{"id":41180,"date":"2019-05-03T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T09:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41180"},"modified":"2019-05-03T09:39:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T09:39:27","slug":"dairy-farms-are-costing-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/dairy-farms-are-costing-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy farms are costing the earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand like so many places<br \/>\nRealises they<br \/>\nHave to watch their greenhouse gas emissions<br \/>\nWhich now play<br \/>\nA big part in the catastrophe<br \/>\nThat is causing climate change<br \/>\nAnd dairy cows are costly<br \/>\nRight across the range<\/p>\n<p>On the Aupouri Peninsular<br \/>\nDairies are thinking to<br \/>\nSell their farms to Avocado production<br \/>\nWhich will do<br \/>\nA lot of good things really<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a crop that does do well<br \/>\nAnd world wide is appreciated<br \/>\nAs far as  I can tell<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s rich in fatty acids<br \/>\nAnd potassium and grows<br \/>\nWell and there\u2019s a market<br \/>\nAnd everybody knows<br \/>\nAt present dairy cows<br \/>\nAmount to 4.8 million or so<br \/>\nBurping farting water guzzlers<br \/>\nCostly really so<br \/>\nEnvironmentally speaking<br \/>\nIt makes a lot of sense<br \/>\nAs less people want to<br \/>\nIndulge in bovine milk<br \/>\nAnd to commence<br \/>\nWith plant milks which are<br \/>\nCommonplace and popular today<br \/>\nSo it\u2019s altogether a good idea<br \/>\nTo try to do away<\/p>\n<p>With the dairy<br \/>\nWith the rape racks<br \/>\nAnd the kidnapping we see<br \/>\nThe murdering of baby calves<br \/>\nThe extended  cruelty<br \/>\nThe use of antibiotics and hormones<br \/>\nEverywhere<br \/>\nAnd because they guzzle water<br \/>\nAgain we all must share<\/p>\n<p>A lot of responsibility<br \/>\nHumans after all<br \/>\nAs babies we are altricial<br \/>\nAnd really that\u2019s so cool<br \/>\nUngulates are precocial<br \/>\nThey are born<br \/>\nAnd they can see<br \/>\nThey can walk<br \/>\nThey need their mothers milk<br \/>\nBut are not like you and me<\/p>\n<p>The dairy has been telling fibs<br \/>\nFor many many years<br \/>\nHad the brontosaurus been around<br \/>\nCows  would be in tears<br \/>\nNobody would be drinking their milk<br \/>\nFor asxwe know<br \/>\nIt\u2019s all about the profit<br \/>\nAnd the margin that does grow<\/p>\n<p>In all it is a great idea<br \/>\nTo stop this dairy thing<br \/>\nIt is very unhealthy<br \/>\nHearts out there will ring<br \/>\nThe changes and cholesterols<br \/>\nWill diminish by the day<br \/>\nHowever much you look at this<br \/>\nWe are not cows so no way<\/p>\n<p>Should we be using cows milk<br \/>\nIt\u2019s alien and we<br \/>\nHave also been causing global degradation<br \/>\nActually<br \/>\nSo good luck to all these farmers<br \/>\nWho have clearly seen the light<br \/>\nThey are giving up the dairy<br \/>\nand putting the ground to right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand like so many places Realises they Have to watch their greenhouse gas emissions Which now play A big part in the catastrophe That is causing climate change And dairy cows are costly Right across the range On the &hellip; 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