Coffee anyone ?

[RollingAcres]

I wonder how Hood makes sure they don't mix "foreign" milk in with my Vermont cow milk.

"Foreign" as in from your neighbor New York?

We get Stewart's milk. According to Stewart's they get their milk from 30-40 dairy farms in the Capital region NY.

 

[Bruce]

NY, NH, MA or anywhere that isn't VT is foreign as far as "local food" goes. Well except for seafood. Have to make allowances for the fact that we do not border an ocean. Though, to be fair, something grown up near Rouse's Point would be more local to me than something grown in a lot of Vermont. It is about 30 miles to Rouses point. 170 miles to Brattleboro (extreme SE corner of the state).

 

[greybeard]

Actually, HP Hood is a Massachusetts company operating out of Lynnfield Mass, but it is just a subsidiary and namesake of a bigger company called Catamount Dairy Domestic LP, out of Boston and Chelsea Mass. The reason most people think Hood is a NY company is because of Hood's acquisition of the Batavia NY plant.
Catamount is the $$$ behind Hood and all it's subsidiaries.
Who is the CEO of Hood? John A Kaneb.
Who is the president of Catamount? John A. Kaneb
CFO of Catamount? Brother Gary Kaneb.

AND, you'll be quite happy to know as well, that Catamount has another iron the fire. (several actually) That entity so many love to hate.."Big Oil".
Until recently, another subsidiary of Catamount, Cumberland Farms owned Gulf Oil and still owns hundreds of stations and convenient stores in the NE US as well as the SE.
Cumberland Farms by the way, has absolutely no agriculture (in the dirt) assets. The "Farm" part is just a name.

"Cumberland Farms withdrew from agriculture in 1986, selling 5,000 acres of Cape Cod land, along with a cranberry processing plant and freezer facilities, for $30 million. At about the same time it closed down its 400 acre dairy farm in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, pocketing $2.7 million from the federal government to slaughter the herd under a program designed to cut the nation's chronic oversupply of milk. The company next proposed to establish a $150 million waste-to-energy incinerator on 400 acres of its Bridgewater farm. The site, however, was found to contain hazardous waste substances in water and soil samples.

Catamount is still in oil, tho they did dissolve their Gulf Oil thing. Another of their subs, Catamount Resources is involved in the shale natural gas plays in Pennsylvania and the crude oil production in the Dakota badlands.
Yes, your "Vermont" milk is mixed with other milk and then shipped back to Vermont and for one simple reason. There isn't enough dairy processing infrastructure left in Vermont to provide all of Vermont's needs. You can partly blame Suiza Dairy/Dean Foods for that...but that's a chapter for another day.....

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Actually, HP Hood is a Massachusetts company operating out of Lynnfield Mass, but it is just a subsidiary and namesake of a bigger company called Catamount Dairy Domestic LP, out of Boston and Chelsea Mass. The reason most people think Hood is a NY company is because of Hood's acquisition of the Batavia NY plant.
Catamount is the $$$ behind Hood and all it's subsidiaries.
Who is the CEO of Hood? John A Kaneb.
Who is the president of Catamount? John A. Kaneb
CFO of Catamount? Brother Gary Kaneb.

AND, you'll be quite happy to know as well, that Catamount has another iron the fire. (several actually) That entity so many love to hate.."Big Oil".
Until recently, another subsidiary of Catamount, Cumberland Farms owned Gulf Oil and still owns hundreds of stations and convenient stores in the NE US as well as the SE.
Cumberland Farms by the way, has absolutely no agriculture (in the dirt) assets. The "Farm" part is just a name.

"Cumberland Farms withdrew from agriculture in 1986, selling 5,000 acres of Cape Cod land, along with a cranberry processing plant and freezer facilities, for $30 million. At about the same time it closed down its 400 acre dairy farm in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, pocketing $2.7 million from the federal government to slaughter the herd under a program designed to cut the nation's chronic oversupply of milk. The company next proposed to establish a $150 million waste-to-energy incinerator on 400 acres of its Bridgewater farm. The site, however, was found to contain hazardous waste substances in water and soil samples.

Catamount is still in oil, tho they did dissolve their Gulf Oil thing. Another of their subs, Catamount Resources is involved in the shale natural gas plays in Pennsylvania and the crude oil production in the Dakota badlands.
Yes, your "Vermont" milk is mixed with other milk and then shipped back to Vermont and for one simple reason. There isn't enough dairy processing infrastructure left in Vermont to provide all of Vermont's needs. You can partly blame Suiza Dairy/Dean Foods for that...but that's a chapter for another day.....

And this is why I got milk goats people. I raise them. I kid them. I milk them. I process. Can't get any more local than your own backyard.

Goodmorning. Got the strong stuff brewing this fine morning....

 

[RollingAcres]

Good morning. Thanks for coffee @MatthewsHomestead but no coffee for me today. Not feeling so good and my throat hurts but life must go on.

Though, to be fair, something grown up near Rouse's Point would be more local to me than something grown in a lot of Vermont. It is about 30 miles to Rouses point. 170 miles to Brattleboro (extreme SE corner of the state).

We rented a cabin up near Point Au Roche a few years ago. Lake Champlain is beautiful.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. I made blueberry cobbler!

 

[Mini Horses]

thing I'm home everyday...... That's the long and short if it.

I WANT to be. Old as dirt and working on being full time farm. Not that I will become rich farm person BUT, just pay for the daily grind...animal feeds, etc. one more year.

And this is why I got milk goats people. I raise them. I kid them. I milk them. I process. Can't get any more local than your own backyard

YEP!!! How fresh can it get when we carry it inside still warm from the girls? I laugh at those who won't even taste it because they "think" it must be bad taste because hey, it's a goat! It's pure A2 milk, clean, yummy & so good for you!

Thanks for the coffee. I made blueberry cobbler!

Oh, my -- I could sure handle that cobbler!!

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

I WANT to be. Old as dirt and working on being full time farm. Not that I will become rich farm person BUT, just pay for the daily grind...animal feeds, etc. one more year.



YEP!!! How fresh can it get when we carry it inside still warm from the girls? I laugh at those who won't even taste it because they "think" it must be bad taste because hey, it's a goat! It's pure A2 milk, clean, yummy & so good for you!




Oh, my -- I could sure handle that cobbler!!

I am unofficially retired at age 30. My husband still works but I stay home with the kiddos and the critters. I guess you could say I'm the boss lady around here. It's nice to set my own pace and not have to deal with the daily grind.

 

[promiseacres]

Cobbler!!! Thanks @Baymule
Retired? Not with the kids at home... as a sahm a true break isn' often for me. But am blessed.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Right! That is the truth! Three of them at that. All boys aged 4, 6, & 10.