Comments on: Relief is coming to Dairy Industry

By: marisha22

marisha22 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:31:06 +0000

Guernsey farms is a great one.

http://www.guernseyfarmsdairy.com/index.htm

Calders is also a really good one

http://www.calderdairy.com/

By: John Morrison: Shaman of Sexy

John Morrison: Shaman of Sexy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:38:44 +0000

The majority of dairy farm owners do not mistreat or neglect their cows. They are the main source of income and if they are not healthy, they lose money. Now I'm sure there are people out there that do mistreat or neglect their cows, but not all. I wouldn't mind sitting outside all day, just munching or laying around at my leisure, having someone bring my meals to me. Sounds like the good life to me.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:40:22 +0000

No Idea.

By: bubbles8418

bubbles8418 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:39:25 +0000

Farming is a business. Just like any business it has to make a profit. The only way to make a profit is to run the farm businesslike.
Dairy cows are NOT maltreated or malnourished. Quite the opposite in fact. A healthy, well looked after cow will produce lots of milk. Any maltreated animal will soon stop milking. It is in the interests of the farmer to make sure his animals are well looked after.

By: alice

alice — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:45:31 +0000

There is no real humane dairy farm. Every dairy farm always has to separate the baby from the mom so that the baby doesn't drink the milk that so many humans drink, which is sad enough. And after their separated the girl babies always leave their moms to become a slave just like them, and i think there isn't any dairy farms that don't sell the baby boys to be killed for meat.
If you want to, its really easy to just switch to rice or almond or soy milk. And those are much healthier than cows milk with all its chemicals, too much protein and not enough calcium compared to the vegan milks. Just try it, its easier than you think.

By: Z

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:12:56 +0000

You will probably never find a place that breeds animals for food but doesn't get rid of the unnecessary waste (i.e. male chicks being killed, male calves going into veal production.) It's not cost effective & there's no space for the ever-growing population of animals. If you find farm sanctuaries, they aren't going to breed animals. They're too busy rescuing the overabundance that already exists.

If you want kinder (but obviously not cruelty free) farms, find a local one at http://www.eatwellguide.org. I don't feel the need to eat animals, but my carnivorous pets do, so I try to mesh that with my beliefs as well as I can and get their food from a local certified humanely raised & handled, pasture-raising farm.

By: thewraithlordkourn

thewraithlordkourn — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:32:12 +0000

They either become the main ingredient in veal parmigiana or left to grow to replace the aging stud bulls. They usually have a half dozen or so bulls for mating, the rest are sold off for veal or beef.

By: Rhea

Rhea — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:15:52 +0000

Runoff from dairy farms not only includes bacteria from cow droppings but can also include items such as phosphates and other minerals that can have negative effects.

As far as how it effects the water, the cow droppings can carry e-coli bacteria (which will cause severe intestinal problems in humans), the phosphates/misc minerals can incourage growth of water organisms that will choke out the waters natural oxegen content.

Those are the 2 main big issues w/dairy farm runoff.

By: Misaki

Misaki — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:23:27 +0000

yes you can

By: Raptor2810

Raptor2810 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:11:30 +0000

ha! i helped make this video