wether it is still being used experimentally or it has been stopped. May be some one knows but I will use organic to be one the safe side while I can afford it.

SmallEnglish

jessicamb wrote: »

Thanks, I'm not a veggie just pondering more on the ethics of how the cows are treated. I try to buy happy meat where possible.

I've been looking on the internet since my earlier post and I think I have the choice of either organic milk from the supermarkets or the normal milk from a nearby farm shop.

I buy Moo Milk - I think that might come from "happy" cows

Mojisola

BST isn't legal in the EU but it is used in the USA.

Non-GM organic soya is used in organic feeds.

Mojisola

Quite a lot of information here - https://www.omsco.co.uk/index.cfm/organicmilk/WhyOrganic.Health

miss_corerupted

my mil works for the natinal milk register and she doesn't knows of hardly any intensive farms in south wales, it mostly what u wouls and should expect.She says the countryfile programme was biased in this.

Pink_fluff

PlutoinCapricorn wrote: »

The whole subject is a bit of a minefield, as milk production also involves the disposal of unwanted calves. You need to decide how far you want to go: many people will not drink milk at all, some only if they know where it comes from and how the cows are treated. Soya milks taste a bit odd at first, but you get used to it after a while.

What do you mean by milk production involves the disposal of unwanted calves? What happens?