I just read the latest post from the blog Kiss Me, I'm Vegan. This post is titled The Top Fifteen Kiss-Worthy Reasons To Put The Mozzarella Cheese Stick Down And Finally Kick Your Dairy Habit!
1) I need to learn to not read these kinds of posts at work because I end up tearing up at my computer.
2) It's a really great list of reasons to give up animal's milk and kick the dairy out of your diet completely.
If you're considering going vegan, I know this list will help you make the final decision. Here's the quote that made me cry, and one of the reasons for why I became vegan back in March:
“The very saddest sound in all my memory was burned into my awareness at age five on my uncle’s dairy farm in Wisconsin. A cow had given birth to a beautiful male calf… On the second day after birth, my uncle took the calf from the mother and placed him in the veal pen in the barn—only ten yards away, in plain view of his mother. The mother cow could see her infant, smell him, hear him, but could not touch him, comfort him, or nurse him. The heartrending bellows that she poured forth—minute after minute, hour after hour, for five long days—were excruciating to listen to. They are the most poignant and painful auditory memories I carry in my brain.” - Michael Klaper M.D
This quote really hit close to home because my family is from Wisconsin and I grew up eating meat and cheese. If I knew at a younger age what was actually going on in all those farms we drove past, I think I would have changed my diet much sooner.
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