{br}Hawaii milk production continues to fall{br}Pacific.bizjournals.com - Sep 3 2004 18:36:2 GMT{br}{br}This article was posted automatically. Comments are welcome!
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Re: Hawaii milk production continues to fall
"You may find it hard to swallow,
but more of the milk you drink is
being shipped to Hawaii from the mainland."
If people are so worried about where milk is coming from
via mainland cows, simple solution to that....
switch to rice or soy milk, seriously.
Do you know hard it is to retrieve milk
from rice cows & soy cows?Aches & Pains
(through out our lives) knows no time!!.
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So milk joins the growing list of basic commodities that - although we posess the expertise and materials to produce them - are cheaper to simply import from the Mainland. Everyone saves, businesses thrive, but the next time our shipping routes are cut off, boy are we going to be in a world of hurt.
Milk that is shipped from the mainland can be up to 10 days old by the time you drink it.
Of course, this paves the way for something Hawaii is beginning to excel at: specialty, or boutique, produce and other goods. "Pay a whole lot extra, and we'll give you something that's 'special' (by virtue of not being imported)!" A couple of years from now, we'll still be able to buy Hawaii-made milk, but it'll come from "Akamai Lahaina Estates" packaged in a fancy glass thingie and cost $18 for a half gallon.
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Originally posted by pzarquonSo milk joins the growing list of basic commodities that - although we posess the expertise and materials to produce them - are cheaper to simply import from the Mainland. Everyone saves, businesses thrive, but the next time our shipping routes are cut off, boy are we going to be in a world of hurt.
And this sucks. It's a balancing act already buying milk in gallons to save just a few cents per ounce, but now we have to get through it all in a shorter period of time... lest we end up with a big plastic jug of clumpy yogurt instead.
Of course, this paves the way for something Hawaii is beginning to excel at: specialty, or boutique, produce and other goods. "Pay a whole lot extra, and we'll give you something that's 'special' (by virtue of not being imported)!" A couple of years from now, we'll still be able to buy Hawaii-made milk, but it'll come from "Akamai Lahaina Estates" packaged in a fancy glass thingie and cost $18 for a half gallon.
Please don't make the same mistakes that the Mainland has made...You'll end up having to go through the same kinds of things to get to where we are now up here...a backlash against agribusiness and "manufactured" and cloned food and back to organic food--locally grown--which costs more, but is much better nutritionally. But once the 'aina turns the corner and no longer supports local agriculture, you won't have the real estate left to convert back into farms. At least up here, we have a little more open space to try to reclaim for food production.
Miulang
P.S. Because of a long standing drought in Kula, you're going to be paying more for your Kula onions and lettuce and local strawberries for awhile longer. Just read in the Maui News yesterday while waiting for our plane to leave that the farmers have resigned themselves to doing voluntary rationing, but they don't get any breaks of any kind for conserving. They are partly suffering because there are too many people living upcountry who are not farmers and taking away water that could be used to raise crops.Last edited by Miulang; September 10, 2004, 07:01 PM."Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
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Well sometime next month (October) there's this event that will be held nationally and in Hawaii where lactating women all over the country will attempt a Guiness Book world record of the most women breastfeeding at the same time.
I think for that one day there should be a sharp INCREASE in milk production at least in Hawaii.Attached FilesLife is what you make of it...so please read the instructions carefully.
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I just read that Foremosts milk processing facility in Kaimuki will be permanently shut down.It was evidently not feasible to update the 1950ish facility.Check out my blog on Kona issues :
The Kona Blog
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The Honolulu Advertiser has an article on the shutdown. Sad. Only eight months ago Foremost was bought by new investors, who reportedly put $2 million into upgrading the factory. Ultimately the price tag to maintain it was too high.
Apparently total milk production isn't expected to drop much, since Meadow Gold was already handling stuff for Foremost - same milk, two labels. It'll just all be Meadow Gold now.
I hope Meadow Gold is managing. I noticed that they shut down their processing plant on Keeaumoku/Young streets a while ago... I imagine they just consolidated operations at their other properties nearby (on Sheridan and Cedar streets, close to the Keeaumoku superblock).
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I hope my FAV. milk on island never goes away! It is the Viva One-Percent Acidopholus milk. We buy four half-gallon paper cartons of that just about every Saturday. The very idea of getting at least a little of what is good about yogurt right in our milk, and not even tasting it, even though I personally like yogurt a lot, rocks.Stop being lost in thought where our problems thrive.~
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Isn't Meadow Gold a California (or at least a mainland) corporation? I think that's what I read on the side of one of their yummy passion orange yogurt cartons a couple or weeks ago...
Miulang"Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
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I thought Meadow Gold was a local company... The "About Meadow Gold" page at their Lanimoo.com site doesn't say anything about corporate ownership, but then again, its official PR is careful to say "Meadow Gold Hawaii," not just "Meadow Gold."
Turns out "Meadow Gold" is apparently a national brand, and Hawaii is just one of its many markets. The corporate parent is Southern Foods Group in Dallas, TX. You learn something new every day!
Here's the Star-Bulletin article on the Foremost shutdown. It offers more details, hinting at the possibility that the company is calling it quits simply because it can, rather than being forced to by the condition of its facility.
Milk inspector Peter Oshiro said the storage tanks in question were small, displayed only exterior corrosion and were still usable and that Foremost had plenty of other storage capacity anyway. "I never saw anything integral to stopping production of the plant," Oshiro said. "It sounds like they just wanted out."
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Originally posted by pzarquonAnd the new owners are apparently looking to take legal action against the previous owners for failing to disclose problems.
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Originally posted by pzarquonI thought Meadow Gold was a local company... The "About Meadow Gold" page at their Lanimoo.com site doesn't say anything about corporate ownership, but then again, its official PR is careful to say "Meadow Gold Hawaii," not just "Meadow Gold."
Turns out "Meadow Gold" is apparently a national brand, and Hawaii is just one of its many markets. The corporate parent is Southern Foods Group in Dallas, TX. You learn something new every day!
Here's the Star-Bulletin article on the Foremost shutdown. It offers more details, hinting at the possibility that the company is calling it quits simply because it can, rather than being forced to by the condition of its facility.
And the new owners are apparently looking to take legal action against the previous owners for failing to disclose problems.
Oh wait! That last statement isn't totally true because tada! American ubercompanies like Wal-Mart will balance out the trade deficit by bringing in cash from the rest of the world. Oh wait. Wal-Mart is privately held, isn't it? nevermind.
MiulangLast edited by Miulang; September 14, 2004, 04:40 PM."Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
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Can anyone tell me what Milk suppliers are available in Hawaii (local and national) and which of those are hormone free milks? I heard that all Hawaii milk suppliers had hormone free milk but I see that we are losing a producer...Are any national brands hormone free?
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Originally posted by Chris2Can anyone tell me what Milk suppliers are available in Hawaii (local and national) and which of those are hormone free milks? I heard that all Hawaii milk suppliers had hormone free milk but I see that we are losing a producer...Are any national brands hormone free?
Miulang"Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
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