The Milk on the Move Podcast
What sounds do you associate with Milk?
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Canadian lake cows
Our podcast Milk on the Move explores milk’s deep cultural roots, evolving scientific narratives and the systems that shape its production today.
Together with researchers, dairy producers and consumers, we uncover the fascinating interaction of tradition, knowledge and morality that makes milk so much more than just an everyday drink.
Our 6 part series will be released throughout 2025.
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Our project is interested in milk traditions and heritage, and how these relate to the dominant historical forces that shape the industrially processed milk that many of us drink today.
One aspect of heritage we are particularly interested in is sound. We may all be familiar with a cows moo, but what about cow horns, violins, name calling, popping corks, suction pads, lorries, aeroplanes, or industrial machinery?
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Landgirl's Day- Everyday Life and Agriculture in West Sussex, England, 1944
29 year old Land Girl Rosalind Cox (left)carries milk pails in the dairy on Mr Tupper's farm at Bignor in Sussex, as her colleague Helen Newmarch sits on a stool to milk 'Cleopatra'. The cattle here are shorthorn cows. Helen is from Worthing and was a shorthand typist before joining the Land Army.
Credit: Imperial War Museums
Milk vendor Grace Wambui in her stall
Milk vendor Grace Wambui in her stall in Waithaka, Nairobi, Kenya
Milk and Motherhood
Aren't cows mothers too? In this episode we explore milk and motherhood, and the difficult choices people make about the milk they produce and consume.
Dairy’s Deep History
Milk is our first food, but it is also something that many people encounter everyday. Why do people love milk so much, and long have humans been drinking it?