Las Vacas

WELL... this book is unarguabley mind-opening. I naturally assumed buying organic milk meant the cows were happy and healthy and got to roam on a pasture etc. Turns out, the United States does not have strict enough rules about regulating organic food. For example, Horizon Organic Milk, a very popular orgnaic milk brand, feed their cows organic barley, alfalfa, etc, but they get less than an hour to graze and roam freely. At other times, their stuck up in these crowded rooms, just like regular factories. I mean, at least they aren't being pumped full of hormones. But we can still do better. I learned all of this from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. This chapter, Barbara Kingsolver learns how to make cheese. Naturally, especially since I have 2 parents who work full-time, I never even considered how cheese was made. I feel dumb now. I really should consider learning how to make cheese, just to say I can. I could make some killer palak paneer then. I'll write more later.
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