Milk

With the milk wars raging today (which is really a losing battle by dairy milk producers to stop plant-based alternatives from competing), it is worth remembering that stealing food meant for baby cows and goats was not always common practice. In Ancient Rome and Greece, those who drank milk and ate butter were seen as barbarians; poor people, often peasant farmers, who relied on their livestock for subsistence. The spread of affordable refrigeration in the twentieth century allowed perishable dairy products to reach a mass market. But now the move towards plant-based diets is once again marginalising cows’ milk.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 5. Buy on Lulu ↗