I don't understand how milk and cheese producers right now can't find buyers for their products. The same humans are all still eating. Is it just that commercial food preparation is super wasteful? Virtually everything I make for my kids at home has cheese, milk, or butter in it.

This thread gives me two interesting take-aways: https://twitter.com/FreshAirFarmer/status/1247876205564526593?s=20

1: that my visualization of the problem is incomplete. Distribution and packaging are facing challenges that contribute to this issue.

2: that packaging waste is much more significant in consumer distribution than in commercial.

Both of these are blindingly obvious with a little context. From working in food service myself, I remember how much we wasted, but I didn't think about how different delivery was.