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Three-way partnership moves Wisconsin milk to food banks
A three-way partnership is helping move dairy products to Wisconsin food relief organizations.
The state’s checkoff promotion group, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin and the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection are working with Hunger Task Force to get dairy products trapped in the COVID-19 shifted supply chain to a growing number of underfed and unemployed in the state.
Hunger Task Force will commit up to a million dollars to the new Wisconsin Dairy Recovery Program. Milk producers will be paid to supply milk to Kemps, which will bottle thousands of gallons of milk for distribution to free and local partner food banks and pantries through Hunger Relief Federation of Wisconsin.
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin CEO Chad Vincent says this is an important partnership for dairy farmers who, through no fault of their own, are faced with incredible challenges to keep product moving through the system. Normally, about half of Wisconsin’s dairy production is consumed through foodservice channels, but with many schools and restaurants closed, fewer products are reaching consumers.
