Like the Cheshire cat…
Well, it made me laugh. Also, the car needs washing.
We had something of a milk panic over the weekend. The Twitterati got hold of the news that Bovaer, a feed product that supposedly makes cows fart 27% less methane, has been introduced into dairy herds on 30 farms. People no likee.
Turns out, the FDA approved it earlier this year after “a multi-year” study, so you’re probably getting it too.
Arla, a Danish/Swedish dairy cooperative, provides a ginormous number of milk-based products in this country and is starting to introduce it. Like, the only sure defense is to buy from a known farm or go organic. I hate organic because I think it’s a rip, but you can’t label a milk product organic if you use feed additives.
There’s been a mad scramble to find local dairy farms (it’s legal to sell raw milk at the farm gate here). I’ve never tried it, but people say it tastes amazing. Also, I know someone who knows someone who got TB drinking raw milk. So whatever.
On the whole, I suspect Bovaer metabolizes into something harmless, like the FDA claimed when they approved it. The farmers who have to handle the stuff raw have a different risk profile, though, and I’m not sure it won’t eventually have an impact on the cows.
I mean, you’re shifting their microbiome. I believe in microbiome. I tend my microbiome like a beautiful garden.
Have you ever tried raw milk?
December 2, 2024 — 7:07 pm
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