If I were you I would demand the more expensive Canadian milk as there are no growth hormones and antibiotics in it. Better yet, support the almond and oat milk industries.

almond farming is terrible for the environment.

I hear it sends you to the bad place (I like it, but try to consume in moderation)

ditto!

I can’t afford that

Damn, even Costco milk is up to $2.75/gal

I buy the bougie milk as an inflation hedge, I tell myself, completely addicted to the taste of a2 whole milk-

I like that too, but when I can, I get this local, grass-fed milk from Jersey cows in heavy glass bottles. It's so good it's practically a different food. (I think of milk as a food, as I mainly cook with it now. I can't drink it as comfortably as I used to.)

that's the hormone & pesticide laced shit. don't touch it.

cool you paying for the better stuff?

For some reason this reminds me of the old saw about how people in the Soviet Union knew they were in trouble during early WW2 because the "Glorious Victories of the Union" were getting closer and closer to Moscow.