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Dairy farmers are giving away some 8,600 gallons of milk Thursday in Boston as part of a new initiative seeking to put the product to good use despite a plummeting dairy market. The project, called Farmers Feeding Families, seeks to get surplus milk — which would otherwise be thrown away — into the hands of local families who need it…

About 8,600 gallons of milk is being given away Thursday in Boston by local dairy farmers as part of a new initiative seeking to put the product to good use despite a plummeting dairy market.

Dairy farmers across the country have been forced to dump milk they can’t sell into their fields – an awful waste of their hard work, and of valuable food. But a new initiative called Farmers Feeding Families will soon get that surplus milk into the hands of local families that need it most. A national cooperative that represents farms in…

Dairy farmers are giving away more than 8,000 gallons of milk in Boston today in an event called Farmers Feeding Families.

Dairy farmers across the country have been forced to dump milk that they can’t sell, but a new initiative called “Farmers Feeding Families” will soon get milk to those who need it most.