628914 Wed Jun 17 17:34:16 -0700 2009 1 33 Food Media and News 0 4782794 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRy82i8e5Q&feature=email I am pretty flabbergasted. I really don't know what to think. On the one hand, this is a pretty good example of what a corporate farm can and does do on a daily basis. I guess its good that they are recycling the manure and they are doing the milking this way. The birthing theater and the museum seems a little bizarre. Wed Jun 17 17:34:16 -0700 2009 11826 Phaedrus 1 4782971 Oh that place is deliciously, brilliantly weird. I used to have a season pass when I was in grad school at Purdue. <grin> The whole operation reminds me of what would happen if Walt Disney bought a dairy farm during an acid trip - the animatronic cow characters, the "4-D movie" where you wear 3-D glasses and occasionally get spritzed with water, the dairy-based videogames, the bus tour where you are constantly reminded how "comfortable and content" the cows are, and of course the birthing theater (which my not-very-distant farming roots secretly think is fabulous but is not for people that don't want to be reminded how milk and veal happen). What they didn't mention in the piece is that they also have a shop that sells their own cheese and ice cream, along with one of the best milkshakes I've ever had in my life. Wed Jun 17 18:44:53 -0700 2009 4782794 139230 Wahooty