Dairy Moos

I’m a 3rd Generation CA dairy farmer☀️🥛🐄let life mooove you

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Most people don’t realize that conventional dairy already has been focused on sustainability, we just don’t advertise

- We sequester carbon with the crops growing for the cows

- We use organic fertilizer from the cows instead on relying on synthetic fertilizers

- We recycle all our water to grow crops for the cows

- Cows up-cycle food byproducts into usable nutrition that would otherwise go to a landfill

Cows are a valuable part of the earths ecology and ecosystems. Many dairy farms today are installing methane digesters- that take cow manure, capture the emissions, and make renewable power. Installing these systems make dairies carbon negative meaning they are taking out more emissions than they are creating.

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Don’t forget to workout your calves

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Incoming #shesbad #cows #dairyfarmer #ohno #suprise

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The truth about cows and the environment

Cows account for less than 4% of GHG emmisions in the U.S. while crops produce 4.8%

Cows take worthless grass/cellulose (that people can’t digest) and convert to nutrient dense foods. Without cows, you would need significantly more plant agriculture/ and environmental resources i.e. land, water

As a result changing your diet to vegan will only reduce your environmental impact as much as reducing 1 transatlantic flight

People forget though that cows are an important part of the earths ecology and nessesary- they perform an important function.

Methane from cows remains constant in the atmosphere— 10-15yrs— while C02 from fossil fuels accumulate in the environment— C02 lasts 100yrs. The key to reducing our environmental impact is not from changing our diet but reducing our dependence on fossils fuels

Dairy farmers in the U.S. have reduced their environmental impact 63% over the last 65 years. They’ve been able to produce more milk with less cows.

And many farmers today are working to convert the methane to renewable energy. Implementing this technology on dairy farms will allow these farms to become carbon-negative. Meaning they’ll be pulling more carbon out of the system than they put in- while producing renewable energy and food.

Cows have the potential to be the great change makers in our society

Cows can change our world for the better 🌎 🐄 🌱

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Trick or Treat

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When you find something good

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Caprese everything this summer with all these tomatoes

Tomatoes, mozzarella, basil

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Are cows living in crowded conditions?

A lot of people may see a big group of cows and think that they’re being overcrowded- but are they. Cows are social animals and need friends to live. Researchers have found that cows develop lifelong friendships and I’ve been able to witness that firsthand seeing them with the same friends. Cows are herd animals and naturally live in large groups. It’s all about Cowmunity

When given a choice, cows will voluntarily crowd themselves in small areas. They feel safer in a group and won’t stray far from the main herd. You will rarely see a cow off by herself- though there is a loner in every group.

In the 1800s, pioneers and settlers traveling the midwestern plains of North America seen the wild bison herds. Some researchers have concluded that the bison population reached 300 million animals. For perspective, there is only 9 million dairy cows in the US today. The strange thing is that even though the bison had all the freedom in the world, they still chose to live in tight knit communities called herds.

I suppose people aren’t much different. When flying into LAX- Los Angeles you can see houses for miles around. People are also social beings and live in tight knit communities.

Doing rough math, people may be more crowded. Consider this- a New York City block can have over 1,400 people in a 100,000 sq. ft. Area. A dairy farm of 1,400 cows may be situated on 10 acres of ground= 430,000 sq. ft. meaning that cows have much more space than some people. And there are cities that are more crowded than NYC.

Cows today are living very comfortably on farms. The goal is to make sure that they’re comfortable and have the least amount of stress possible.

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So many satisfied ladies

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Wanted: a person to cuddle with

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Do cows like to be Milked?

If you could ask a cow if she enjoys being milked she would probably tell you yes. The milk barn is quite comfortable. There is shade and cooling fans to keep her cool. Usually, there is some music to keep her relaxed. The whole process only takes about 12 minutes. A cow will spend only 24-36 minutes a day “working.” The rest of the time she is eating, relaxing, and socializing with friends. Truly an enviable lifestyle.

Cows are creatures of habit and love the routine . If you’re late to milking they will be waiting by the gate tapping their hooves. If you’re really late they will be very annoyed. It’s uncanny that they can know the exact hour of milking time. When you open the gate, it’s a great sight seeing them all walking and moooving to the milk barn

The milking process includes washing her teats and stimulating them. By stimulating her teats before milking, it allows a hormonal release of oxytocin that encourages her to let down her milk. Oxytocin is a feel good hormone that produces antidepressant-like effects. It’s got to be a great release.

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Does eating meat and milk cause cancer?

Milk has over 400 different fatty acids- a lot of those saturated fatty acids in milk and meat are anti-cancer, antibacterial, antiviral. Researchers are still figuring out how they impact our bodies but the studies show a lot of positive effects. Fat is good for you and that’s what veg diets lack. If veg were healthy, people would be disease free. Fruit and vegetable consumption in the US is at record highs while meat, milk, butter are at record lows. People should be healthy if the vegetable myth was true but they’re not.

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While everyone is debating the novelty of wearing a m@sk, people should be rethinking how they can keep their immune systems healthy in the first place. Milk has compounds that are immune-boosting and anti-viral

8 ways milk supports a healthy immune system

Milk is biologically designed to be a nutrient transfer device to give the recipient good nutrition and the building blocks that will help t

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To Fight the Coronavirus, Maybe Try Eating More Cheese

Experts have claimed that vitamin K found in eggs, spinach, and blue cheeses can fight coronavirus infections. Patients who died from the vi

Cheese is good for your immune system- important bioactive compounds

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Milk and Life is synonymous

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A cows life is all about Cowmunity

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Cows at work