Cows need time to nap, and hang out with their cow buddies. This couldn’t happen if they were attached to a machine all day. Cows are milked on a regular schedule, only 5 minutes or so at a time.
Cows like to be comfortable. Sometimes a barn – with fresh circulating outdoor air cooled with fans – is their best place to be, near food and water and a cozy place to rest. Sometimes cows like pasture time, too.
Lactose intolerance occurs when your body doesn’t make enough of the enzyme lactase, which breaks down lactose (the natural sugar in milk and dairy products). The good news for you is that there are delicious REAL dairy products available with the lactose removed, so enjoy! There are some people who suffer from a milk allergy, which is an allergic reaction to the protein in milk. Both are digestive disorders but are distinctly different in cause.
Healthy cows are a dairy farmer’s number 1 priority. Cows are only given medication when they are under the weather. While a medicated cow is still milked on her regular schedule, her milk is discarded until she’s healthy again and the medicine has cleared her system.
Alternative “milks” can’t match the perfect nutrition profile of REAL cow’s milk! For example, almond milk has 15 grams of added sugar and only 1 gram of protein, while cow’s milk contains only 3 naturally occurring ingredients and is packed with 8 grams of protein to fuel your body!
Cows are ruminants which means they technically only have one stomach, but it has four distinct compartments. These separate compartments allow them to digest high levels of fiber which animals like humans could not.
All milk—both regular and organic—is tested for antibiotics, both on the farm and at the processing plant to ensure that all milk for sale is antibiotic free!
A cow starts producing milk once she has a calf. She will not start to breed again for 30-60 days after freshening, so it depends on each individual cow.
This is false! In fact, 97% of dairy farms across the United States are family owned and operated.
Hormones are naturally present in many foods of plant or animal origin. All milk naturally contains very low amounts of hormones. The level of hormones in milk are essentially the same in milk labeled hormone free, organic, or regular.
While some milk-alternative beverages are a good source of plant protein, they are fortified and do not offer the same package of healthy nutrients ; calcium, potassium, phosphorus, protein, vitamins A, D and B12, riboflavin and niacin that are found in milk and milk products.