GOOD this week linked to a website called “Where Is My Milk From?” that will, upon entering a code found on your milk container, tell you where in the U.S. your milk came from. Very cool and very interesting to see 1.) where it came from and 2.) what larger distributor is behind “generic” milk.
For instance, my Stop-and-Shop-branded milk is produced by Garelick Farms in Franklin, MA. They make their own milk, but apparently they also produce Stop and Shop milk.
Last week I had Market-Pantry-branded milk from Target. This milk came from Byrne Dairy in Syracuse, NY.
I probably wouldn’t have thought anything of this, except I started watching Food, Inc last week. The film mentions that so few food corporations control the American food supply, and even when you think you’re buying a different brand, you really aren’t. Nowhere on either milk cartons are Garelick or Byrne mentioned. That seems obfuscatory at best, nefarious at worst.
See where your milk came from (and who actually produces it).
