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Ethical milk alternatives

twiggle · 2014-03-08 23:30:38

I've been vegetarian for about a year and a half now and I'm toying with going towards more of a vegan diet. I think I'd be fine with most of it except getting a decent milk substitute. One of my reasons for being veggie is environmental, and I don't like the idea of the air miles involved in soy / almond milk. I'm really…

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09-03-2014 12:30am

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twiggle

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I've been vegetarian for about a year and a half now and I'm toying with going towards more of a vegan diet. I think I'd be fine with most of it except getting a decent milk substitute. One of my reasons for being veggie is environmental, and I don't like the idea of the air miles involved in soy / almond milk. I'm really just trying to decide which is the lesser of two evils - drinking animal milks or imported milks. Any thoughts?

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#2 09-03-2014 12:10pm
cosmic

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You could make your own oat milk. This recipe is ridiculously easy: http://www.food.com/recipe/how-to-make-oat-milk-507769

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#3 11-03-2014 1:33pm
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http://www.sojade.co.uk/home.html

This soy milk uses soy beans grown in France so not too many air miles involved.

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