Farm Policy and 97Milk.com — Sherry Bunting

The Government Mechanic

Episode 6 is the second of five episodes about America’s food supply system. The special guest is Sherry Bunting, investigative reporter extraordinaire, an independent agriculture journalist since 1981. She was born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she now lives and works. She has worked on dairy farms, milking and feeding cows, sometimes as a relief milker called in at the last minute. Now, she is a farm and food policy expert, publishing weekly in the Farmshine newsletter. The conversation started with questioning why it is illegal to serve whole milk in our public schools in America. Yes, it’s illegal to serve healthy, fresh, nutrient-dense, good tasting whole milk in public schools. Then Bunting described the progress of the grassroots effort generally called 97milk.com to bring whole milk back into schools. Finally, Dr. Kahn asked about the hurricane damage in North Carolina and the farmer-to-farmer network of volunteers, donations and hay drives. Bunting closes by noting the connections between farming, food and national security, then talked about how consumers and shoppers can help farmers.

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