Month: November 2010

Recent research shows that 75 percent of U.S. consumers like seeing where their food comes from1. To answer the call, Silk soymilk has introduced a new website, www.silksoymilk.com/traceit/ that allows consumers to easily trace the soybeans in a carton of milk back to the location of the farm where the soybeans in that product were grown. …

The New York Times and numerous media outlets this past week have inaccurately reported on the nation’s farmer-funded dairy promotion program. Much of the reporting is fundamentally wrong. Contrary to the myth that has been perpetuated, Dairy Management Inc. was not created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), nor is it an agency of USDA. It is a private, non-profit corporation created — and run — by America’s dairy farmers who established it to unify national and local dairy promotion efforts. …

Gold medal winning downhill skier Lindsey Vonn is the latest milk-drinking athlete to don the famous got milk? ‘stache. Vonn knows lowfat milk is loaded with nine essential nutrients including calcium and vitamin D, to help keep her bones strong, and protein essential for building lean muscle. …

Prosperity Organic Foods, Inc. announced today it has dramatically increased distribution of Melt Buttery Spread, its all natural, creamy butter substitute. Melt can now be purchased in more than 500 stores, including Haggen, Fred Meyer, King Soopers, Central Markets, Lucky, SaveMart, Bristol Farms, Sunflower Markets and Sprouts. …