Thirteen school districts in southeastern Wisconsin will use Prairie Farms Dairy next school year.
After Golden Guernsey shutdown in January, school districts had to make adjustments at the last minute to ensure the kids had milk at school. Now, a coalition of 13 area school districts, including Elmbrook School District, will receive milk from Prairie Farms Dairy, the schools announced Wednesday. The decision was made based on several criteria, including a blind-taste test, price, service, package appearance and offerings of a variety of flavors, package sizes and formulations, according to a news release from the Southeast Wisconsin School Nutrition Cooperative. Milk consumption decreased by more than 5,000 cartons in Menomonee Falls School District from January 2012 to 2013. The students complained about taste, and preferred juice …
Golden Guernsey in Waukesha closed without warning on Saturday, leaving area school districts finding other companies for their milk needs.
Area school officials say they are not concerned about the ability to supply local children despite the abrupt closing of a Waukesha milk processing plant over the weekend. When employees of Golden Guernsey, started reporting the Waukesha dairy factory had abruptly shut down, some people were worried about the ability of school districts to obtain milk for students. A school official for the Slinger School District told Today’s TMJ4 that schools there will run out of milk by Wednesday. However, officials at several school districts in the Milwaukee area say they don't envision problems with having milk for their students. The Waukesha School District will have milk on hand as schools start for the week on Monday. “Our food service company …
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Keith Worst
2:17 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2013
So they're dropping the milk company after the patriot who owned it stripped the assets and purposely tanked it to profit? For shame! Waukesha, teaching kids such practices is immoral is teaching Marx to these impressionable young minds! I for one plan to start a writing campaign to stop them from practicing such anti-capitalist trends! more ›