{"id":49818,"date":"2021-11-10T16:52:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T03:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=49818"},"modified":"2025-05-16T07:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:48:55","slug":"milked-documentary-review-nov-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/milked-documentary-review-nov-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Milked the movie: How industrial dairy milks us all, and what you can do about it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new documentary made by indigenous activist Chris Huriwai and local director Amy Taylor called \u2018Milked\u2019 premiered in Dunedin on 7th November 2021. The Milked <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/milked.film\/\" target=\"_blank\">the movie<\/a> is made by local director Amy Taylor who has a string of great local documentaries under her belt, including \u2018Beyond the Kelp\u2019 about M\u0101ui dolphins, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2992204\/?ref_=nm_flmg_edt_3\" target=\"_blank\">Soul of the Sea<\/a> about Moko the solitary dolphin.<\/p>\n\n<p>It\u2019s really good, in a terrifying kinda way. I think every New Zealander should see it.<\/p>\n\n<p>Milked the movie, takes a look at industrial dairy farming in New Zealand and shows how it systematically \u2018milks\u2019 animals, consumers, farmers, rivers, the land and the climate.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milked trailer<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Y_ywYRRcLK4\/hqdefault.jpg');\" videoid=\"Y_ywYRRcLK4\" params=\"rel=0\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>A young activist goes deep into dairy land where he takes on the giants of New Zealand\u2019s most powerful industry, and reveals how the sacred cash-cow industry has been milked dry. His journey exposes not only the sustainability crisis and the dangerous denial of impending agricultural disruption, but also what New Zealand and other countries can do to change their fate.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to watch Milked<\/h2>\n\n<p>Milked is now available globally via the streaming platform Waterbear, and on Youtube via Plant Based News.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterbear.com\/watch\/feature\/6202a7dc4ccaa94b6ab68ea5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stream Milked here<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MCwpsMtmMhM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch Milked on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/MCwpsMtmMhM\/hqdefault.jpg');\" videoid=\"MCwpsMtmMhM\" params=\"rel=0\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Milked shows how vast quantities of <a href=\"\/aotearoa\/story\/new-zealands-hidden-climate-killer-synthetic-nitrogen\/\">synthetic nitrogen fertiliser<\/a> applied to land, and imported feed like <a href=\"\/aotearoa\/press-release\/nz-dairy-industrys-use-of-palm-kernel-expeller-undermining-indonesias-climate-action\/\">palm kernel expeller<\/a> (PKE) from Indonesian rainforests, lead to too many cows in Aotearoa. It details how that leads to <a href=\"\/aotearoa\/press-release\/too-many-cows-could-make-us-sick-new-greenpeace-nz-report\/\">health problems for people<\/a>, to polluted rivers and lakes, misery for farm animals, and rising climate emissions.<\/p>\n\n<p>Milked peels back the cynical marketing spin that\u2019s used to hide dairy giant Fonterra\u2019s environmental destruction. Fonterra products are everywhere &#8211; in your local dairy, in your supermarket, and promoted around the world, under a \u2018<a href=\"\/aotearoa\/story\/pure-dairy-pure-fiction-a-parody\/\">Dairy for Life<\/a>\u2019 headline. Milk is even promoted in schools to instill a lifelong habit of dairy consumption, despite the fact that many people are lactose intolerant and the claimed benefits of dairy consumption are highly debatable.<\/p>\n\n<p>Amongst other people, the Milked documentary interviews Greenpeace Aotearoa\u2019s Gen Toop, who clearly lays out the problems with industrial agriculture. It\u2019s wasteful of precious water resources, <a href=\"\/aotearoa\/press-release\/nitrogen-fertiliser-poisoning-of-rivers-to-face-cap\/\">pollutes rivers<\/a> so they are no longer safe for swimming, and is our leading climate polluter. Here\u2019s Gen in her own short documentary about the problem with synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/arc73-E5W9M\/hqdefault.jpg');\" videoid=\"arc73-E5W9M\" params=\"rel=0\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Milked is brutal and tragic in parts, detailing how there are two million unwanted, newborn bobby calves taken from their mothers and sent to slaughter every year in New Zealand. It reveals the human and animal impact of diseases arising from intensive animal agriculture, including mastitis and mycoplasma bovis, which has seen more than 171,000 cows killed to avoid the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n\n<p>It\u2019s also heavy with irony, showing agribusiness representatives who don\u2019t want to &#8211; or can\u2019t &#8211; face up to the impacts of irrigation on river water flows, of <a href=\"\/aotearoa\/press-release\/report-shows-nz-dairy-linked-to-illegal-indonesian-palm-oil-plantations\/\">PKE on Indonesian rainforests<\/a> or the brutal treatment of cows and calves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Milked reveals the psychological and financial duress this industrialised agriculture system imposes upon farmers. They are stuck in a system which promises a natural way of life and delivers financial pressure and diminishing social licence. Farmers are left alienated in an industrial system not of their own making.<\/p>\n\n<p>98% of the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser used in Aotearoa comes from two companies, Ravensdown and Ballance Agri-nutrients. They push the fertiliser on farmers, but take no responsibility for the effects on the climate, on rivers and on people\u2019s health.<\/p>\n\n<p>Beyond the obvious environmental and animal welfare concerns shown in the film, industrial dairy&#8217;s contribution to climate change is also a killer. Agriculture is New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter, from belching and farting cows, enabled by massive amounts of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, as well as direct emissions from fertiliser to land. Industrial dairying and the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser that fuels it, are a triple whammy to the environment &#8211; polluting rivers, poisoning drinking water and destabilising the climate.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But Milked is also hopeful.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n<p>Plant based alternatives offer a lifeline to farmers despondent about the broken system they\u2019re seemingly trapped in. There are examples of ex-dairy farmers who have converted to growing veggies, oats for milk, and hemp. The movie shows vat and lab milk using animal proteins to create cow milk without the cow, which promise to disrupt conventional industrial dairy production.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>And as the interview with Gen Toop shows, we can fix this broken system by eliminating synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, lowering cow stocking numbers, and switching to more plant based organic regenerative agriculture. We can heal the land, our rivers and the climate if we use our collective power to push for system change. Just like we put an end to new offshore oil and gas exploration, if we work together to apply pressure to Government and industry, we can fix farming.<\/p>\n\n<p>I recommend that you see Milked the movie. You\u2019ll go away angry about Fonterra and the fertiliser companies that drive the intensive dairy industry &#8211; Ravensdown and Ballance, but also inspired to take action. You\u2019ll see that the system itself needs to change, and you\u2019ll likely want to do more than swap out your morning milk choice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>And that\u2019s where we can help.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace is working hard to force systemic change that will replace the broken industrial agriculture model, with a better way of farming. Organic regenerative farming which works with nature rather than against it and recognises that we can produce food AND have healthy rivers, a stable climate and food for everyone.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here\u2019s some things you can do right now, and there\u2019s much more to come.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join the call on Government to support farmers to shift to regenerative agriculture<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/12\/00ab67dc-regenerators-1024x576.png\" title=\"a man looking out over farmland at sunrise\" alt=\"One of the solutions to the problems raised by Milked, is regenerative farming.\" class=\"wp-image-16073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/12\/00ab67dc-regenerators-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/12\/00ab67dc-regenerators-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/12\/00ab67dc-regenerators-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/12\/00ab67dc-regenerators-510x287.png 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/12\/00ab67dc-regenerators.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>One of the solutions to the problems raised by Milked, is regenerative farming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Imagine a New Zealand where farming can clean up our rivers, tackle the climate crisis and make sure every Kiwi has fresh, healthy food.<br><\/p>\n\n<p>Regenerative agriculture works with the environment, not against it. Regenerative farmers treat their farms as an ecosystem, not a factory.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/food-regenerative-farming-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign and share the petition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eliminate synthetic nitrogen fertiliser<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large caption-alignment-left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/46cf47ec-signal-2020-10-01-100752-scaled-1-1024x576.jpeg\" title=\"Greenpeace Greenpeace activists climb Fertiliser Association building to highlight industrial dairying&#039;s role in climate crisis - Greenpeace Aotearoa\" alt=\"Milked raises the issues of industrial dairy in New Zealand, and one of the key things that drives that intensive agriculture is synthetic nitrogen fertiliser\" class=\"wp-image-49633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/46cf47ec-signal-2020-10-01-100752-scaled-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/46cf47ec-signal-2020-10-01-100752-scaled-1-600x337.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/46cf47ec-signal-2020-10-01-100752-scaled-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/46cf47ec-signal-2020-10-01-100752-scaled-1-1536x863.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/46cf47ec-signal-2020-10-01-100752-scaled-1-2048x1151.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/46cf47ec-signal-2020-10-01-100752-scaled-1-510x287.jpeg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Greenpeace activists climb the Fertiliser Association building to highlight industrial dairy&#8217;s role in climate crisis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is one of the key drivers of intensive industrial dairying. And synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is a double whammy of destruction. It\u2019s more of a killer than a fertiliser.<br><\/p>\n\n<p>Synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is a key driver of intensive dairying and is a significant climate and water pollutant. Recent studies have linked synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and intensive dairying to nitrate contamination in drinking water, associated with increased risk of bowel cancer and premature births.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/agriculture-fertiliser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign and share the petition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ban imported feeds like PKE<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/54593dde-gp04ksc_medium_res-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Milked the movie also mentions PKE is one of the harmful aspects of industrial dairy\" class=\"wp-image-49677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/54593dde-gp04ksc_medium_res-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/54593dde-gp04ksc_medium_res-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/54593dde-gp04ksc_medium_res-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/54593dde-gp04ksc_medium_res-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/10\/54593dde-gp04ksc_medium_res.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Palm oil plantations from which PKE is sourced<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Just like synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, supplementary feeds like PKE are required by the intensive industrial dairy system because, even with all those chemicals, there still isn\u2019t enough grass to feed the grossly bloated dairy herd. The use of PKE in Aotearoa also supports the destructive palm oil industry that is displacing indigenous peoples and local communities, killing wildlife and creating a toxic haze that endangers millions of lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/imported-feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign and share the petition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stop intensive winter grazing \/ mud farming<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/07\/95e25d96-stock-living-in-mud-and-their-own-excrement-through-the-coldest-months-of-winter-southland-2019-1024x715.png\" alt=\"Milked documentary \nIntensive winter grazing or 'Mud Farming' in New Zealand\" class=\"wp-image-5997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/07\/95e25d96-stock-living-in-mud-and-their-own-excrement-through-the-coldest-months-of-winter-southland-2019-1024x715.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/07\/95e25d96-stock-living-in-mud-and-their-own-excrement-through-the-coldest-months-of-winter-southland-2019-600x419.png 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/07\/95e25d96-stock-living-in-mud-and-their-own-excrement-through-the-coldest-months-of-winter-southland-2019-768x536.png 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/07\/95e25d96-stock-living-in-mud-and-their-own-excrement-through-the-coldest-months-of-winter-southland-2019-487x340.png 487w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2019\/07\/95e25d96-stock-living-in-mud-and-their-own-excrement-through-the-coldest-months-of-winter-southland-2019.png 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Intensive winter grazing or &#8216;Mud Farming&#8217; in New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Another consequence of having too many cows, is that in winter there isn\u2019t enough grass to go around and in some areas, cows are fed using a practice called \u2018intensive winter grazing\u2019 which is coming to be known as mud farming because it means overstocked paddocks churned to mud. Cows spend months at a time in muddy paddocks often wallowing up to their udders and even giving birth in filth. It has to stop.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/agriculture-intensive-winter-grazing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign and share the petition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donate now to keep us in action<\/h2>\n\n<p>Greenpeace is working hard to take on the powerful industrial agriculture industry, and because we are strictly independent and never take money from Government or business, everything we do is thanks to contributions from people like you.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-donate\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" 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