Until
recently, vegan cheese wasn’t
exactly all the rage. But with delicious dairy-free cheeses now widely
available, times have changed.
A recent Food & Wine
article discussed the new processes manufacturers use to make vegan cheeses
just as creamy as their dairy counterparts. By mimicking dairy industry methods
such as aging and culturing, companies like Treeline and Miyoko’s Creamery have crafted artisan cheeses from
blended nuts that any foodie, vegan or not, can enjoy.
This is wonderful
news for dairy cows who suffer miserably on factory farms.
On dairy
farms, cows are roughly handled, forcibly inseminated, and kept in terrible conditions.
Their calves are torn away from them only 24 hours after birth. Male calves are
killed for veal while females are raised to produce more milk. This cycle of
abuse continues for years until dairy cows are considered “spent and sent to
slaughter.
Here’s undercover footage from a recent
MFA investigation in Colorado:
Looking to
kick dairy to the curb and give vegan cheese a go? Click here
for our list of vegan cheeses you have to try.