the.com/dairy
a multibillion-dollar empire built on convincing mammals to share milk meant for babies
means the part of a farm or business where milk is produced and processed into things like butter, cheese, and cream — or the products themselves.
from From Middle English deyerie, built on dey, an Old English word (dǣge) for a female servant who made bread and tended the milk. That same dey lurks inside 'lady,' which began as hlǣfdige — the 'loaf-kneader' of the household. So the woman who shaped the bread and the woman who churned the cream were linguistic sisters, and 'dairy' is essentially 'the milkmaid's place.'
- lactase trick
- Most humans lose milk-digesting ability after childhood
- mutant advantage
- Adult milk-drinking is a recent genetic mutation
- cow output
- A dairy cow makes 6-7 gallons daily
- ancient cheese
- Cheese-making dates back over 7,000 years
- global split
- Most of the world is lactose intolerant
wisconsin dairy industry — produces 3.4 billion pounds of cheese annually, the most of any us state
fonterra cooperative group — new zealand company controlling 40% of global dairy trade
danone — french multinational with $32 billion annual revenue from yogurt and dairy products