Comments on: New Milk Industry Ads to Push Value http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/ No pork on my fork, [and never] fish on my dish. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Missy http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/comment-page-1/#comment-10661 Missy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:37:16 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/#comment-10661 We live in the city but buy unpasturized, grass-fed, hormone-free milk from a farmer who lives about an hour outside of Denver. Ever week he comes in and drops of half-gallon mason jars of milk to the share owners. We have to do a CSA thing since, technically, it's illegal to sell unpasturized milk. Instead of buying his milk, we're merely picking up our share of it as part-owner of the cow. It's a shame you have to find loopholes like that to drink fresh milk these days. PS: I come back here all the time and I love your Food Recalls widget in the side-bar! We live in the city but buy unpasturized, grass-fed, hormone-free milk from a farmer who lives about an hour outside of Denver. Ever week he comes in and drops of half-gallon mason jars of milk to the share owners. We have to do a CSA thing since, technically, it’s illegal to sell unpasturized milk. Instead of buying his milk, we’re merely picking up our share of it as part-owner of the cow. It’s a shame you have to find loopholes like that to drink fresh milk these days.

PS: I come back here all the time and I love your Food Recalls widget in the side-bar!

]]> By: David http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/comment-page-1/#comment-10566 David Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:45:26 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/#comment-10566 Believe it or not, the people who first came up with this foolish idea (at an advertising agency called Bozell) have been given industry awards for creativity and lionized like they're the second coming of Picasso. Believe it or not, the people who first came up with this foolish idea (at an advertising agency called Bozell) have been given industry awards for creativity and lionized like they’re the second coming of Picasso.

]]> By: glutenfreeforgood http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/comment-page-1/#comment-10558 glutenfreeforgood Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:48:15 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/#comment-10558 Geez, what next? I'd like to choose where my tax dollars go — small, local, organic farms maybe? Very interesting post. Thanks for the information. Melissa P.S. Have you seen the HFCS commercials yet? I did a post on that recently. Got corn syrup? Ugh! Geez, what next? I’d like to choose where my tax dollars go — small, local, organic farms maybe? Very interesting post. Thanks for the information.
Melissa
P.S. Have you seen the HFCS commercials yet? I did a post on that recently. Got corn syrup? Ugh!

]]> By: Vance http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/comment-page-1/#comment-10545 Vance Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:46:29 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/#comment-10545 That's a good point about the "bailout." Someone should get an ad campaign going around that. That’s a good point about the “bailout.” Someone should get an ad campaign going around that.

]]> By: Hamlet http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/comment-page-1/#comment-10529 Hamlet Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:42:59 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/10/01/new-milk-industry-ads-to-push-value/#comment-10529 Milk is cheap because it is subsidized. What’s more, even though the milk industry gets corporate welfare to produce a product not everyone consumes, but they also run million dollar ad campaigns. If a person consumes dairy and believes that it is an essential group in the food pyramid, than advertising milk is poor use of even their tax dollars. Fruit and vegetables producers don’t get fat paychecks from the government to exist while making million dollar ad campaigns. And that’s precisely the way it should be. People are annoyed by the proposed Wall St bailout, but taxpayers “bailout” the milk and meat industries every year. Consumers should pay the actual costs for production and advertising budgets of dairy and meat at time of purchase. Milk is cheap because it is subsidized.

What’s more, even though the milk industry gets corporate welfare to produce a product not everyone consumes, but they also run million dollar ad campaigns. If a person consumes dairy and believes that it is an essential group in the food pyramid, than advertising milk is poor use of even their tax dollars.

Fruit and vegetables producers don’t get fat paychecks from the government to exist while making million dollar ad campaigns. And that’s precisely the way it should be.

People are annoyed by the proposed Wall St bailout, but taxpayers “bailout” the milk and meat industries every year.

Consumers should pay the actual costs for production and advertising budgets of dairy and meat at time of purchase.

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