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Dairy farmers part of national milk drive

“The Great American Milk Drive” is making it easier to give a gallon of milk to local food banks. Stephanie Cundith, a registered dietitian with the Midwest Dairy Council, says it’s a group effort, “This is a program made possible by the nation’s milk companies and dairy farmers in partnership with Feeding America to make it easy to give a gallon of nutrient-rich milk to local food banks in peoples’ communities.”

Cundith tells Brownfield Ag News that milk is UNDER-donated, “It’s the number-one requested item yet, on average, families that go to Feeding America food banks receive only one gallon or less per person every year.”

Actual milk isn’t donated through the Milk Drive. Monetary donations are turned into vouchers for food bank recipients to redeem at stores. Donations are made by texting “Milk” to 27722 or by going on line to www.milklife.com/give. Milk donations stay in the donor’s local area.

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