“Dr. Campbell spent his entire childhood, into adulthood, living and working on his family’s dairy farm, and undertook the China Study with the belief that animal protein was an essential READ ON
Dairy
10 Mothers On Why They’re Saying NO To Dairy
As someone who researches the dairy industry regularly, I have observed over the last few years a distressing surge in pro-dairy messaging from an increasingly visible and vocal sector of READ ON
Deconstructing the Dairy Is Natural Myth in 14 Steps
The dairy industry has most people believing that cow’s milk, and the cheese, yogurt, butter, ice cream and other products derived from it, are “natural” for us to consume. But READ ON
Dairy and Type 1 Diabetes in Children: The Science Explained
This video from Dr. John McDougall provides a clear explanation of how and why dairy products are thought to trigger type 1 diabetes in children and young adults, in addition READ ON
Charles Ramsey, Hero to Kidnap Victims, Rewarded with Lifetime Supply of Kidnap Victims
Charles Ramsey, the internet sensation heralded as a hero for helping to rescue three Cleveland women who were kidnapped, raped and imprisoned for a decade, has earned his reward: an READ ON
The Spiked Nose Ring: A Symbol for All Dairy Cruelty
Voltaire once wrote, “If we believe absurdities, we will commit atrocities,” and nowhere is this principle seen more clearly than in the billion dollar lies and bizarre cruelties of the READ ON
The Sexual Violation of Dairy Cows in 14 Steps
Artificial insemination (A.I.) is the most common method of breeding dairy cows in the United States, accounting for nearly 80% of all dairy cow pregnancies. (1) Like all mammals, cows READ ON
Industry Claims Torching the Udders of Dairy Cows Is Painless
Just when I thought I knew all the common, standard industry practices in dairy farming, I find something even more bizarre and cruel. The sound in this video is said READ ON
The Sad Truth of a ‘Happy’ Cow Named Rayann
We recently introduced you to Rayann, the new Wagner Farm milking cow, in an earlier post. Since then Debby Rubenstein has been keeping an eye on her and reporting back READ ON
Rayann: As Good as It Gets for Dairy Cows
Rayann, a new arrival at Wagner Farm, should be the happiest dairy cow in the world. After all, Wagner Farm, a self-professed model for human and locavore farming, is as READ ON
The Milk of Human Unkindness: Betraying Children With Every Glass
“The very saddest sound in all my memory was burned into my awareness at age five on my uncle’s dairy farm in Wisconsin. A cow had given birth to a READ ON
Lilly the Dairy Cow: Behind the Happy Cow Facade at Wagner Farm
On the surface, everything looks “normal.” The beautiful red barn, the soft rolling pasture dotted with cows grazing and reclining in the grass and kids brushing a cow in the READ ON
A Small Dairy Farmer Addresses a Vegan’s Concern about Separating Calves from Mothers
A small Minnesota dairy farm, Orange Patch Dairy, responds to the question from a concerned vegan: Why do you take the calves from their mothers? Following are key passages from READ ON
Video: Little Princess the Calf’s Story Brings Out the Vegan in Us All
Of all the compelling reasons to be vegan, nothing could be more motivating than the story of Little Princess, a terribly sick dairy cow who no one wanted to buy READ ON
No Antibiotic Use Means More Pain and Suffering for Organic Dairy Cows
Mastitis is a contagious infection of a milk-bearing animal’s udders. Dairy farmers consider it a huge problem, not because it is extremely painful to the cow, but because it can READ ON
Dairy Facts: What the Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
Dairy Facts is a photo slideshow that uncovers the hidden facts behind dairy farming the industry doesn’t want you to know about. Behind the labels and the marketing of happy READ ON
Breaking the Mother-Calf Bond: The Untold Story of Milk
Not until my mid-40s did I finally wake up to the many appalling facts behind dairy farming, most notably, the inherently cruel and forceful separation of a mother cow and READ ON
Happy Cows and Pink Elephants
“Happy cows” are marketing tools for the animal agriculture industry whose only purpose is to grow, Grow and GROW! Make no mistake that anything the animal agriculture industry supports is READ ON
Marketing Versus Reality: The Myth of the Organic Happy Cow
Everybody says they want to know where their food comes from these days. But we won’t get it from product marketing. What we see here on this Whole Foods 365 READ ON
From Dairy Farmer to Vegan Advocate: Pamela Ziemann’s Remarkable Transformation
I met Pamela Ziemann recently when I found an ad on Facebook for the Vegan Milk Revolution Contest and decided to enter it. From our first phone conversation through our READ ON
