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Allomilk: An Anthropogeny-Based Framework for Human Milk as a Climate Solution.

Emily E Little¹

¹Executive Director, Nurturely, Eugene, OR, USA.

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|September 4, 2024

Summary

Human milk feeding enhances climate resilience for infants, especially in vulnerable communities. The Allomilk Framework integrates historical cooperative breastfeeding to guide policies supporting human milk access and climate solutions.

Keywords:

breastfeeding cultural norms human milk human milk donors lactation policy analysis social support

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Area of Science:

Environmental health
Anthropology
Public health

Background:

Climate change poses significant risks to perinatal and infant health, disproportionately affecting marginalized communities.
Human milk feeding is a recognized strategy for building climate resilience.
Current policies inadequately support human milk as a climate solution due to historical and cultural disconnects regarding lactation.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce the Allomilk Framework, a novel approach to understanding lactation as a climate solution.
To incorporate the evolutionary history of cooperative breastfeeding into modern lactation and human milk access strategies.
To promote antiracist principles within lactation and climate resilience initiatives.

Main Methods:

The study utilizes anthropogeny (the study of human origins) and antiracist lactation principles.
It proposes a framework highlighting five key concepts for applying human milk as a climate solution.
The framework bridges ancient allonursing practices with contemporary lactation and milk access.

Main Results:

The Allomilk Framework offers a unique perspective by integrating the history of cooperative breastfeeding.
It identifies ideal applications for human milk in climate resilience and mitigation.
The framework facilitates the development of measures to assess and operationalize these applications.

Conclusions:

Implementing the Allomilk Framework can improve climate resilience and mitigation efforts.
Prioritizing cooperative breastfeeding in policy assessment aligns with human evolutionary history.
This approach advances the integration of human milk access within climate solutions, supporting vulnerable populations.