tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post5719770232723857820..comments2024-02-03T07:12:06.620-05:00Comments on U.S. Food Policy: New emails illuminate the egg checkoff program's campaign against a vegetarian alternative to mayonnaiseusfoodpolicyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098394318544229984noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-10919932655773626402015-09-08T17:48:20.067-04:002015-09-08T17:48:20.067-04:00"Industrial animal agriculture promotes its p... "Industrial animal agriculture promotes its products" OK, the last time I looked, dairy check-off monies were being deducted from our milk check for our 60 cow herd in NY. The "Industrial Animal Agriculture" "trigger phrase" is getting a little tedious and devalues the thousands and thousands of average sized farms that pay in. Farmers across the rural northeast contribute: Pennsylvania: 7,000 farms (average 70 cows), New York 5,000 farms, average 113 cows)...etc. along with tens of thousands of other dairy farmers.<br /><br /> Our friends in the food movement routinely dismiss the farmers who try to promote their products to survive in the global marketplace.<br /><br />Lorraine Lewandrowski<br /> Country Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02069704892944893793noreply@blogger.com