Hellfire103@lemmy.ca to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deathsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: til@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@lemmy.ml
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deathsen.wikipedia.orgHellfire103@lemmy.ca to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: til@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@lemmy.ml
minus-squareCherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months agoAaaand this is why my milk costs $10/gallon. Animals need to be treated well.
minus-squaretoomanypancakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoSorry, but they still aren’t treated well.
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoOn the contrary, milk should be even more expensive. The only reason it isn’t is because of a huge network of government subsidies at nearly every step.
minus-squarescoobford@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoJesus Christ. It’s $2.19 here…
Aaaand this is why my milk costs $10/gallon. Animals need to be treated well.
Sorry, but they still aren’t treated well.
On the contrary, milk should be even more expensive. The only reason it isn’t is because of a huge network of government subsidies at nearly every step.
Jesus Christ. It’s $2.19 here…