Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic
In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of fresh milk into lagoons and manure pits. The closing of restaurants, hotels and schools has left some farmers with no buyers for more than half their crops.
The nation’s largest dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, estimates that farmers are dumping as many as 3.7 million gallons of milk each day.
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America’s rising meat shortage
America’s rising meat shortage
The vast majority of meat processing takes place in a small number of plants controlled by a handful of large corporations, namely Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, JBS USA Holdings Inc., and Cargill Inc. More than a dozen of these companies’ beef, chicken, and pork plants closed in April, and despite an order by President Trump to reopen the plants, managers fear that doing so will put lives at risk sofacilitiescontinuetoclose.
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Smithfield Foods closes pork plant after nearly 300 workers diagnosed with coronavirus
Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls until further notice after hundreds of employees tested positive for the coronavirus – a step the head of the company warned could hurt the nation’s meat supply.
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Galaxy announces new vegan chocolate
Galaxy announces new vegan chocolate
Galaxy will become the first major milk chocolate brand to launch vegan chocolate bars next week. The chocolate will come in three different flavors: caramelized hazelnut, smooth orange and caramel, and sea salt. The wrapping of the chocolate will be made up of compostable film, which is very easy to recycle.
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