A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows • Hacker News Board

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by steve19 » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 10:04 PM UTC

A friend of mine, a chemistry teacher, taught in an Indian school for a number of years. He said a huge problem was buying milk for the students that wasn't cut with bad water and/or other chemicals. They tried paying above market price, equivalent to the price of pure milk, and it worked for a while, but he kept testing the milk and found the vendor eventually started diluting the milk. I guess the temptation was great.

This startup looks like it may solve that problem!

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by azinman2 » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 10:13 PM UTC

21 wrote: post #7

debacle wrote: post #4

I love this picture: https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/B3-BA230_0704MI_M... Something about the woman in the lab coat, with a generation of men standing around her while the older generation looks on, calf and all. It's very reminiscent of early 20th century paintings from the US.

There truly is a stock photo for everything. Business woman with headset and laptop milking cow: https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/woman-milking-cow-business-f... https://st2.depositphotos.com/4319567/7421/i/950/depositphot...

Wow. I’d love to know the backstory on that.

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by paulcole » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 10:14 PM UTC

baxtr wrote: post #6

It's a controversial issue, but I try to refrain from eating any type of dairy products (with mixed results) because of two main reasons: - It seems that science is supporting a vegan lifestyle for longevity/a longer health span [1] - Cows are so bad for the environment... [1] https://valterlongo.com/daily-longevity-diet/

Yep people will look for whatever they can do to “make a difference” as long as it doesn’t affect the things they really want to do. See: driving, having kids, eating meat, etc.

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by mark212 » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 10:17 PM UTC

baxtr wrote: post #6

It's a controversial issue, but I try to refrain from eating any type of dairy products (with mixed results) because of two main reasons: - It seems that science is supporting a vegan lifestyle for longevity/a longer health span [1] - Cows are so bad for the environment... [1] https://valterlongo.com/daily-longevity-diet/

I'd rather milk them than kill them for hamburger and shoes.

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by dangerboysteve » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 10:23 PM UTC

neonate wrote: post #5

http://archive.is/xeCxt

odd arhive.is does not work with 1.1.1.1 but does with google dns.

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by kondro » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 10:52 PM UTC

mark212 wrote: post #14

baxtr wrote: post #6

It's a controversial issue, but I try to refrain from eating any type of dairy products (with mixed results) because of two main reasons: - It seems that science is supporting a vegan lifestyle for longevity/a longer health span [1] - Cows are so bad for the environment... [1] https://valterlongo.com/daily-longevity-diet/

I'd rather milk them than kill them for hamburger and shoes.

What do you think happens to all the male calves that are born each year to keep dairy cows lactating?

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by mattkrause » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 11:42 PM UTC

baxtr wrote: post #10

21 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a weird one: > Select ingredients among those discussed in this book that your ancestors would have eaten. I'm pretty sure my ancestors never ate bananas, oranges, kale, quinoa, avocado and everything else which wasn't present in Europe 500 years ago.

In the book he is referring to the generation before your parents. I believe because they did not have access to anything that was produced by a chemical plant

The generation before my parents (i.e., my grandparents) were born around the time that The Jungle was published, which describes food so tainted that the outcry lead to the formation of the Food and Drug Administration

The 50s were full of canned and processed foods too.

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 11:45 PM UTC

amingilani wrote: post #9

neonate wrote: post #5

http://archive.is/xeCxt

I came to ask for a non-paywall link, thank you for posting this. Not all heroes wear capes.

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Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by cies » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 11:52 PM UTC

mark212 wrote: post #14

baxtr wrote: post #6

It's a controversial issue, but I try to refrain from eating any type of dairy products (with mixed results) because of two main reasons: - It seems that science is supporting a vegan lifestyle for longevity/a longer health span [1] - Cows are so bad for the environment... [1] https://valterlongo.com/daily-longevity-diet/

I'd rather milk them than kill them for hamburger and shoes.

For milk to come the cow needs to deliver a calf. How long will you allow the calf to drink her mums milk, before you decide that calf hurts your bottom line?

Most commonly the calf is removed from the mom in a few hours, after which the mum is crying for her kid for several days.

Dairy is super cruel, besides it being very unhealthy for humans (especially humans after their weening phase).

Re: A Milk Startup Takes on 300M Cows

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Post by cies » Sun, Jul 08, 2018, 11:53 PM UTC

baxtr wrote: post #6

It's a controversial issue, but I try to refrain from eating any type of dairy products (with mixed results) because of two main reasons: - It seems that science is supporting a vegan lifestyle for longevity/a longer health span [1] - Cows are so bad for the environment... [1] https://valterlongo.com/daily-longevity-diet/

Dairy is very unhealthy for grown-up humans...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3c_D0s391Q