"PETA Asks Ben &Jerry to Switch Milk"

[Clueless]

What the fuck??!

waterbury, vt. — mooove over, holsteins. Peta wants world-famous ben & jerry's homemade ice cream to tap nursing moms, rather than cows, for the milk used in its ice cream.

People for the ethical treatment of animals is asking the ice cream maker to begin using breast milk in its products instead of cow's milk, saying it would reduce the suffering of cows and calves and give ice cream lovers a healthier product.

The idea got a cool reception thursday from ben & jerry's officials, the company's customers and even la leche league international, the world's oldest breast-feeding support organization, which promotes the practice — for babies, anyway.

Peta wrote a letter to company founders ben cohen and jerry greenfield on tuesday, telling them cow's milk is hazardous and that milking them is cruel.

"if ben and jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers — and cows — would reap the benefits," wrote tracy reiman, executive vice president of the animal rights advocacy group. She said dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies and obesity.

Ashley byrne, a campaign coordinator for peta, acknowledged the implausibility of substituting breast milk for cow's milk, but said it's no stranger than humans consuming the milk of another species.

"we're aware this idea is somewhat absurd, and that putting it into practice is a stretch. At the time same, it's pretty absurd for us to be drinking the milk of cows," she said.

It takes about 12 pounds — or 1 1/2 gallons of milk — to make a gallon of ice cream. Ben & jerry's, which gets its milk exclusively from vermont cows, won't say how much milk it uses or how much ice cream it sells.

As a standardized product under federal regulations, ice cream must be made with milk from healthy cows. Ice cream made from goat's milk, for example, would have to be labeled as such.

Presumably, so would mother's milk ice cream.

To ben & jerry's, the idea is udderly ridiculous.

"we applaud peta's novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother's milk is best used for her child," spokesman sean greenwood said in an e-mail. He didn't respond to requests for an interview.

Leon berthiaume, general manager of the st. Albans cooperative creamery, which provides milk products to ben & jerry's, called the dairy products "among the safest in the world."

"milk from cows has long-term health benefits and has been proven to be safe and healthy and an important part of the american diet for generations," he said. "i'm not ready to make that change."

cow's milk and mother's milk aren't interchangeable, according to la leche spokeswoman jane crouse, who says breast milk is a dynamic substance that's different with each woman and each child and might have difficulty being processed into ice cream.

Then there's the question of who would provide the milk, and whether they'd be paid.

"some women feel compelled to donate milk to a milk bank for adopted babies, or for someone who's ill or unable to breast feed. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence about sisters who nurse each others' babies. There's a population of women very willing to share their milk. Whether there's enough to do it for a commercial entity, who can say?" she said.

At the ben & jerry's factory in waterbury, consumers gave a collective "e http://www" to the idea thursday.

"it's kind of creepy," said jeff waugh, 42, of dayton, ohio.

"i think it's a little nutty," said the rev. Roger wooton, 83, of malden, mass., finishing up a cup of heath bar crunch.

"how would they get all that milk?" said his wife, jane wooton, 77.

Jen wahlbrink, 34, of phoenix, who breast-fed her 11-month-old son, cameron, said she wouldn't touch ice cream made from mother's milk. She remembers her nursing days — and not that fondly.

"the (breast) pumps just weren't that much fun. You really do feel like a cow," she said, cradling her son in her hands.

 

[GrimJack]

I want to see the milking factory...

 

[JASONA70]

:nono:

 

[foreverpsycotic]

uke:

 

[flight doc89]

I want to see the milking factory...

no, you don't...

thats right up there with people saying they want to work gynecology. Trust me, you don't.

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

^ What he said... for every nice set you see, there will be 50 old n saggiez.


Lets see, the wife gets about 8 oz per pumping session.... Anyone want to preorder some ice cream?

 

[Clip]

so are they only going to milk vermont women?

 

[figgie]

PETA.... the signs of the times.........

 

[jesse420]

that is pretty fucked up

 

[GrimJack]

no, you don't...

thats right up there with people saying they want to work gynecology. Trust me, you don't.

^ What he said... for every nice set you see, there will be 50 old n saggiez.


Lets see, the wife gets about 8 oz per pumping session.... Anyone want to preorder some ice cream?

Oh yes, yes I do. I'm not looking for Sexy, I can get that from Maxim or Playboy. I'm looking for ridiculously funny. Bonus points for having them all being milked by hand, and spraying prowling cats in the face with little squirts.

 

[Adjuster]

People
Eating
Tasty
Animals.

I love PETA.

This has to be the STUPIDEST idea I've heard yet from those loons however.

You all completely realize that "Cows" as you know them, are not natural animals.. They are systematically breeding cows to get the perfect milk cows from the existing head of cattle they have.

PETA has this idea that dairy cows somehow just fell out of the sky, and would be walking around naturally in the current condition they are in, in the wild if not for man..

Do some reasearch if you do not know what I'm talking about.. Dairy cows are specialized milk making machines.. They are born to do these two things very well...

Eat and produce milk. (And shit of course, but that's not a bad thing now either, since they are using the feces to generate methane, and then burn the methane to make electricity...)

Heck, next the PITA pinheads will want to stop using cheese, or at least start making it out of breast milk...

Stupid.