Do you have a high-level of stress in your life? Then, try the new “adult milk!” Bottled by a Japanese dairy called Nakazawa Foods the milk might induce even more stress to consumers at a cost of $43 a quart. That’s nearly 30 times the price of regular milk! According to Australia’s Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper, Tokyo-based Nakazawa Foods will … Read More
Soda is "Liquid Candy"
This statstic from a recent article posted on CNN.com really jumped out at me: “The rise in soft drink consumption mirrors the national march toward obesity. At the midpoint of the 20th century, Americans drank four times as much milk as soda pop. Today, the ratio is almost completely reversed, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Meanwhile, in the … Read More
Milk Vending in Schools Up
Seven years ago, nearly no secondary schools in the U.S. offered milk vending. By the 2006-2007 school year, 20.5 percent of the schools are offering milk in vending machines. School vending machines are stocked with fewer high-calorie soft drinks today because some states have banned the sale of sodas on campus and the beverage industry is phasing in healthier drinks, … Read More
Great Milk Comes from Happy Cows
Those Happy, California Cows who have been promoting Californian cheese, will now be promoting California milk. Starting this month, a $40 million national advertising campaign promoting milk produced by California dairies will be launched. The campaign, to begin at the end of September, includes placing a seal reading “Real California Milk” on some containers of milk, yogurt, butter and ice … Read More
Healthy Kids Meal at BK
Burger King has jumped on the healthy wagon, and is now going to offer a healthier Kids’ Meal in its restaurants. The meal will include flame-broiled Chicken Tenders, apples cut to resemble thick-cut french fries and lowfat milk. Burger King Holdings Inc., the world’s second largest hamburger chain, said it has set nutritional guidelines to follow when targeting children under … Read More
Milk and Music
A few weeks ago, I told you about the new Hayden Panettiere got milk ad? Today, I found out that teens can visit this website to not only see behind the scenes photos and videos of the shoot, but to also download free music! Kids enter a UPC code from any milk packaging to download a free track. Heroes star, … Read More
Milk Prices Explained
A great article that explains how milk prices are effected in easy terms for consumers – and let’s them know that dairy producers aren’t the ones setting the retail price. Consumer and dairy managers continue to wonder when and if the price of milk and dairy products will decline, said a University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist. “In June 2007, … Read More
FTC Says No to Monsanto
Monsanto Co. has received a “no” in response to their request of the Federal Trade Commission. The company had petitioned Federal regulators to take action against dairy processors who advertise milk as “hormone free.” The Federal Trade Commission said last week that the ads it reviewed did not make any misleading claims about the safety of recombinant bovine somatotropin, or … Read More
Vt. Group Gains Backing
A group of Vermont dairy farmers has gain momentum for a plan to help stabilize milk prices – two large California cooperatives has expressed interest in backing the plan. The proposal would call for dairy producers to pay 15-cents per hundred weight of milk sold. A grass-roots group of Vermont dairy farmers has won backing from two California dairy cooperatives … Read More
MILC Program Extended
USDA has announced that the MILC program has been extended for another month to give the program a better chance of being included in the next Farm Bill. The key safety net program for American dairy producers will now have a better chance of being included in the next farm bill. On Friday, USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation has announced the … Read More