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Midwest Dairy looking at ripple effects of school closures

Midwest Dairy CEO Molly Pelzer

Leaders at Midwest Dairy are discussing the implications of national school closures and children not having access to nutritious meals.

 Chairman Allen Merrill, a dairy farmer from South Dakota, says they are looking at community needs.

“We know a lot of the schools are finding ways to serve that meal, but dairy can be a challenge for them if they take it outside the school. So we’re trying to be a resource to help find what they need and what we can do to help.”

CEO Molly Pelzer tells Brownfield Midwest Dairy has found some tools their partners are embracing.

“The first is a partnership with a Minnesota-based firm to help school districts develop hot and cold menus that they can offer to students at those grab-and-go feeding sites.”

She says the menus include recipe scaling and a supply list to help decrease the workload on volunteers distributing meals to students.

Midwest Dairy has also purchased over 1,000 cooler bags that schools in the region can use to keep dairy products cold.

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