A24-Uno»t»r Farming, Saturday, Junt 10, 1995
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
EPHRATA (Lancaster
Co.) ‘Today a few pounds (of
milk) and then a few pounds the
next day,” said Ben Kauffman,
Chester County dairyman, “and by
the end of the year, we believe we
have fed another family in some
hungry part of the world for a
year.”
Kauffman and his wife Erma
visited the Mennonite Central
Committee (MCC) warehouse
with friends Wednesday morning
to see some of the powdered milk
their raw nyilk contribution had
helped purchase. This powdered
milk was being loaded on a 40-foot
container to be shipped to war-tom
Haiti.
The raw milk for dried milk
trade-off program is sponsored by
Adantic Dairy Cooperative and
MCC to allow Atlantic members to
designate the number of pounds of
milk each day to be contributed
from their farm to the world hunger
program. Atlantic automatically
deducts the value of the contri
buted pounds and sends the money
to MCC to make the powdered
milk purchases and distribute it to
needy parts of the world.
“It’s so easy,” Kauffman said.
“If I were to write the check at the
end of the year, it would be diffi
cult. But Atlantic takes it off the
check until I tell them differently.
Sometimes I think we don’t give
enough. We are blessed in so many
ways. Farm technology is so great
We are able to do so much with so
little effort. Our 60-cow herd can
almost be handled by one person."
The Kauffmans with daughter
Jeanette operate Timbcrview
registered Holstein farm near
Cochranville.
Most of the funding for the 8.5
tons of non-fat dry milk powder
sent to Haiti this week was pro
vided by members of Atlantic. Par
ticipating farmers have a specified
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Milk For The Hungry Shipped To Haiti
amount of milk deducted from the
cooperative accounts each month.
This milk or the cash equivalent is
used by MCC to feed the hungry in
countries around the world.
In addition of the dried milk in
this shippment medical supplies
were going to Hospital Albert
Schweitzer (HAS) located in Hait
i’s Artibonite Valley. HAS is a pri
vate hospital that has provided
essential medical care to the
185,000 people in the region for
about 40 years.
There has been little time since
the military intervention in Haiti
last September to improve the local
food supply. Reports from the hos
pital say malnutrition among both
children and adults has increased
60 percent in the last three years.
Milk powder is valuable in deal
ing with the problem of protein
calorie malnutrition in young
children. This food deficiency can
cause stunted growth, susceptibili
ty to infections, and permanent
brain damage. The milk powder is
fortified with vitamins A & D.
Ten pounds of whole milk
makes just over one pound of dry
milk powder. Each pound of dry
milk powder makes nearly 17 cups
of reconstituted milk for the reci
pients of the benevolent effort
That makes nearly 700 cups of
reconstituted milk per bag. Nutri
tionists and health workers in Haiti
will supervise the mixing of milk
powder with pure water.
This kind of effort is an ongoing
activity as MCC works to fulfill its
mission of relief service to many
regions of the world. The MCC
warehouse is located at 517 Trout
Run Road in Ephrata. And their
offices are located at 21 South 12th
Street in Akron.
Anyone who would wish to par
ticipate in this benevolent milk
program may contact their Atlantic
Dairy Cooperative representative
or call the MCC office at (717)
859-1151.
Erma and Ben Kauffman, Chester County dairy fanners, show some of the bags of
milk powder that was ready to be shipped to war-tom Haiti from the Mennonite Central
Committee this week. The Kauffmans participate in Atlantic Dairy Cooperative’s ben
evolent milk exchange program to support MCC’s food forthe hungry efforts. One bag
of milk provides 700 cups of milk when reconstituted at the place of need.,