What Milk Should I Drink?

If what we are looking for in food is resiliency, cows and almond trees might not be the worst candidates. Fernald pointed out that both evolved in drought-prone areas, and in times of stress they will still produce, just not as much. Her recommendations are to find a farmer with lower output (there will be less waste in the system), to get comfortable paying more, and to stop worrying about the milk. The debate over various milks, she says, grows out of misplaced frustration with the industrial food system and the bad choices it forces us into. “We are making a passionate commitment to something we made up,” she said. “On the dairy-versus-almonds thing, if you’re so passionate, just drink your coffee black.”

What Milk Should I Drink?