WEBVTT 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If you're looking to do more to keep your emissions down, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you should probably start with what you pour in your coffee. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yep, I'm talking about milk. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 One researcher found that milk, cheese, and ice cream from cows 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 is responsible for about 3.6% of global emissions. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The almonds in your almond milk, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 take about six times more water to grow than the same amount of oats. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Which is one reason why oat milk is now everywhere. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, those aren't the only milk alternatives. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There's also one that has an added benefit, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 plus, it has humps. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ALT MILK 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So now what we're going to do 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 is take a little bit of milk out of each tit, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and we're going to have a look at that milk. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) Okay, I'm going to give this a try. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I am getting quite-- Oh, there we go. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 All right, I'm milking camel. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Lauren) The next two, the next two we got to milk, yeah. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) This is a camel dairy farm 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and it's in Australia. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When Lauren Brisbane started it six years ago, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it was the only one in the country. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's been difficult 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 because Australians aren't naturally adventurous 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 particularly in new food types. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) In the 1860s, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Afghan camel herders were hired to help explore 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the country's desert landscapes bringing thousands of camels with them. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But with the advent of trains and cars, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 camels soon became obsolete. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So they were released into the wild. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fast forward to the early 2000s, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And Australia was home to more than a million camels, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which was a problem because those camels 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 cause 10 million dollars in environmental damage each year, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 according to the government. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So officials tried to stop them by killing thousands of camels in 2010. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lauren saw this as an opportunity to turn camels into a cash cow. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There's worldwide need for camel milk. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It doesn't cause a lot of the dysfunction or the allergy reaction 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that you get from, you know, dairy, cow dairy milk. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So it's easier to digest. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) Research on camel milk is still very scarce. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There's only limited evidence to suggest that camel milk might have 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 unique nutritional properties 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and overall, the jury still out. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 At $25 a liter, it's also not cheap. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ah, look, I think it's expensive because camels don't produce a lot of milk, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and the way you operate the dairy is completely different. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But it's a very high-end healthy product, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and to produce that properly is expensive. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) Camel milk has been popular in the Middle East and Africa 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for thousands of years. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And Australia is nowhere close to cracking the list of top producers. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Laura thinks she can help expand the product's reach 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 beyond just being a fad, though. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So, we had a chat with her target audience. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Would you be willing to try the camel milk today? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yeah, all right. Sure. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What do you think? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It actually tastes a lot like goat's milk without the pungent taste. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - You have a little bit of milk here-- - A camel milk mustache. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Would you pay $25 for a liter of camel milk? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Maybe once and then see how I go. (laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Maybe, okay. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's like four times the amount of the regular milk 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and I guess, as a novelty, it's all right, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) Lauren's farm isn't the only one of its kind. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Around a dozen other camel dairies have popped up in Australia since 2014. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And the industry is growing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 According to one report, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's projected to grow by 8% globally each year, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for the next seven years. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's a projection that someone like Jeff Flood, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 co-owner of Summer Land Camel Farm, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 is really banking on. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're nearly 800 camels now. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Besides, our operation here 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 represents pretty much 60% of the industry in total in volume. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So it's a huge R&D project here-- Well, how do we build the herd? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We've got to take a feral animal and convince it that it's safe to be here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's okay to give up milk. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There's a whole training and domestication process in the front. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - (Jeff) Enjoy. - (Arielle) Okay. Thank you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Jeff) So this room is a super clean room. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) Okay, I notice some stuff in jars and some-- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Jeff) Yeah... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) Some Tupperware, what's going on here? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Jeff) This is all that cheese prototyping-- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) So... was this top secret? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - (Jeff) Yes. A lot of that is actually-- - (Arielle) Really? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Jeff) Nobody's done stuff with camel milk work like we have so, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for example, has anyone made a parmesan cheese out of camel's milk?. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, we have. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Jeff) So this is, this morning's milk. NOTE Paragraph 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) That is so white. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Jeff) It is so white. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) The color is very-- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It looks completely different. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Jeff) Well, here's to our health again. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Arielle) Thank you so much. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I was really interesting. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It definitely tastes like milk. It doesn't taste strong like goats milk 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 little bit on the salty side. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's really clean. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What excited really clean mouth feel so it spreads evenly across the mouth. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The fat molecules. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Like I said, but really small 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and you get the full flavor of the milk all the way through. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What is the future of this industry? Look like I would hope that in about 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Years time everybody. In Australia, has tasted camel milk, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 whether it's a gelato or cheese or milk, or they've used the product. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's got camel milk in there. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Maybe the skincare range is or something nutraceutical product that uses power 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 scaling camel milk production isn't easy 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 because of their low and sometimes unpredictable daily yield 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but Jeff's Farm is trying to do just that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Laurens approach to camel, milk production as a bit different though. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She puts a lot of emphasis on cuddle time, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which she says helps the camels feel more comfortable, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and more willing to give up their milk. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Every afternoon camel cuddling is part of the job really? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, that is quite a burden. It is, it's terrible. Horrible. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Be very hard for you. Yeah, very was really great coming from a perspective that 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we weren't Dairy people, because we looked at camels as camels. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And we looked at their needs and 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 he loves to cuddle. Hello. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Okay, this is Rosie. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And from your perspective, is this doing well, weiwei breaking, even at the moment, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and when we just popping over into the profit sector, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so when you start anything, it's always difficult, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but it certainly moving along in a nice Direction. Let's put it that way. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Today is all about versatility. We're going to talk milk Alternatives. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's right. It's not just about Pals ball, baby.