Post-Bulletin

Got milk bottles?

Got milk bottles? Dig them out, since vintage glass milk bottles are highly collectible in today’s market, and they're bringing high prices. Most range from $2 to $100, depending on the condition, ...
Post-Bulletin

Got milk bottles? You might want to keep them

June was first designated Dairy Month in 1937 as a way to help distribute extra milk. Now, years later, the tradition continues at county fairs and bottle shows, where collectors show off their ...
VTDigger

Vermont creamery to customers: Please return our glass bottles

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The Telegraph

Got milk bottles? Family’s dairy legacy preserved by Milford collector

Dairy industry vintage accoutrements prized among the estimated 3.000 milk bottles in the collection stewarded by Jim George of Milford include the only known example of a green Alta Crest Farm milk ...
Civil Eats

Glass, Plastic, Or PLA? Dairies Struggle to Replace Single-Use Bottles

Alexandre Family Farm prides itself on being America’s first certified organic regenerative dairy. It’s a large-scale operation—4,500 mature cows pastured on about 9,000 acres—and it successfully uses ...
The Advocate

Got milk? Louisiana's local dairies once produced plenty, and the Rural Life Museum tells the story

Most of the names on the milk bottles no longer exist. D'Arbonne Dairy in Homer, Mansford Dairy in Tallulah, Rutherford Dairy in Lake Arthur and all of those dairies in Iberia Parish that once were ...
Digital Journal

Op-ed: Why I’ve returned to glass bottles and milk deliveries

There are various ways we can all help address the environmental issues facing the planet. It is true that to have a major impact governments need to legislate for renewables and place restrictions on ...
The Post-Crescent

Kosher milk, glass bottles, niche markets helped this Fox Valley dairy reach 110 years: The Buzz

Editor's note: The exact date of Lamers Dairy's founding is unknown. Dec. 13 is when its owners will celebrate its 110th year in business. KIMBERLY — In 1913 Jacob Lamers Sr. and Petronella Lamers ...
Ventura County Star

Eco-tip: Reusable glass bottles are gone, but alternatives have advantages

Stan Wilson, of Ventura, recently wrote to me, “I don’t understand why we can’t just go back to reusable glass bottles. As a teenager I worked as a stock boy in a grocery store. I don’t remember there ...
The Telegraph

Oberweis expands glass-bottled milk

ALTON — Milk in the traditional glass bottles is again being offered locally by Oberweis Dairy. The Aurora-based milk provider has begun offering its glass-bottled products at independent Farm Fresh ...
KCCI Des Moines

Recycling backlog causing bottleneck for dairy farmers

Bottles and cans are piling up in Iowa homes because grocery stores are not taking them back due to COVID-19 restrictions.People can't return glass milk bottles, so Iowa dairy farmers are trying to ...