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If this topic interests you, I recommend reading “Animal Liberation” by the philosopher Peter Singer.

I discovered it during my philosophy classes at university, and eventually became vegetarian as a result of this about 15 years ago.

Honestly at this point I can’t remember the details of the book, only that it had enough of an impact to stop me eating meat.

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As someone with farmer parents... please, don't drink milk. The saddest sound I have ever heard in my life is a mother cow calling for her calf after it has been taken away.

Yeah milk is problematic. I don’t think people always realize that cows don’t magically generate milk, they need to be impregnated before you get to milk them. It sounds obvious but I’m not sure if it’s commonly known.

Also, milk has plenty of good alternatives (in my opinion). Give Soy or Almond milk a try if you haven’t. You can also substitute milk for milk alternatives in some recipes (coconut milk can be good as a replacement for cooking).

I heard almond milk is bad for environment though?

Yeah, milk is disturbing. Most people's intuition about what is most humane to eat does not match the objective cruelty of what they consume. The life of an average cow versus the life of an average chicken for instance.