How are these poor nuns competing with the very large Milk industry? Or are they sending a message to free enterprise that 'thou must not mess with Monopolies..'

Two cows.. Two fricken cows!!

Lynda

Not a major story, but interesting. I agree with a number of
: the comments below the article (Wow! A hi jab with a
: cross!" It does look like that. :-) Of course, these
: nuns don't have a government job with the public. I'm not
: sure why they are referring to a nunnery as a monastery,
: but ... maybe trans men will want to join if it seems more
: gender neutral.

: Sonar

: Montreal
: Greek Orthodox nuns fined $75K by dairy producers for
: allegedly selling cow milk
: All the milk from the monastery's 2 Guernsey cows consumed by
: nuns and their guests, nuns insist

: Spencer Van Dyk · CBC News Oct 31, 2019 6:27 PM ET

: The nuns do have goats and produce commercial Greek feta goat
: cheese, which is sold in grocery stores. But they say all
: the milk produced by their two Guernsey cows is consumed at
: the monastery. (CBC)

: Nuns living in a secluded monastery in the Laurentians,
: northwest of Montreal, were shocked to discover they'd been
: fined nearly $75,000 — over cows' milk.

: The Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec (PLQ), the
: group representing Quebec dairy producers, accuse the Greek
: Orthodox nuns at the Virgin Mary of Consolatory monastery
: of selling milk products without a permit.

: The monastery's administrator, Sister Macrina, said the nuns
: only own two cows, Guernseys which produce milk for the
: nuns themselves and their visitors — milk that is not for
: sale.

: "It's not something we make business out of," she
: said. "Mistakes happen, we're human, but you can't
: fine me for that."

: More with some nice pics at the link:
: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/nuns-milk-fine-1.5343543