Almond Milk Is Even More Evil Than You Thought

New York Magazine ^ | JAN. 8, 2020 | Madeleine Aggeler

[1_Rain_Drop]

"The bees use it to feed themselves and their fellow hive mates. So, exactly how is doing this KILLING THEM? "

I've been wondering the same. The only answer I can come up with is that bees have a nut allergy or insecticide allergy.

Almond milk must be ruining someone's business.

Oh, and about the water issue... Which needs more water? almonds or pot plants?

[smalltownslick]

NOT the Babylon Bee?

[central_va]

You are so ignorant I can't resist rubbing your nose in it. Here it is for your EDUCATION:

AGRICULTURE IS JUST NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO THE US ECONOMY. THIS IS FACT.

[mountainfolk]

Five or so years ago I discovered Almond milk, liked it, and have drunk it ever since. Husband was reluctant to try it as he really, really, likes whole milk. Recently, he gave in and tried the 80 calorie carton and surprised himself as liking the taste and has substituted that for the whole milk. Cost is much more but he has lost belly fat which has annoyed him forever. Slim until middle age and the whole milk was keeping him from staying close to that. I drink 30 cal and quite happy that it helps keeps calories in check. The environmentalists complain and campaign against cow flatulence and now go after replacement of cow milk with a non gaseous substitute. Proves they cannot be appeased or become content with anything on God's green earth.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I am a hobbyist beekeeper. I run 10-20 hives at a time. It is true that varroa mites are responsible for much of the colony loss we have experienced in the U.S. Beekeepers are pursuing various means of addressing this problem, from monthly fogging of hives with oxalic acid vapor to breeding queens who pass on traits of attacking the mites and biting off their legs. (ankle biters, they are called :-)

I don’t move my bees more than 3 miles between a relative’s and my property so I have no experience in monoculture use of hives.

That being said, if growers are using pesticides then it can’t help but affect the honeybees. I’ve had die off from mosquito spraying 1/2 mile from my bee yard, even thought the county is supposed to notify me before spraying so I can close up my hives for a day or so.

I know another lady beekeeper (big operation unlike me) who was almost wiped out because she agreed to place her hives on a farm where the farmer promised no pesticides and used them anyway.

[central_va]

We could import ALL of our raw food products a MAKE everything here and we’d be MUCH better off economy. Agriculture is the ghetto economy.

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Oxygen makes up less than 1% of our body weight. Therefore, it’s not that important.

[central_va]

Chocolate dairy milk is 200 calories!!! Almond chocolate mild taste BETTER and sweetened with splenda is only 1/5 the calories.

[dirtymac]

How the hell can you put a strain on bees because there are too many almond trees (huh, rhymes). Are there overseers bees that whip their slaves bees into pollinating more and more, working longer hours without breaks.

This is the most idiotic statement so I must conclude the author is a Democrat. Therefore he is a liar and has another hidden agenda.

I can just hear the bees after the sun goes down complaining and fretting over the number of blooms that they have to extract nectar from.

[4Liberty]

It’s “trans” milk — fake milk.

[central_va]

Face it, the GOP is kowtowing to an industry that is insignificant. Farmers are spoiled babies but have disproportionate political power. Labor and workers in general are political orphans. At some point one of the two political parties are going to figure that out.

[central_va]

Sorry, let me fix that, “Almond chocolate milk tastes BETTER”

[SaxxonWoods]

I like almond milk even better now, though I just had it for the first time today.

[Verginius Rufus]

Cows produce a lot of good stuff. But they can’t spell worth a darn.

[Katya]

honey bees are not native to north america.... I myself have bees. One can’t speak of hive collapse and the effects of almost anything on the bee colonies without also talking about the desire by bee keepers for more docile insects. More aggressive and resilient bees have been bred out everywhere just to make the bee keepers job simpler.

[AmericanMermaid]

Lol! Good point!

I will admit, almond milk makes good smoothies.

[Don W]

Who cares if the farmers all go broke? I get my food at the grocery store!

[1217Chic]

Blended with chocolate soy powder....stevia and canned pumpkin it’s so delish.....

[Java4Jay]

A2 Milk

[central_va]

Who cares if the farmers all go broke? I get my food at the grocery store! We can import all of our raw agriculture products cheaply and not have to pay for domestic agriculture subsidies.

Fixed it.