The article talks about the loss of seasonality in the taste of our foods, which is something I can directly relate to even though I am not that old.
When I was a kid (in the 90s), we got our milk from a local dairy. I distinctly remember the taste of milk changing around May, when the cows started to go outside and switched from dry feed to grass. That does not happen anymore... I wonder what they changed since then.
Grass feeding isn't optimal for health and production of dairy cows - now they typically get fed TMR (total mixed ration) year-round. It's a blend of grain, silage, hay, minerals, and water that gets regularly adjusted by a nutritionist as the ingredient quality/availability changes (batches of hay and silage can vary quite a bit).
The other downside of grass feeding is that it takes a lot of land per cow, and the land has to be the same place as the cow.
When I was a kid (in the 90s), we got our milk from a local dairy. I distinctly remember the taste of milk changing around May, when the cows started to go outside and switched from dry feed to grass. That does not happen anymore... I wonder what they changed since then.