New York State Fair’s 800-Pound Butter Sculpture Recycled into Energy

The 56th Annual Butter Sculpture at the New York State Fair has come down, but it isn’t going to waste. American Dairy Association North East, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners and Noblehurst Farms, dismantled the 800-pound sculpture at the New York State Fairgrounds. Ultimately, the butter – which was provided by O-AT-KA Milk Products in Batavia, N.Y., and was unsuitable for sale or consumption for a variety of reasons – will return to Western New York, less than 15 miles away from where it was originally produced, to be recycled at a local dairy farm.

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