Report: Milk Could Skyrocket To $8 A Gallon If Farm Bill Not Passed

[davidthegnome]

46. Potentially - this could be very, very bad.

I know that some here who are more educated regarding nutrition think that milk is bad for you, for a variety of reasons. I suspect it's because the human body very poorly absorbs the calcium contained in cows milk, primarily... setting that aside for a moment though..

Milk is a huge staple in the diet of the vast majority of all Americans. Organic soy milk and other kinds of milk aren't available everywhere, especially if you live in a rural area. A lot of people also simply do not like it, and will not use it no matter how much more affordable or better for you it is. It's kind of like trying to get someone who can't stand spinach to eat a bowl of it.

Now maybe people can be more flexible than I think, and will simply choose the healthier, less expensive alternative - but my concern is that parents that don't have any real nutritional education will instead simply struggle more just to buy milk. Food stamps may be going down while milk prices go up... at a time when millions of people in this Country are hungry.

It's sick. I don't know if this will be good or bad for dairy farmers, but I know it's going to be bad for parents who are struggling to get by as it is, and and use milk for cooking and breakfast cereal.

Regardless of whether or not milk is bad for you - I would rather have people have milk, than have nothing.