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#showusyourlocal Interview from Henry Farms of Knox, LLC Jill Henry—— come buy some local milk with me! Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Clarion Venango Forest County Farm Bureau
Posted by Brittany Eisenman on Monday, April 13, 2020
Carol Ann Gregg, Western Pennsylvania Correspondent KNOX, Pa. — Andrew and Jill Henry have different recollections of the day in March 2018 when they found out that Dean Foods would stop buying their milk. “I wasn’t too concerned,” Andrew said. “God had always looked out for us. This would work out.” Jill, his wife, was less sanguine. “I panicked,” she said. “I got on the computer and got the numbers of all the processors in the area. Everywhere I called and asked if they would take our milk, they said no.” The Henrys, who milk 110 cows in western Clarion County, were one of 42 Pennsylvania farm families dropped by Dean last year as the major processor overhauled its operations....
