Food & Beverage

Stumptown Coffee wins Peta award for oat milk

January 12, 2023

Stumptown Coffee Roasters, based in Portland, Oregon, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, is the winner of PETA's Compassionate Coffee Chain award.

The group is honoring Stumptown for its decision to make oat milk the default option in all of its milk-based drinks — a move that helps prevent day-old calves from being torn away from their mothers in the dairy industry, a top producer of greenhouse gases, according to PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman.

"PETA credits Stumptown with promoting a compassionate brew by leaving mother cows and their calves in peace and helping to slash greenhouse gas emissions fueled by the environmentally disastrous dairy industry," Reiman said in a press release. "PETA urges coffee drinkers to buy only from ethical roasters that encourage kindness and don't upcharge for plant milk options."

More people than ever are choosing plant-based milk, and the consumption of dairy milk has declined by 40% over the past 50 years, Reiman said.