PORTLAND, Maine — The closure of Garelick Farm's dairy production facility in Bangor could have a much more widespread impact on Maine's dairy industry than originally realized.
As a result, Oakhurst Dairy in Portland has launched a marketing campaign to educate consumers on the importance of buying Maine milk and supporting the state's dairy industry.
When Texas-based Dean Foods announced in October that it was closing the Garelick facility, the direct impacts were clear — 35 lost jobs and the loss of a processor for the dairy farms that sold its milk to Garelick. But Tom Brigham, co-president of Oakhurst, said the effects could be much more widespread across the state's dairy industry.
For every gallon of milk that is farmed, bottled and sold in Maine, 13 cents goes into the Maine Milk Pool, a fund established by the Maine Milk Commission to support the state's dairy farms.
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