Depends where and who you buy your milk from.
I grew up on a small diary farm. You would take the calf away, but only when it was time to be weened anyway. And the milking is not suffering, any woman who has breastfed knows what's it like to go around full. Not fun.
But corporate farms don't think the same way. And if they are messing around with Bgh then you adding hormones that you do not need to your body.
Saying that I still eat dairy and eggs. But I make sure my dairy comes from dairies that do not use Bgh and support the family farms. If someone tells you you cannot taste the difference, believe me you can. Bgh treated dairy tastes flatter and blander too.
So if you want to stay with ovo-lacto, just be mindful of where you are getting your dairy and eggs from.
Family farms need to be supported.
The main reason why I am an ovo lacto is my family. They are willing to go vegetarian with me, but won't give up everything. Dairy and eggs are something we can agree with.
I grew up on a small diary farm. You would take the calf away, but only when it was time to be weened anyway. And the milking is not suffering, any woman who has breastfed knows what's it like to go around full. Not fun.
But corporate farms don't think the same way. And if they are messing around with Bgh then you adding hormones that you do not need to your body.
Saying that I still eat dairy and eggs. But I make sure my dairy comes from dairies that do not use Bgh and support the family farms. If someone tells you you cannot taste the difference, believe me you can. Bgh treated dairy tastes flatter and blander too.
So if you want to stay with ovo-lacto, just be mindful of where you are getting your dairy and eggs from.
Family farms need to be supported.
The main reason why I am an ovo lacto is my family. They are willing to go vegetarian with me, but won't give up everything. Dairy and eggs are something we can agree with.
