COOPERSVILLE, Mich. (via WOOD TV) — A disturbing viral video of animal abuse at an Indiana farm has a connection to West Michigan.
The founder of Fair Oaks farms, seen in the video posted online by an animal rights group, also founded and supplies milk for Fairlife, a high-end, ultra-filtered milk made in Coopersville and distributed by Coca-Cola.
A number of local dairy farms supply milk to Fairlife and have already been caught in the fallout from the video. Some stores in Chicago and Indiana have pulled Fairlife from their shelves, and it may not end there.
"Go and picket in front of Fairlife corporation. Picket in front of the Coca-Cola corporation," Animal Rights Mission founder Richard Couto said during his narration of the video.
None of the West Michigan farmers who supply Fairlife would speak on the record Monday, but some told 24 Hour News 8 that news of the abuse at Fair Oaks came as a shock. They say Fair Oaks and other Fairlife suppliers have strict policies to protect against what's seen in the video.
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