Comments on: Is Almond Milk an Eco-Disaster for Bees?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 22:17:34 +0000

Look into milk production if you want some shocking, damaging environmental impacts! Never mind the allowed amount of pus, growth hormone enough to grow a 100 lb baby cow etc. Lets stop being silly and just take a handful of the most sustainably grown almonds one can, Vitamix them, strain if you wish and presto! There you have real almond milk right in front of you. No food miles here, no hidden, nasty additives either.

By: Selina B

Selina B — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 21:39:55 +0000

very interesting post,
i don't bother with milk of any sort, we did at christmas cos you can't have pudding without custard! we went with rice milk;
you do get used to not having it, when i found out i was allergic to cows milk i tried everything, then settled on soy for awhile til i discovered it's bad for your health as well.
i like eating almonds raw when i can get them too.
thanx for sharing

By: hannaschneiderova

hannaschneiderova — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:39:55 +0000

Pasteurizing almonds by roasting is actually not that bad – raw nuts contain phytic acid and cyanides – things that are behind allergic reactions, mineral deficiency and unhealthy gut flora. soaking and roasting helps to eliminate them, make the minerals in the nuts more accessible to the body and increaing overall digestibility.

By: Farmer Liz

Farmer Liz — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 22:34:40 +0000

I've been buying cans of coconut milk. I've been thinking about looking into growing coconuts to avoid the rubbish I'm generating…

By: Meg Hopeful

Meg Hopeful — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 22:34:40 +0000

We don't drink almond milk here but we do eat almonds and I use almond meal (that I blitz up here) in baking. I get my almonds, insecticide free, from local grocer. I will have to ask the origin of them so I can see if they are grown here in Australia. Hmmmm…

By: Fiona Chain

Fiona Chain — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:01:04 +0000

Oh my, is there nothing that man hasn't stuffed up? I don't drink almond milk but I do eat them, I didn't know how much it took to grow almonds, we take so much for granted, don't we, just open the packet without too much thought of how they got there. Thanks for highlighting this fact, I will try and source my almonds and other nuts more locally (presently I buy all our nuts from ALDI, because of their good prices) it a tough one isn't it? Buy local and pay more or buy imports and save money. Either way we are damaging our earth.
Have a lovely weekend.
Fi

By: jj

jj — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:12:13 +0000

Thanks for the article, it's a tricky one isn't it! I make almond milk too, I live in an almond growing region of South Australia & buy local almonds. I think it's more to do with the industrialisation of any process that causes the harm, imho. Cow milk production has enormous environmental impacts, water use impacts etc. So I think if we aim for conservative amounts of persoanal/family use with a local focus, that's hopefully a lesser impact on our struggling planet, cheers Julie