I believe the true alternative to dairy lies in healthy and nutritious products that are made with minimal processing and wholesome vegan ingredients that are sustainably grown from the earth.

They can’t defend what they are doing (like cruelly taking nursing calves away from their mothers and killing them and spewing greenhouse gases and pollutants), so they attack small vegan companies that are trying to fix the mess they’ve made.

Treeline’s cashew cream cheese has one sixth of the saturated fat of both plant-based and dairy Philadelphia (just 1g of saturated fat), and 2g of protein per serving - the same as dairy Philadelphia.

The bottom line is that cardiologists at leading hospitals including the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and Harvard Medical School recommend limiting your intake of coconut oil for the sake of cardiovascular health.

Unfortunately, the life of a dairy goat is very harsh. Female goats are forced to give birth repeatedly so they will produce milk, and most of the males born on the farm live very short and harsh lives - because they obviously can’t produce milk.

When I resumed the CEO role last year, I was determined to go back to basics - back to the principles that I believe in, and what the company does best - making top notch vegan cheeses using real ingredients and time-honored cheesemaking techniques - for the good of people, animals and the environment.