Spilled milk for the pigheaded Pork Board

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Here’s one for the “not gettin’ it” Hall of Fame. The National Pork Board, home of the longtime slogan “The other white meat,” actually sent a cease and desist letter to an Ohio mother and breast-feeding advocate (check out her blog, The Lactivist) for selling T-shirts on cafepress.com that tout breast milk as “The other white milk.” To quote John McEnroe, you cannot be serious. (The proceeds, by the way, were intended for a local milk bank.)

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