COW Documentary and Why We Built Vegan Cheese Resource

COW Documentary and Why We Built Vegan Cheese Resource

If you ever sat to wonder why vegan cheese is made or why we spent many thousands of hours creating this resource to help people find vegan and dairy free cheeses, the COW documentary on BBC iPlayer could not explain it any better.

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If you ever sat to wonder why vegan cheese is made or why we spent many thousands of hours creating this resource to help people find vegan and dairy free cheeses, the COW documentary on BBC iPlayer could not explain it any better.

The film, shot in cinéma vérité-style, portrays the life of a female dairy cow, called Luma, at Park Farm in Kent, England.

You can watch the documentary on BBC iPlayer here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001fyf5/cow

Andrea Arnold had wanted to make a documentary revolving around an animal for years, and considered making one about a chicken, but ultimately kept coming back to a cow because she found their lives "interesting to look at." The film follows a milking cow and her calf, with Arnold warning the farmers about the potential response their farm would receive once the film was released. Arnold wanted the audience to "see" the cow, with real feelings, as well as "show the aliveness of a nonhuman animal." Production took place over the course of several years, with post-production taking place while Arnold was editing the second season of Big Little Lies. Arnold has further stated that the film was intended as a presentation of life, and is not political or vegan media. She has stated, "I'm not going to talk about that because I don’t want it to become about that." Rather, Arnold said "our relationship with the millions of non-human lives we use is very much part of our existence. I made Cow to invite engagement with that."

Without giving anything away, within minutes you are confronted with the harsh reality of the dairy industry and how standard practices cloaked by the terms "ethical, happy and sustainable" are worthless and actually a lie.

Even if you can't spare the time to watch the entire documentary, the first 15-20 minutes shows you everything you need to know as why using animals for their secretions is wrong and unethical.

If you are looking for cheeses to replace dairy cheese, look no further than our one of a kind, vegan cheese directory! A place where we have found and shared with you, thousands of vegan cheeses available all around the world so that you can find new favourites to replace dairy cheese with.

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