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The US government has an enormous cheese stockpile. https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government
by pfdietz 2y ago
The US government has an enormous cheese stockpile.
https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government-currently-stores-1-4-billion-lbs-of-cheese https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-...
- aziaziazi 2y agoWow crazy indeed. What a waste. > Though demand is declining, production is not. It has risen 13% since 2010. In 2016, the American dairy industry dumped a whopping 43 million gallons of milk > The dairy industry received 43 billion and 36.3 billion dollars in 2016 and 2017, respectively, from the federal government. > It is important that special interests do not acquire billions annually for an industry that knowingly overproduces, not to mention pollutes the environment, in the face of declining consumption