The idea and application of veganism is profoundly shunned in the way traditional geography its taught to children, without the negative and pragmatic viewpoint and the solution within this should be the end of idealised country farming mills, while exploitive in methods while alleviating the castigation on the farm itself as common practice This is a quote from a farm website promoting school trips to their dairy farm
"Dairy farming has been part of the fabric of British life for centuries and forms an integral part of our ‘favourite things’ in the food chain but is one of those things that you can take so easily for granted. However, it can be so easy to find out more – all you have to do is put on a pair of wellies and go visit a farm!
Whether it’s discovering the milking parlour, gaining an insight in to the cows’ routine or simply talking to the farmers – there is something for everyone to enjoy. So the next time that you visit your local farm shop or pub, you’ll remember the everyday ways that dairy farming touches your life."
In reality, the daily practices of most dairy farms are more distressing than those of meat production. A mother cow only produces milk when she gets pregnant. So, starting from the age of 15 months, she will usually be artificially inseminated. Farmers mechanically draw semen from a bull, and then force the female cow into a narrow trap, known as a “cattle crush”, where they will brutally impregnate her.
When she gives birth, her calf will typically be removed within 36 hours, so the farmers can steal and sell you the milk that is meant for her baby. Wildlife experts say that a strong bond between cow and calf is formed quickly after birth. Following that callous separation, the mother will bellow and scream for days, wondering where her baby is. The answer depends on the gender of the calf. If male, he will probably either be shot and tossed into a bin, or sold to be raised for veal, which delays his death by just a matter of months. But if the calf is female, she will usually be prepared for her own entry into dairy production, where she will face the same cycle of hell that her mother is trapped in: forced impregnation, the theft of her baby, and a return to the cattle crush two or three months later.
For at least six months of the year, she will often be confined inside dark sheds. But a growing number of dairy farms in Britain use a “zero-grazing system” in which cows spend their entire lives indoors, in increasingly intensive structures.
(i have used the guardian and a website promoting dairy farm school trips heavily as i believe that these explanations are the best way to put my point across)
