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Arizona dairy farms pivot from restaurants to food banks as COVID-19 shifts demand

Title (Dublin Core)

Arizona dairy farms pivot from restaurants to food banks as COVID-19 shifts demand

Description (Dublin Core)

By Sarandon Raboin/Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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PHOENIX – Thousands of gallons of wasted milk. Unpredictable, zigzagging prices. Abrupt dips and surges in demand.

The past four months have been a roller coaster for Arizona dairy farms, as the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the way some of their biggest clients did business.

The ride isn’t over yet: Arizona is a COVID-19 hotspot, meaning impacts on school and restaurant operations – and their dairy needs – remain uncertain.

Food banks find themselves overwhelmed with community demand, yet some struggle to safely store and distribute the flood of milk being donated.

And beyond Arizona’s borders, foreign dairy markets continue to evolve.

“In 46 years, I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Keith Murfield, chief executive officer of United Dairymen of Arizona.

The market value for dairy products made in Arizona exceeds $762 million and is one of the top five agricultural commodities for the state, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 29, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Sarandon Raboin

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Erin Craft

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

Cronkite-Luce Fellowship

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2020/07/29/arizona-dairy-farms-food-banks-coronavirus/
http://web.archive.org/web/20200814034527/https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2020/07/29/arizona-dairy-farms-food-banks-coronavirus/

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Agriculture
English Food & Drink
English Rural
English Community & Community Organizations

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

#lucegrant
schools
farmers
Arizona
food banks
dairy farms

Collection (Dublin Core)

Luce Grant
rural

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Arizona dairy farms pivot from restaurants to food banks as COVID-19 shifts demand
Erin Craft Biography Sheet

Exhibit (Dublin Core)

Southwest Stories>Rural Communities
Southwest Stories>Sarandon Raboin

Curatorial Notes (Dublin Core)

Added to Arizona Collection. 03/22/2022. HR

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/13/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/13/2020
07/15/2021
03/22/2022
06/11/2022

Item sets

Covid 19
Southwest Stories
Arizona State University
Arizona Collection

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