According to some greenies, consume any meat or dairy products and you might as well buy a private jet and make your carbon-fest a real fiesta. But some of us really hanker for a hunk of cheese – and a splash of milk. As someone who didn't drink tea, coffee or cola until I was 19, I've downed more than my fair share of the white stuff. Oh what a trendy teen I was, ordering milk in restaurants!

I have at times considered cutting back, like when my son was a dyspeptic baby who woke up screaming 10-15 times a night. I was desperate, so when well-meaning folk suggested dairy might be affecting my milk, I listened. The catch? I'd have to give it up for two weeks to notice if things improved or not. Two weeks without a milky cup of tea as the reward for surviving yet another broken night? Impossible to contemplate. So whether or not milk was the culprit, the torture of sleep deprivation continued (we think of those lost years as our own private Guantanamo).

At least buying organic milk can reduce green guilt. Have a look at my Website of the Week, Love-OM (and Calon Wen) for details of how organic milk is better for the environment – and better for cows. It's better for farmers too, now that the Federation of Organic Milk Groups (FOMG) has hired a 'Sifu' to teach farmers Tai Chi to improve their sense of wellbeing – which they hope to pass on to their herds. "My mood definitely transfers to my cows," says Tristan Dale a Love-OM farmer. "As organic farmers we believe happier cows produce better milk."

 

They're not being stingy with the good vibes either: starting in September Love-OM is launching Tea Break Meditation, to help everyone take time out from the hectic pace of life. Maybe I should join in, but the last time I went to a yoga class I collapsed in floods of tears and hid in the loo. Stressed and repressed, moi? I'm just more 'tea break' than 'meditation' – a nice warm (milky) cuppa soon lifted my spirits.