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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nJune is known as National Dairy Month. First promoted in 1937, before many farms had electricity, the purpose was to encourage people to drink more milk in the hot summer months when cows were grazing on pasture producing plenty of milk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, this designation is used by the dairy industry to promote a range of products with only a token nod to the hard-working dairy farmer<\/strong>. Family Farm Defenders has long highlighted the root causes of the loss of family dairy farms and the detrimental impact this loss has on farm families, communities, and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our policy advocacy, writings, and educational activities illustrate the devastating impact of low prices that farmers receive, the consolidation of processing facilities, and the inequitable and unreasonable incentives given to mega-dairies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Manure digesters are just one example of these incentives. Family Farm Defenders\u2019 Executive Director, John Peck, states in Manure Digesters – Just another False Solution that makes Climate Injustice Worse<\/a>: \u201cBillions in taxpayer handouts and other incentives through pollution offset trading markets are encouraging factory farms to expand and profit from their waste stream.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n FFD is a founding member of the Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network (SRWN) which defeated a manure digester proposed for a large-scale dairy operation in Waupaca County, WI.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n FFD Board President Patti Naylor detailed local and state incentives in her blog, \u201cIowa could lead the way to transform our agriculture system \u2013 beginning with dairy farms<\/a>\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We encourage people to know the source of their food, including their milk. At the website \u201cWhere is my milk from?<\/a>\u201d, you can enter a code printed on the milk jug in your refrigerator. You might be surprised to learn just how far your milk has traveled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent Publications from FFD Board Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor June Dairy Month, Trump Should Celebrate the Canadian System, Not Denounce<\/a>\u201d by Jim Goodman and Anthony Pahnke, June 18, 2025 <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTrump’s Trade Deals Endanger Farmers and Our Food System<\/a>\u201d by Anthony Pahnke, May 16, 2025, Common Dreams
\u201cEnbridge Line 5: A Clear and Present Danger<\/a>\u201d by Jim Goodman, June 11, 2025, Wisconsin Examiner
\u201cFarmers Protest Unjust Immigration System<\/a>\u201d by Anthony Pahnke, June 20, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n