How the Grateful Dead Saved Yogurt - A Friendship Story

In 1972, a small Oregon creamery couldn't pay its taxes. The Grateful Dead played a benefit concert to save it, and the crowd that showed up nearly wrecked the rescue. This is the real story behind Sunshine Daydream, the "Field Trip" show at Veneta, and the yogurt company that's still standing 50 years later. To clarify videos are made for entertainment purposes! #gratefuldead #SunshineDaydream #jerrygarcia #Deadheads ______________________________________________________ ✅ Follow Us Wherever You Are 👇 👉 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... 👉 Instagram -   / longstrangetales   👉 TikTok -   / longstrangetales   👉 Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/longstrangetales 👉 Medium -   / longstrangetales   👉 Flipbook - https://fliphtml5.com/home/longstrang... 👉 Tumblr - www.tumblr.com/longstrangetales 👉 Quora - longstrangetales.quora.com 👉 X - https://x.com/longstrangetale Sources: OPB, "The Grateful Dead saved an Oregon creamery..." (2022) OregonLive, "Sometimes a Great Yogurt" (2010) Oregon Encyclopedia, "Springfield Creamery" (2022) Nancy's Yogurt, company blog and family history pages Dead.net, "Sunshine Daydream" Parts 1 and 2 (2018/2019) Wikipedia, "Sunshine Daydream" and "Wall of Sound (Grateful Dead)" CMU Grateful Dead Tour Archive, 1972 tour dates SFGate, "How the Dead took Europe by storm in 1972" (2022) Relix, "Unreleased 1972 film Sunshine Daydream finally to screen" (2013) Omnivore Recordings and Glide Magazine, New Riders of the Purple Sage "Field Trip" (2020) KGW and KOBI-TV, Huey Lewis / Nancy's Yogurt delivery history Eugene Magazine, Kesey family history KLCC and OPB, Chuck Kesey and Sue Kesey obituaries (2025) DairyFoods and LinkedIn, Springfield Creamery / Nancy's Probiotic Foods, current status Mixonline, "Bringing the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound Back to Life" (2023) Long Strange Tales is a brand created by Buzz-Builders, LLC Danbury, CT 06810 For questions, comments, and additional information email: longstrangetakes@gmail.com ©️ 2026 Buzz-Builders, LLC DISCLAIMER & LICENSE INFO: The original commentary, editing, and creative compilation on this channel are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). You may share and adapt my original work for non-commercial purposes with attribution to [Your Channel Name]. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: All Grateful Dead audio tracks, concert clips, band images, and associated artwork (including logos and mascots) belong to their respective copyright holders, including Grateful Dead Productions, Rhino Entertainment, and original photographers/archivists. This channel operates under Fair Use guidelines for educational, historical, and commentary purposes. No copyright infringement is intended. Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commenting, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.