The “butter maiden” will be replaced with a lake

Since 1928, Land O’Lakes butter has been adorned with the image of a “butter maiden,” a non-specific American Indian woman with a feather in her hair, kneeling and presenting the consumer with a container of butter. But in February, the dairy collective quietly removed the woman from its packaging, replacing her with an image of evergreen trees lining a broad body of water.

Modern Farmer notes that the company’s February announcement