Encouragement for llama milk! How about a "milk zoo"?

In the article below the United Nations is encouraging developing countries to use more milk from underutilized (basically non-cow) sources--and there are a lot of them! I couldn't agree more; it baffles me that with all the great sources of milk we basically use one for over 99% of the market. They mention llama, donkey, yak, camel, sheep, goat, buffalo, reindeer, alpaca, moose, and mithun milk*. Great advice! That's a milk trip around the world. I would love to taste all of the above, as I currently drink about a 1/2 gallon of goat milk a day.

Here's an idea: start a "milk zoo" (or "dairy zoo") i.e. dairy farm that has as wide assortment of these animals from all over the world--and you get to hang out with the animals and buy all kinds of products made from their milk!

I visited Bolivia and Chile and one of my hopes was to drink llama or alpaca milk... but to no avail. No one seemed to know where to buy it. But it is out there, I was told it can be found more in some of the rural areas of the Altiplano like Oruro that I did not get to.

I did however get camel milk both in Dubai and Kenya. It is just recently has begun to be sold pretty commonly in major supermarkets, though in relatively small containers like pints. Vital Camel Milk is the big Kenyan brand (actually run by a German guy), they have their own little refrigerator in each location of Nakumatt the big supermarket chain in Kenya. Camel milk tastes good, it also has extra insulin in it which is good for diabetics but can also make you tired from low blood sugar. Kenya also has a big brand of goat milk products Togg's which also has their own refrigerators in Nakumatt supermarkets, with yogurt etc. http://www.toggskenya.com/

Glass of llama milk? UN agency urges greater access to non-traditional dairy products

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46594

*Had to look up mithun, apparently it's also known as the gayal and is a sort of wild ox native to Bangladesh, India, and other areas of S and SE Asia.