Robots milking cows? It is a common thing — very much like the robotic arms that you see in auto manufacturing plants, but these robots are so gentle the ladies never seem to notice. In fact, it is just part of the pampering process at Hickory Hill Milk in Edgefield, South Carolina. The dairy herd there receives 24/7 attention — all part of making the finest milk we have ever had!
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Sometimes food safety can be less about what’s in or out of what you’re eating and more about what you’re used to eating, as Dr. Francisco Diez from the University of Georgia Food Safety Center explains.
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“Where The Food Comes From” visits M&B Products, a milk bottling plant in Temple Terrace, FL (a suburb of Tampa) with its farm in Lecanto, operated by the McClellan family. Get ready for a lesson in everything from milk bottling, to dairy nutrition, and bovine reproduction!
Mary Days is a contributor and good friend of “Where the Food Comes From,” and enjoys joining us on shoots in Florida. This is her behind-the-scenes take on what a day looks like filming with the crew.
Would you believe it’s possible to have a dairy barn where all you smell is clean fresh country air? Leon McLellan of M&B Products in Temple Terrace, FL shows us how!
