I’ve been fascinated/horrified/interested in this whole 4th of July Milk Dump that I wrote about on Friday. The coordinated dumping of hundreds of thousands of gallons hundredweights of milk took place on Sunday as planned in many locations. What follows is a little recap:
- This article details the happenings in Cement City, Michigan and supplies a proper noun for the whole thing, the Fourth of July Take Back Your Independence Day Dump.
- Here’s footage from Herkimer County, NY. In it, the events are called protests, which seems like an appropriate description.
- Friend of the Farmer wrote about the situation, including three suggested solutions.
- Syracuse’s ABC affiliate filed a story on the milk dumping.
- And here’s the local news segment from near Utica, New York, that I posted yesterday.
It’s certainly a complicated topic, but I have to say: it’s really hard to watch a stream of milk being poured onto the ground. A large part of me agrees with commenter Dave Skolnick: “Waste is Waste.” But I also think you can’t separate this event from the unsustainable situation dairy farmers face. What’s your take?
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