Animal-free dairy could be the norm within the next decade, promising affordable, sustainable and cruelty-free milk. But what will the success of alternative milk mean for the thousands of jobs and businesses in the agricultural industry? Lesley Hughes on the future of dairy. 

Guest: Professor of biology at Macquarie University, Lesley Hughes.

Background reading:

The Milk of Human Genius in The Monthly

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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