Not only that but the calves would require a large percentage of that milk, and so a byproduct of dairy farms is often veal, at least for the male calves.

[–] kcuf@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

It's obvious but blew my mind when I was told that

[–] bassad@jlai.lu 7 points 7 months ago

Then after only 4-5 years of this they are slaughtered because the milk production begins to diminish.

[–] Nounka@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

They do tell it in school. What is meat. Vegan vegetarian.... Ethical working with animals ... 11-12 year old classes btw.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

I don't remember any of that from school.

I got one year of food wheel followed by 11 of food pyramid, and that was the extent of diet and nutrition.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

I don't remember ever getting a class like that, and if they tried to put one in they'd invite the considerably scary wrath of the farmers.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

That depends on your school, and when you went there. Many of us did not learn any of this.