Burnett Dairy Cooperative donating cheese to local food pantries, schools and nonprofit organizations
The cooperative’s dairy farmers, employees commit to maintaining dairy production capacity amid COVID-19 pandemic response to help meet urgent need for free meals.
Burnett Dairy Cooperative, a dairy cooperative that produces cheese, said it is stepping up to support its community in its greatest moment of need.
Burnett Dairy Cooperative and its member farmers are keeping to business as usual and donating cheese to food pantries, schools and nonprofit organizations supplying free meals. The cheese is being given to organizations based nearby the cooperative’s Grantsburg, Wis., headquarters, including in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, the cooperative said.