Vegan milk campaign with DJ Khaled, Venus Williams launches
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Fallon launched a new campaign for WhiteWave Foods soy, almond, cashew and coconut milk brand Silk with a pair of spots starring Venus Williams and DJ Khaled. The campaign, entitled “Do Plants,” arrives just ahead of the brand’s 20th anniversary.
In the 15-second broadcast spot starring Williams, “Jump,” the tennis star winds up for a high-velocity serve as the message “Do Plants” appears on screen. “Strong is good,” Williams says, before letting loose on the ball and later refueling with the brand’s Very Vanilla Soymilk.
Sounds like the 'Do Plants' campaign is going to make the rounds in the next few months. Proud of these guys for advocating for a kinder, far more sustainable and healthy dairy alternative.
Why do vegans always complain about what carnovores eat yet to replicate those foods.
It makes it easier for those that are new to the lifestyle. I personally don't buy any meat/dairy alternatives but then again I've been vegan for 3.5 years now.
Why do vegans always complain about what carnovores eat yet to replicate those foods.
The production of animal products has enormous, varied and catastrophic implications upon the health of the environment, ourselves, and the welfare of animals.
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Cows don’t just magically produce it: it results from pregnancy. Like humans, cows carry their young for nine months. Unlike humans, most cows will have their young taken away within 12-14 hours after birth due to their economic strain. Male calves will be sent to the slaughterhouse to produce "veal", because they don't produce milk and they are useless to farmers. In Australia, this is around 400,000 calves per year. This cruel separation is a traumatic experience, destined to be repeated over and over for a cow’s workable lifetime— every 13 months. These calves will never even taste their mother’s milk. The mother cow is always either pregnant, giving birth or being milked. When her milk production declines and she is no longer profitable, she is also sent to slaughter and replaced by her daughters.
For decades, we’ve been fed the idea that dairy is best—that we need it. But consider who would have encouraged this propaganda: that’s right, the for-profit dairy industry. Yes, dairy is the source of calcium and other vitamins, but to put it bluntly: it’s not meant for us. It’s meant for a rapidly growing baby calf.
Consuming dairy is actually not in our best interests, and that we’ve been force-fed many ideas that are not factual. For instance, milk doesn’t reduce fractures—it may actually increase the risk of them by 50%. By consuming five to seven portions of fruits and veggies per day (and no animal products), a person can reduce their risk of heart disease by 47%, strokes by 26%, and cancer by up to 18%. Furthermore, about 75% of the population is lactose intolerant. Know why?
Because. We’re. Not. Meant. To. Drink. Another. Animal’s. Milk.
Furthermore, with the increasing demand for dairy, there is growing pressure on natural resources, including freshwater and soil. Dairy cows and their manure produce greenhouse gas emissions which contribute to climate change. Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined exhaust from all transportation. Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. Almost 3100 liters of water are needed for 1kg. of cheese. Animal Agriculture is responsible for 20%-33% of all fresh water consumption in the world today. We would have 15x more protein on any given area of land with plants, rather than animals.
The land required to feed 1 person for 1 year is: 1) Vegan: 1/6th acre; 2) Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan; 3) Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan
And we're not aliens from a distant planet or anything - we grew up loving these foods too. But now that we realise consumption of them do ourselves and others more harm than good, we often jump at the chance to replicate it without all the negative consequences.
As bluewaffle said, veganism doesn't have to involve 'alternative' foods either - do it anyway you like, as long as you're doing good unto the planet, animals and yourself!
I've tried different brands of coconut milk and almond milk, but I just hate the taste. Dairy milk makes me feel sick occasionally, but I prefer the taste and thickness so much more.
The production of animal products has enormous, varied and catastrophic implications upon the health of the environment, ourselves, and the welfare of animals.
And we're not aliens from a distant planet or anything - we grew up loving these foods too. But now that we realise consumption of them do ourselves and others more harm than good, we often jump at the chance to replicate it without all the negative consequences.
As bluewaffle said, veganism doesn't have to involve 'alternative' foods either - do it anyway you like, as long as you're doing good unto the planet, animals and yourself!
A diet based around organic, sustainable vegetables, meats, nuts, and seeds will forever be physiologically superior to veganism.
Please note that vegans CANNOT live without fortified foods/supplements, but keep pushing your vegan agenda.
Anyway, onto the topic at hand. SOY IS EVIL! I am SICK of vegans pushing SOY over dairy! I don't think that anyone should drink/eat dairy, but SOY is by far one of the worst foods that anyone could possibly eat, next to high fructose corn syrup and wheat.
They couldn't have pushed for coconut milk instead? I would say almond, but it really is horribly unsustainable no mater what.
Flax milk? Macadamia milk? Even cashew milk? But no, they chose SOY.
Yes they can... The only thing a vegan has to worry about is B12. Which is a bacteria and can be gotten from nutritional yeast.
B12 is not a bacteria
It is PRODUCED by bacteria, which are naturally only present in animal foods. Nutritional yeast is... DING DING DING... a supplement/fortified food! You would do well to note that a yeast is not a bacteria and therefore nutritional yeast does not have B12 naturally but instead it is added to give it a more complete Vitamin B profile.
The Almond Breeze brand tastes better than Silk tbh.
The only thing that makes me #SHOOK is that Almond Breeze has carrageenan and Silk doesn't.
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I've tried different brands of coconut milk and almond milk, but I just hate the taste. Dairy milk makes me feel sick occasionally, but I prefer the taste and thickness so much more.
Have you tried the vanilla flavors? Cuz I really can't **** with the original flavors
A diet based around organic, sustainable vegetables, meats, nuts, and seeds will forever be physiologically superior to veganism.
Please note that vegans CANNOT live without fortified foods/supplements, but keep pushing your vegan agenda.
Anyway, onto the topic at hand. SOY IS EVIL! I am SICK of vegans pushing SOY over dairy! I don't think that anyone should drink/eat dairy, but SOY is by far one of the worst foods that anyone could possibly eat, next to high fructose corn syrup and wheat.
They couldn't have pushed for coconut milk instead? I would say almond, but it really is horribly unsustainable no mater what.
Flax milk? Macadamia milk? Even cashew milk? But no, they chose SOY.
What's wrong with soy? I thought it was good for you.
A diet based around organic, sustainable vegetables, meats, nuts, and seeds will forever be physiologically superior to veganism.
Please note that vegans CANNOT live without fortified foods/supplements, but keep pushing your vegan agenda.
Anyway, onto the topic at hand. SOY IS EVIL! I am SICK of vegans pushing SOY over dairy! I don't think that anyone should drink/eat dairy, but SOY is by far one of the worst foods that anyone could possibly eat, next to high fructose corn syrup and wheat.
They couldn't have pushed for coconut milk instead? I would say almond, but it really is horribly unsustainable no mater what.
Flax milk? Macadamia milk? Even cashew milk? But no, they chose SOY.
Hey BGXB, nice to have you back - I believe you've made posts along these lines previously? As before, I'm still at a loss to understand your insistence that the world slaughter 2,000 animals per second, or that we continue to raise livestock - responsible for 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years. Or that we should continue to eat omnivorously, despite the fact 18x the amount of land to sustain RDI's than a vegan diet does. I understand you're concerned about the sustainability of almond milk - a completely absurd, and erroneous statement given that you're a proponent of animal agriculture, the world's leading driver of global warming, deforestation, species extinction, water depletion and ocean dead zones. Your statement clearly confirms that you're concerned over the health of others (which is brilliant, and a quality you should be proud of) - but this doesn't seem to extend to those impacted by food and water scarcity, We're currently producing enough food to feed 10 billion people, yet clearly there's a fault in the system if some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. Worldwide, cows drink 45 billion gallons of water and eat 135 billion pounds of food each day - animal agriculture is responsible for 20%-33% of all fresh water consumption in the world today. Worldwide, at least 50% of grain is fed to livestock (over 90% of soy, which you seem terribly concerned about, is fed to animals). Nearly twenty years ago, Cornell University found that U.S. could feed 800 million people with grain that livestock eat. That's more than the population of the world going hungry right this second. Are you so fixated with the slaughter and abuse of animals, that in the face of a public health crisis, you'll turn your back on this? You say "please note that vegans CANNOT live without fortified foods/supplements, but keep pushing your vegan agenda" - to that, I respond - please note that the hundreds of millions of people starving right now CANNOT live without food. You probably didn't know - I get it - I don't blame you. Not many do. But I find it utterly repulsive that you could post such slanderous statements without knowledge of what you're doing. Sit down, turn your volume up and watch this - and tell me that what you're advocating is okay.
Let's talk about the "vegan agenda" that I'm pushing - upon which you've cast assertions that it is somehow intended to benefit myself and not help the entire world.
Could you enlighten me as to your agenda? Is it to pollute the earth? To continue to harm the health of others? To slaughter and violently abuse sentient beings, thousands by the second? To enact world hunger? To deforest? These are synonymous with consumption of meat.
Organic, "sustainable", grass-fed meat is not in the slightest bit exempt from these statements - in fact it can have far more of a toll upon the planet. If all cows in the United States were fed on grass and forage without "growth enhancing technology" (growth hormones), they would be a lot leaner, and we would need many more animals to produce. Dr. Jude Capper of Washington State University calculates that to produce 26.1 billion pounds of grass-fed beef - the amount of beef consumed in the US in 2001 - the country would need an additional 50.2 million cows. Animals raised in pasture also require more water than feedlot-raised animals (which already consume copious amounts of the world's available water), because they're physical alive and spend time outside in the sun. Capper again estimates that supplying the US alone with all grass-fed beef would increase water use by 468 billion gallons - which is equivalent to the yearly water use by 53.1 million households in the United States. Demosthenes Maratos of the Western Watersheds Project states that it takes twenty-three months for a grass fed animal to grow to the size it's slaughtered, where as grain-fed animal takes fifteen months. So that's an additional eight months of water use, land use, feed, carbon and methane emission, and waste. Grass-fed cows emit 60 to 400% more methane than cows raised in factory farms. In terms of a carbon footprint, that's a huge difference. The Center For Biological Diversity found that cattle grazing damaged water quality by increasing levels of bacteria, protozoa, sediment load, and water temperature, while decreasing the levels of oxygen in the water. The biomass of tress, shrubs, and overhanging vegetation all decreased in areas of organic farms. Erosion, bare ground, and stream-bank instability increased. I remind you that human health and economic prosperity is simply impossible without environmental health.
BGXKB, how thirsty is your milk? Though you suggest that my almond milk is far more unsustainable, mine doesn't **** everywhere and runoff into water catchments, nor does it need to have pounds upon pounds of grains fed to it each day. I encourage you to begin your foray into healthy plant-based living by checking out sources such as this. I never intend to yell at anyone or jump down their throat - and I apologise for perhaps doing that to you in the above comments. But I will simply not allow for unsubstantiated, harmful claims to be stated without an understanding. If there is anything further I can help you with, please do not hesitate to shoot me a PM - I'm always up for a chat, it's not in the interest of "arguing".
^just not eating animal products is a huge oversimplification of the problem of sustainable agriculture.
Your overly long, yet (unsurprisingly) vapid vegan meandering basically amounted to:
Overpopulation... GO VEGAN
Greenhouse gas... GO VEGAN
Inhumane livestock conditions... GO VEGAN
It's an oversimplification of far more complicated (and serious) problems. I'm going to guess that you're also a hardcore Bernie Sanders supporter as well.
It's an oversimplification of far more complicated (and serious) problems. I'm going to guess that you're also a hardcore Bernie Sanders supporter as well.
