Soymilk for Coffee - Plant Milk Network Yahoo group

[Maynard S. Clark]

How would you promote the production and adoption and consumption of plantmilks today?

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:14 PM sanjay jain <sanjay...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

 

Hi Maynard,

Thanks for promoting the group. While you have identified a way of promoting plant milk, I had intended the group to promote production, specially small scale units. I will modify the wording accordingly.

Regards

Sanjay

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From: Maynard S. Clark <Maynar...@GMail.com>
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Cc: sanjay jain <sanjay...@yahoo.co.uk>; VeganWay <Vega...@yahoogroups.com>; vegan-advocate <VEGAN-a...@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:57 PM
Subject: [plantmilk] Soymilk for Coffee - Plant Milk Network Yahoo group

My LONGSTANDING idea (found in numerous places throughout the vegetarian denomination of the Internet) is that we ought in coffee-drinking nations to develop a marketing/consumer network to promote the SOYMILK alternatives in coffee houses, restaurants, etc.

There are portion-controlled containers which can as easily have soymilk in them (if there's a volume demand), and the distribution channels are pretty much the same.

Corporate high-rises have many vegetarians and lactose-intolerant persons (and kosher Jews) and Asians (with a soy preference) who may want soymilk options.

The soymilk in the  portion-controlled containers doesn't deteriorate as fast as in open soymilk containers, so (in a refrigerator or without it), it's a cost-effective 'solution' for those who want to be 'culturally sensitive' or 'culturally competent' - though larger containers of soymilk are more 'cost-effective'.

Airlines and restaurants could quickly adapt with these portion-controlled containers of soymilk, and that would open the horizon for their menu 'veganization' and adopting non-dairy options more broadly.

If you're going out for coffee and don't use dairy products, aren't you going to select a pl;ace like Starbucks or Pete's that has soymilk?  Sure!  So then, if you go with friends, YOU exercise the 'veto factor', which restaurants want to master, not lose their businesses to.

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:34 PM, sanjay jain <sanjay...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

 Hi,

Are you interested in promoting plant (soy, grain, nut, hemp etc) milk? There are millions of people involved in the dairy industry, we need millions to be involved in plant milks to make it main stream. So I started the Plant Milk Network yahoo listserv. Please feel free to forward to interested people.

To join visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/plantmilk/

This group aims to promote plant milks, specially small scale local production.

Please join if you are:

- Donor or Investor interested in funding units
- Existing plant milk manufacturer
- Looking to start a unit
- Equipment manufacturer
- Interested in helping

Small scale production creates employment, reduces "food miles" and hopefully packaging too.

The network will help small producers with production technology, marketing and financing.

Investors will be able to identify new start-ups. And producer members will be able to mentor.