"Consumption of milk per capita has gone down every year over the last 30 years," says Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. "Actually, it's gone down by more than 20 per cent since 2015."

While bagged milk is often cited as a unique Canadianism, it's actually not sold west of Ontario. Those who prefer it, however, say it's more cost efficient and some even believe it tastes better.

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Fuck it let's make our own milk at this point

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    My wife says no cows, because apparently I underestimate the amount of milk a cow makes. I'm gonna have to get used to goat milk

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    It is much easier to raise a goat on a small acreage than it is to farm enough oats to extract a worthwhile amount of oat milk.

    Also, haven't liked any oat milk I've tried. To be fair I don't like goat milk either, but it is much closer to what I'm used to, and would definitely be easier to get used to

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    There is NextMilk and NotMilk brands., both formulated to be similar to actual milk in texture, and taste. You won't be "Wow, I can't believe it's not milk" But it is surprising close compared to oat, soy, or almond milks

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    As in your love of actual cow milk, or the oats takes a lot of farming debate? Not Milk is like pineapple juice cabbage juice and other components that somehow come together to work like milk.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oats take a lot of space and equipment to farm, and any brand name anything doesn't help; the idea here was self-sufficiency

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, I see. Goat milk takes some getting used to. Good luck on the self-sufficiency. We had a half acre before for veggies, and a giant pear tree which made good Perry every year.

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