jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
boosted
"Butter sculptor Gerry Kulzer will carve Princess Kay over the State Fair’s first two days. Kulzer will then sculpt a finalist each day until the end of the fair."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/08/21/princess-kay-of-the-milky-way-crowned-at-2025-minnesota-state-fair
To the butter price discourse and how Fonterra and the government say there is no choice but paying international prices for locally made products...
I just want everyone to remember that the dairy industry (NZ's biggest polluter!) is the only one exempt from the Emissions Trading Scheme. (Ineffective and flawed as it is, but that's a different discussion)
We're literally giving them a massive discount (and have been for decades, allowing endless pollution and ecosystem degradation for free) but they couldn't possibly make a bit less profit in return.
My pitchfork is sharp already. 🍴
Butter prices in most of the world are lingering near record highs with little end in sight as a complex interplay of factors from heat waves to tariffs puts more cost pressure on consumers’ favorite foods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/07/markets/butter-global-price-surge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #butter #food #markets #dining #dairyindustry