Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas emissions as milk

Re:Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas ... by toomuchtodo on Friday April 29, 2022 @01:18PM (#31208010)

There is a death spiral that can occur when demand for dairy milk declines below a level where the supply chain can no longer support itself economically. Milk consumption is down 40% from the 70s in the US, 2730 dairy farms went out of business between 2018 and 2020, and if I had to hazard a guess, younger folks are going to prefer non dairy alternatives (for a variety of reasons).

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jan/06/us-dairy-indust...

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Re:Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas ... by ifyoubuildit on Friday April 29, 2022 @01:30PM (#31208205)

Assuming there is still some demand, this would presumably open up opportunities for small local dairies, no?

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Re:Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas ... by toomuchtodo on Friday April 29, 2022 @01:31PM (#31208243)

At a premium price, yes. Depending on the macro, there’s always a low volume artisanal segment at a price point that covers costs.

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Re:Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas ... by CPLX on Friday April 29, 2022 @01:27PM (#31208148)

What about cheese? It seems popular.

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Re:Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas ... by brimble on Friday April 29, 2022 @01:29PM (#31208189)

If this causes decent cheese to go past "damn, that's expensive" and into "I can no longer afford this", at least I won't mind death so much, I guess.

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Re:Milk alternatives produce up to 4.5x less greenhouse gas ... by SauciestGNU on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:56PM (#31209262)

This is good. Bovine animal husbandry is one of the biggest contributors to climate change, and we as a society should allow the market to kill the industry before it kills us.

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