No Crying Over Spilled Milk

Fourth of July is known for fireworks, honoring our veterans and being thankful for the freedoms we have in the United States of America. But this Fourth of July I will remember for its spilled milk.
Jake and I covered a protest out in Cement City of a dairy farmer wanting citizens to understand the financial strife of all dairy farmers. He ended up dumping 1,300 gallons of raw milk down his driveway. At first us reporters at the Citizen Patriot were throwing out all kinds of milk puns, enough to make a middle school student unamused. But the more research done, proved it was a legit protest... to an extent.
A couple in New York started the idea. The amount of money dairy farmers are making versus the cost to produce the milk that you drink is extremely unbalanced. So maybe I don't agree with the farmers wasting their day's worth of product, but it got people's attention. The best quote in the story is “We feed our nation, and right now our farmers can’t feed themselves."



Check out the full story that includes a lot more detail. Go on. Do it!