You don't need to put milk in to get milk out. 

The Japanese have almost no dairy in their diet, for example.  (To them, us westerners smell a little like sour milk.)

There are other, better sources of calcium, including seaweeds such as kelp, wakame and hijiki; nuts and seeds (like almonds and sesame); beans; seafood such as oysters and shrimp; soft-boned fish; amaranth; whole wheat; collard greens; okra; rutabaga; broccoli; and fortified products such as orange juice and bread.

I do like cheese, but I eat it for enjoyment and not for dietary reasons.

Also all very good reasons not to eat meat.

Did I mention I've been a vegetarian for the last seven years?

I do however eat some dairy (cheese and some yogurt) and I eat a limited amount of egg products.

I've heard many of these comments from Vegans and generally tend to agree.  On the website it also points out some of the issues related to the suffering of the animals and the impact of the dairy industry which I find interesting.

A couple years ago I visited a family in BC who chose to eat only seasonal food.  They had a chicken and a couple goats and we had goat's milk for breakfast.  I thought the arrangement was good.  You might still disapprove because of health concerns over goat's milk?

Anyway, it was the middle of summer and we left with a flat of peaches.  It was a lot of peaches for a while.  That's seasonal eating.

Quite frankly I think the whole food industry is quite out of wack and think we are beginning to learn this the hard way.  It will become more and more apparent what we are doing to ourselves and our planet as time goes along.

Buy Local!  Buy Organic!

I agree Flamel.  My mother was trained as a biochemist and did some early research on nutrition.  She's spent years telling me about the latest research which inevitably contradicts the previous research.  Its as bad as the fashion industry.  For a science its very annoying.  Not to mention the fact that the research we learn about in the media can be a result of certain industry bias.  Like research on drinking a certain amount of alcohol can be good for you.  But what if the research is correct and who knows.  And besides there are many cultural components to diet that make it work for some and not others.  There's lots of genetic factors that we need to take into account, and gender differences and behavioural and environmental factors and blah blah blah.  Its just about as complicated as trying to figure out anything about humans.

But nonetheless I have a bias in favour of...

traditional practices - some things have worked well for thousands of years.  We, as humans, have a long heritage of previous generations figuring what works for our bodies.  We're very lucky to have this information.  Its good to take a look at what has worked and why.