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If you're looking to do more
to keep your emissions down,

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you should probably start 
with what you pour in your coffee.

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Yep, I'm talking about milk.

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One researcher found that milk, 
cheese, and ice cream from cows

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is responsible for about 3.6%
of global emissions.

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The almonds in your almond milk,

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take about six times more water to grow

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than the same amount of oats.

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Which is one reason why oat milk
is now everywhere.

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Well, those aren't
the only milk alternatives.

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There's also one 
that has an added benefit,

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plus, it has humps.

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ALT MILK

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So now what we're going to do

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is take a little bit of
milk out of each tit,

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and we're going 
to have a look at that milk.

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(Arielle) Okay,
I'm going to give this a try.

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I am getting quite-- 
Oh, there we go.

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All right, I'm milking camel.

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(Lauren) The next two, the next two 
we got to milk, yeah.

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(Arielle) <i>This is a camel dairy farm</i>

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<i>and it's in Australia.</i>

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<i>When Lauren Brisbane started it 
six years ago,</i>

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<i>it was the only one in the country.</i>

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It's been difficult

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because Australians 
aren't naturally adventurous

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particularly in new food types.

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(Arielle) <i>In the 1860s,</i>

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<i>Afghan camel herders were hired</i>

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<i>to help explore
the country's desert landscapes</i>

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<i>bringing thousands of camels with them.</i>

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<i>But with the advent of trains and cars,</i>

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<i>camels soon became obsolete.</i>

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<i>So they were released into the wild.</i>

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<i>Fast forward to the early 2000s,</i>

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<i>nd Australia was home
to more than a million camels,</i>

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<i>which was a problem 
because those camels</i>

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<i>cause 10 million dollars
in environmental damage each year,</i>

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<i>according to the government.</i>

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<i>So officials tried to stop them 
by killing thousands of camels in 2010.</i>

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<i>Lauren saw this as an opportunity
to turn camels into a cash cow.</i>

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There's worldwide need for camel's milk.

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It doesn't cause a lot of the dysfunction
or the allergy reaction

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that you get from, you know, dairy,
cow's dairy milk.

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So it's easier to digest.

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(Arielle) <i>Research on camel's milk
is still very scarce.</i>

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<i>There's only limited evidence
to suggest that camel's milk</i>

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<i>might have unique nutritional properties</i>

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<i>and overall, the jury still out.</i>

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<i>At $25 a liter, it's also not cheap.</i>

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Look, I think it's expensive because 
camels don't produce a lot of milk,

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and the way you operate 
a dairy is completely different.

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But it's a very high-end healthy product,

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and to produce that properly is expensive.

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(Arielle) <i>Camel's milk has been popular
in the Middle East and Africa</i>

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<i>for thousands of year,.</i>

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<i>and Australia is nowhere close 
to cracking the list of top producers.</i>

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<i>Laura thinks she can help 
expand the product's reach</i>

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<i>beyond just being a fad, though.</i>

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<i>So, we had a chat
with her target audience.</i>

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Would you be willing to try 
the camel's milk today?

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Yeah, all right. Sure.

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What do you think?

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It actually tastes a lot like 
goat's milk without the pungent taste.

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- You have a little bit of milk here--
- A camel milk mustache.

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Would you pay $25
for a liter of camel milk?

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Maybe once and then see how I go.
(laughter)

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Maybe, okay.

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It's like four times 
the amount of the regular milk

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and I guess, as a novelty, it's all right,

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(Arielle) <i>Lauren's farm isn't the
only one of its kind.</i>

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<i>Around a dozen other camel dairies
have popped up in Australia since 2014.</i>

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<i>And the industry is growing.</i>

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<i>According to one report,</i>

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<i>it's projected to grow 
by 8% globally each year,</i>

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<i>for the next seven years.</i>

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<i>It's a projection
that someone like Jeff Flood,</i>

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<i>co-owner of Summer Land Camel Farm,</i>

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<i>is really banking on.</i>

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We're nearly 800 camels now.

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Besides, our operation here

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represents pretty much 60% of
the industry in total in volume.

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So it's a huge R&D project here--
Well, how do we build the herd?

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We've got to take a feral animal 
and convince it that it's safe to be here.

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It's okay to give up milk.

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There's a whole training and 
domestication process in the front.

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- (Jeff) Enjoy.
- (Arielle) Okay. Thank you.

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(Jeff) So this room is a super clean room.

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(Arielle) Okay, I noticed
some stuff in jars and some--

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(Jeff) Yeah...

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(Arielle) Some Tupperware, 
what's going on here?

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(Jeff) This is all
that cheese prototyping--

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(Arielle) So... was this top secret?

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- (Jeff) Yes. A lot of that is actually--
- (Arielle) Really?

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(Jeff) Nobody's done stuff 
with camel's milk work like we have so,

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for example, has anyone made 
a parmesan cheese out of camel's milk?.

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Well, we have.

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(Jeff) So this is, this morning's milk.

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(Arielle) That is so white.

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(Jeff) It is so white.

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(Arielle) The color is very--

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It looks completely different.

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(Jeff) Well, here's to our health again.

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(Arielle) Thank you so much.

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Oh, that was really interesting.

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It definitely tastes like milk.

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- It doesn't taste strong like goat's milk.
- No.

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Little bit on the salty side?

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(Jeff) It's really clean.

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What's exciting is there's 
a really clean mouthfeel,

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so it spreads evenly across the mouth.

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The fat molecules, like I said, 
are really small,

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and you get the full flavor of the milk
all the way through.

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What does the future 
of this industry look like?

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I would hope that in about 
10 years' time everybody in Australia

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has tasted camel milk,

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whether it's a gelato 
or cheese or milk,

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or they've used the product 
that's got camel milk in there,

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maybe the skincare range or something,
the nutraceutical product that uses it.

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(Arielle) <i>Scaling camel's milk production
isn't easy because of their low,</i>

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<i>and sometimes unpredictable daily yield,</i>

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<i>but Jeff's farm is trying to do just that.</i>

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<i>Lauren's approach 
to camel's milk production</i>

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<i>is a bit different, though.</i>

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<i>She puts a lot of emphasis on cuddle time,</i>

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<i>which she says helps the camels
feel more comfortable,</i>

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<i>and more willing to give up their milk.</i>

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(Lauren) Every afternoon, 
camel cuddling is part of the job.

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(Arielle) Really? Well, that is quite a burden.

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It is, it's terrible.

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It's horrible, must be very hard for you.

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Yeah, very hard.

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(Lauren) It was really great 
coming from a perspective

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that we weren't dairy people, 
because we looked at camels as camels.

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And we looked at their needs and--
(laughter)

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He loves to cuddle!

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(Lauren) Hello. It's okay. This is Rosie.

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And from your perspective, 
is this doing well?

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Well, we're breaking even, at the moment.

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and when we're just popping over 
into the profit sector.

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When you start anything,
it's always difficult,

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but it's certainly moving along 
in a nice direction,

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let's put it that way.