Emptying the Milk out of the fridge

[hmmm_tea]

I've always been quite uncomfortable with the issue of breeding animals entirely for our own consumption (whether as food or consumables). It seems somewhat wrong to give an animal a life entirely so we can take it away again

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[feanelwa]

You have to have a calf to make a cow lactate, and if the calf is male, it's not going to become a dairy cow...there's an even more direct way that dairy results in death. She says, thinking about ice cream and cheese and still not actually being vegan.

[hmmm_tea]

Are you planning to dress veganly toooo?

I sort-of try to already. I've been wearing vegan boots for years now.

Other than that I've not paid a huge amount of attention to what things are made out of unless there obviously leather or something like that. I'll probably try to consider it more next time I shop, but it might be a case of seeing how well it goes with the diet first.

[jarethrake]

Cows do have to bear calves, the majority of which are then killed, in order to keep lactating. So milk does involve killing.

I'm not moralizing, I have a hamburger in front of me. Just pointing that out.;p

[hmmm_tea]

Good point.

[hmmm_tea]

I gathered that from the talk in the pub the other week.

It's nice not to be the only one.

[hmmm_tea]

I've been buying vegan boots from ethicalwares for a few years now (given I've got size 13 feet, which makes it hard to find shoes to start with, looking for vegan ones isn't that much harder).

The boots I use for Molly (which are lovely shade of green :-) ) come from vegetarian shoes

Will have a look at underground shoes to see what they offer, thanks.

[mair_aw]

I've been living in a vegan household for the last few months. I miss cheese, and tea made with real milk.

[hmmm_tea]

I miss cheese, and tea made with real milk.

I suspect I will too to start with, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

[mair_aw]

I never dared try cheezely, but I'm moving out tomorrow anyway.