“She told me about how margarine had to be dyed pink as part of the margarine wars — I had no idea,” said Eisenman, a former dairy princess whose father was a Fillmore County dairy farmer.

If you are like me and think that government interference in our lives is a little bit too much, then the next time you go to buy a container of margarine at the grocery, just think about this ...

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Under current Missouri law, a police officer with an offbeat sense of humor or an ambitious district attorney trying to make a name for herself could reignite the turn-of-the-century margarine wars.

Over the years, margarine has garnered a bit of a negative reputation; however, this is in part due to actions by the dairy industry. Here's what happened.