All dairy is local, until globalization steps inWhen our pediatric dentist told me two years back that my adopted Chinese daughter was going to prematurely lose her top front baby teeth, it occurred to me that Wisconsin's dairy industry was facing a long boom. A leap of logic, perhaps, but let this native "cheesehead" connect the dots on this stunning global-demand shift.
My wife and I adopted Vonne Mei when she was 9 months old, by which time her baby teeth's fate was sealed by 18 months of diet in her native province of Jiangxi, part of China's vast interior rural landscape. Being a "persona au gratin," I was struck by the dearth of dairy in Jiangxi cuisine. There were poultry, pork and vegetables galore, but few milk products and virtually no cheese. Butter seemed a luxury item.
Think back to that childhood admonition: Drink your milk so you'll have strong bones and good teeth!
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