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

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you should probably start [br]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, [br]cheese, and ice cream from cows

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is responsible for about 3.6%[br]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[br]than the same amount of oats.

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Which is one reason why oat milk[br]is now everywhere.

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Well, those aren't[br]the only milk alternatives.

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There's also one [br]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[br]milk out of each tit,

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

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

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I am getting quite-- [br]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 [br]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 [br]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 [br]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 [br]were hired to help explore</i>

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<i>the country's desert landscapes [br]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>And Australia was home[br]to more than a million camels,</i>

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<i>which was a problem [br]because those camels</i>

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<i>cause 10 million dollars[br]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 [br]by killing thousands of camels in 2010.</i>

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

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There's worldwide need for camel milk.

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

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that you get from, you know, dairy,[br]cow dairy milk.

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So it's easier to digest.

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(Arielle) <i>Research on camel milk[br]is still very scarce.</i>

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<i>There's only limited evidence[br]to suggest that camel milk might have</i>

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<i>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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Ah, look, I think it's expensive because [br]camels don't produce a lot of milk,

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and the way you operate [br]the 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 milk has been popular[br]in the Middle East and Africa</i>

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<i>for thousands of years.</i>

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<i>And Australia is nowhere close [br]to cracking the list of top producers.</i>

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<i>Laura thinks she can help [br]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[br]with her target audience.</i>

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Would you be willing to try [br]the camel 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 [br]goat's milk without the pungent taste.

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

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

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

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Maybe, okay.

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It's like four times [br]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[br]only one of its kind.</i>

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<i>Around a dozen other camel dairies[br]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 [br]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[br]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[br]the industry in total in volume.

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

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We've got to take a feral animal [br]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 [br]domestication process in the front.

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- (Jeff) Enjoy.[br]- (Arielle) Okay. Thank you.

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

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(Arielle) Okay, I notice some stuff in jars[br]and some--

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(Jeff) Yeah...

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

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(Jeff) This is all[br]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--[br]- (Arielle) Really?

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

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for example, has anyone made [br]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.[br]- 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 [br]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, [br]are really small,

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

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What does the future [br]of this industry look like?

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

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has tasted camel milk,

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whether it's a gelato [br]or cheese or milk,

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

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

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(Arielle) <i>Scaling camel's milk production[br]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 [br]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[br]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, [br]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 [br]coming from a perspective

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

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And we looked at their needs and--[br](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, [br]is this doing well?

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

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and when we just popping[br]over into the profit sector,

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so when you start anything,[br]it's always difficult,

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but it certainly moving along in a[br]nice Direction. Let's put it that way.

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Today is all about versatility. We're[br]going to talk milk Alternatives.

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That's right. It's not[br]just about Pals ball, baby.