30 Mar 2023 --- If the unpaid labor of human breast milk were to be monetized, it would contribute to an increased GDP while increasing nutritional intake from infants in rewarding life’s first food system, according to an international team of Australia and Vietnam-based researchers. By increasing production and creating a new market, we sit down with the study authors on the arising of recognizing such a market as paid labor, and if there are adverse health effects in purchasing breast milk from another person.