Land O’Lakes Trends on Twitter Even Without a Butter Shortage

  • Best-selling butter began removing image of Native American
  • Some opposed the decision and defend how image was portrayed
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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America’s best-selling butter trended on Twitter Sunday -- but not because of a shortage.

Land O’Lakes, the brand that’s dominated shelves since 1921, announced in February it has started removing the iconic Native American woman “Mia” from its products and adding the phrase “Farmer-Owned.”