India mourns Dr Verghese Kurien
who passed away today at age 90. If you have eaten butter in India, or been able to add a spot of milk to your tea, then you've
experienced the impact of Operation Flood — the largest
dairy development program in the world. Operation Flood helped India become the world's largest milk producer by 2010–11, with close to 17 percent of the global production. Gujarat-based co-operative, the "Anand Milk Union Limited", often called Amul, was the
engine behind the success of the programme.
While much more can be said about Dr Kurien's work with dairy farmers, cooperatives, milk production as well as
his awards and honours, his
best known legacy is perhaps
the creation of the Amul brand. The
little girl who knew just how to poke India's funny bone has her very own
Previously.
posted by infini
on Sep 8, 2012 -
12 comments
It's nearly state fair time and you know what that means -
Butter Sculptures! Yes, year after year several fairs contract with artists to sculpt meltable works of art. Perhaps the most famous is the
Iowa State Butter Cow, carved year after year since the early 1900s. Of course, with butter art comes rivalry. Not to be outdone, state fairs in
Minnesota,
Texas, New York...oh, the list is long...each display these chilled masterpieces. However, this year Iowa has taken the rivalry to a new level and not without controversy -
The Iowa State Fair has decided that this year they will do a
Butter Michael Jackson.
posted by Muddler
on Jul 2, 2009 -
23 comments
Hear them all...... The most famous version of the early synthesizer hit "Popcorn" was played in 1972 by a studio group called
Hot Butter, led by legendary session musician
Stan Free. Few people know that the song was actually written by electronic music pioneer
Gershon Kingsley. If you'd like to hear excerpts of Kingsley's original version, along with scores of cover versions,
here ya go.
posted by metasonix
on May 30, 2007 -
47 comments
Visitors to the current
Illinois State Fair have the opportunity to see an American classic, the Butter Cow. This year's cow was sculpted over two days by
Nancy Wise. You can watch the construction or live shots of its admiring public at the
Butter Cow Cam.
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posted by Songdog
on Aug 8, 2003 -
22 comments
