Hood drops two more organic farms
H.P. Hood has let go of two more organic dairy producers after notifying eight farmers in February that their milk contracts would not be renewed.
The dairy giant dropped Richard Lary of Clinton and Mark McKusick of Dexter, both of whom have spoken out against Hood's practices, the Bangor Daily News reported. Lary told the paper he believes Hood is retaliating against the pair for their campaign opposing the production cuts. Hood has also notified its remaining contracted organic milk producers that they must cut production by up to 15% this year.
The Maine Farm Bureau and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association have teamed up with some of the affected farms to find grant funding to develop a plan for a distribution system that would allow some organic dairy farmers to sell Maine-labeled milk in grocery stores statewide, the Quoddy Tides reported. Hood ships Maine's organic milk to New York for processing and packaging and then returns it to Maine, where it's sold as Stonyfield Farm Organic Milk.
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