The overarching assumption in Joanna Blythman’s anthropomorphic article on “free range” milk (1 March) is that it’s better for cows to graze on pasture than be kept,milked and fed in a closed environment.
That grazing is more “natural” (and so better) is a silly assumption. None of our domesticated beasts absorb led a “natural” life for thousands of years now and are evolved into creatures that are as dependent on us and our care as we are on them. whether we consume as a measure of “happiness” or “contentedness” the milk-yield of each cow and its susceptibility to illness, indoor husbandry wins hands down over traditional farming every time. “Cows belong in fields” may absorb an emotional appeal – but in a world of daft slogans it is surely one of the daftest.
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Source: theguardian.com