Two speakers expose industrial dairy practices: cows confined in sheds unable to turn, newborn calves separated from mothers immediately, and routine hormone injections to boost milk production. The Satyakrit Movement argues ancient texts describe milk differently from today's industrial product and promotes plant-based alternatives.
When we see the Tetra Paks of milk, we see a lush grassland where cows are roaming and mooing and being fed good quality grass. But what we saw was a shed which had 30 cows packed side by side, tied to a 3-foot rope. She didn't have the ability to even turn around. Shortly after a mother cow gives birth, her baby is separated from her. Their bond is broken at a very early age. And because of this, she feels the same emotions that a human mother does. How do these cows continue producing milk even after, you know, the baby is taken away or in some circumstances passed away.
They need to be injected with hormones in order for them to produce milk. This is a reality happening every day, morning, evening.
The reason why we at Satyakrit Movement, we're all moving towards a plant-based lifestyle is because the milk that our ancient texts talk about and the milk we are getting today, they are not the same liquid. It just pulls apart.
