by Jessica Strathdee
In February 2013, my partner and I moved to live and work on a West Canterbury, New Zealand dairy farm with a 600 head herd. My partner was the second in command on the farm, and I was employed as a relief milker and ...
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On the morning of my birthday five years ago, my water broke, and the next day I received the greatest present of my life: a healthy, precious daughter.
Our bond is unbreakable. It is also biological. Mother cows, who carry their babies ...
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No mother should be denied the right to nurse and care for her child. When my daughter was born, it helped affirm for me the connection that all animal mothers have with their babies. More than ever I saw how the animal use industry ...
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Had I known years ago what I know today about the dairy industry, the reasons for its existence, the traumatic experience that cows and calves endure, the negative effect on my body and health, and the persistent messaging by companies and ...
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I am baffled that any lactating woman would choose to support the dairy industry. When one understands the hormones, the relationship, the science and the spirit of breastfeeding one’s child, how does someone willingly deprive another ...
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Dairy is not an option in my home. The dairy industry is a billion dollar business that flourishes by exploiting animal mothers and their babies, destroying their families, and harming human health and our environment.
I first began ...
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