See, I have another angle on the why's of formula. Sure, sure, we can all say it was a huge "formula company plot"; but at different times economic depression, environmental disasters struck. If mommies don't get proper nutrition, their milk lacks, and babies suffer. I've heard the stuff about formula being better than breastmilk as a slogan. But first-hand anecdotal data of old journals had some very tired women working hard, hard lives, being very grateful for formula.