Tuesday 24 February 2009

Setting the standard for Cruelty-free diary

Cruelty-free milk and dairy products-It's a nice idea,sure, but how exactly are we going to make that happen ecspecially in a society that sees the cow as nothing more than lunch?? Well, I was in a meeting a few days ago and we were discussing all the who, what, where, and how we are going to make this a reality.
At the moment, there is no set standard as to what it means to have 'cruelty-free' milk/dairies, and so setting this standard it going to be the first step. So we are going to set that standard and use it to push the campaign forward. Here are some of the points that we came up with for creating that standard:

o Cows never slaughtered
o Process of milking
o type of feed
o names for cows ( cool article about cows who are named)
o antibiotics / hormones
o artificial insemination
o free to roam
o separation of calves
o treatment of oxen
o personal attention given to cows
o organic practice and standards
o localized selling
o pasteurized / non- pasteurized

If anyone has any other points that you think should be included post a comment (although, I think, at the moment, our comments button isn't working, but you can always email us on happyhealthycows@googlemail.com)

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