The dairy sells glass half-gallon jugs of fresh milk at about 20 retailers from Fairbanks to Homer, with an additional 20 carrying only yogurt or gallon-sized plastic milk jugs.

In 1884, Dr. Harvey D. Thatcher, from Potsdam, N.Y., patented the early milk bottle. Milk soon was sealed in paper-capped glass bottles delivered to homes and businesses across the country.

Oberweis has been packaging milk in glass bottles for 93 years. Each glass bottle carries a $1.50 charge, which is discounted from a new purchase when an Oberweis bottle is returned.

“It’s not a bad system, it’s just that we were told clearly by retailers and distributors that they were not willing to do it,” Brewer said. “They told us, ‘If you want to come into our stores, you ...

Updated: Feb 24, 2022 / 11:11 AM CST HARTINGTON, Neb. (KELO)– Most people would tell you farm fresh milk tastes better from a glass bottle. But what happens if the farmers can’t get those bottles?

Of the over 60,000 bottles Plagerman has filled and sent out since opening, he expects about 4,000 to be in active “circulation” across the state at any given time, sitting full of milk in ...