Got Milk?

In the history of our species, drinking milk is a newer habit. Today, drinking milk is common practice in Europe, North America, and a growing patchwork of other places.

Every mammal produces milk to rear its young.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160707-the-surprising-links-between-human-milk-and-the-wild

Mammals, Mutants, and… Roaches: The Science of Milk (Video)

Why Did Ancient Humans Start Consuming Milk From Other Mammals?

https://www.rawmilkinstitute.org/updates/why-humans-drink-raw-milk

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190218-when-did-humans-start-drinking-cows-milk

https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/lactase-persistence-and-human-migration/crw8btjh5izbVYPJ#r

Chemistry? In my milk??

https://dairyprocessinghandbook.tetrapak.com/chapter/chemistry-milk

The Science of Milk (Video)

Understanding human milk as a biological system

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/113/5/1063/6218075

At Rwanda’s Favorite Bars, Forget the Beer: Milk Is What’s on Tap

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/world/africa/rwanda-milk-bars.html

Should we buy a yak instead of a cow? How about a camel?

https://www.heifer.org/blog/why-buy-a-cow-when-you-can-get-yak-milk-instead.html?msource=KIK2F19BL0101&gclid=CjwKCAjwzaSLBhBJEiwAJSRokvsG_lSu9EtBAZnjUb_V7QIYlwm2iOSlA89SKykBdavYa5-wzqJIcxoCELEQAvD_BwE

Greater Heat Stress From Climate Change Could Lower Dairy Productivity

https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2014/november/greater-heat-stress-from-climate-change-could-lower-dairy-productivity/

Past, present, future of America’s dairy industry

https://extension.umn.edu/dairy-news/dairy-industry-50-years

Almond milk: quite good for you – very bad for the planet

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2015/oct/21/almond-milk-quite-good-for-you-very-bad-for-the-planet


Have you got milk? In your fridge? In your school? What do YOU think about milk??

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