Memorial

Memorial

Memorial Day plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.

I’m not a vet but I did serve in the United States Navy. Unfortunately, I had a medical issue that cut my military career short. Many military careers and lives have been cut short, most in the act of defending democracy and that is what Memorial Day is about, remembering and paying tribute to those fallen. We used to call it Decoration Day since it was when school kids would go from grave to grave, placing flags or flowers on each. At that young age, I doubt if many of us even knew the great significance of that small action. Today is not a day to debate our involvement in the many military actions but a day to remember and say thanks for the ultimate sacrifice that men and women from every corner of our nation have given.

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Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.

Would you like paper or plastic is a question most of us are familiar with in the grocery store check-out line, but that question is now being tossed around by dairy producers. It’s come to their attention that kids don’t care for the taste of wax they get from those little waxed board cartons that school milk is served in; they prefer plastic re-sealable milk containers. As a child in school I used to ask for a glass for my milk; of course this didn’t go over well, and I was shooed on my merry little way while the other kids rolled their eyes. Little did I know, I was just ahead of my time. Kids now days are not shy about what they like or don’t like, and the grownups are listening. In California they have started a “New Look of School Milk” campaign. Kids also sited that with the re-sealable plastic milk containers they can take their milk with them and finish it later; something that is really hard, if not impossible to do with the standard wax containers. I’ll have my milk, without wax please.

Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Northwest Ag Information Network.

 

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