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Milk-How I can help the U.S. Dairy Farmers
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Regina, the way to help is not to wait or hope the government will help but to make sure all your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers are aware of the situation. I checked with Safeway and their Lucerne milk is U.S. milk so I by their milk ...
Hi, Cara
I had no, idea, how dire this situation is with our American Milk Farmers .
Watching the news today about this crisis in America. My grandfather was a
farmer, my heart breaks, hearing these stories! Thank God for Farmers &
Truck Drivers !...
Not only are the American Dairy Farmers being taken advantage of , but so are the American consumers. Farmers are currently getting paid half the price of production , thus relying on any source of equity available to save the businesses that have...
Jacqueline,you are preaching to the choir on this one. I agree with you and shop weekly at the Farmer's Market [it's open year round here in southeast AZ] and have relearned to eat seasonally.
I too believe the American people must take responsibi...
I would like to help out dairy farmers and I think it is a good idea to rethink our farm policies. I couldn't believe that Diane could not get a single straight answer from any of her guests as to why farmers are paid so little for their milk but ...
Thanks for the heads up, Ann.
Most milk is produced in the US due to its limited shelf life; we import only 6% of our consumption. So protectionism for milk would not help us much and could provoke justifiable trade sanctions by the principle milk exporters to the U.S.--Greece...
Depends on the price. My grocery budget is not charity.
GREAT question. I don't know the answer but I will check back and be interested if any studies have been done on the subject.
Ranger has 3 tags one the shape of U.S. Army dog tag [I can get tag covers for that one easily enough] but the other 2,hi...
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After listening to Diane this morning it occured to me that if the U.S. Dairy Farmer's are caught in such a bind we the people not the government need to ride to the rescue.
If we buy only dairy products made from U.S. produced milk then we could ...
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