Over the past few weeks, the French Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Hullet House hotel, has been slowly shipping in a selection of rare cheeses from France in preparation for Hong Kong’s first Cheese Festival. The five-day event, which starts June 1, will showcase more than 200 unusual cheeses for tasting and purchasing. …
Nationwide, the number of dairy goats has been slowly but steadily increasing, from nearly 335,000 in 2007 to 360,000 in 2011, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The growth reflects increases in goat cheese production seen by the American Cheese Society. Last year, fresh goat cheese was the largest category at its annual competition with 139 entries, compared to 2009 when cheddars (from any milk) were king.
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With childhood obesity and related chronic disease rates skyrocketing, prominent registered-dietitian experts urge parents to worry less about WHAT we are feeding our children, and instead, focus more on HOW we are feeding them. This change in approach, presented during a live Eat, Play, Love: Raising Healthy Eaters webinar on May 18 hosted by Dairy Council of California, should help parents reduce childhood obesity and end the dinnertime drama that both parents and their children have grown to dread.
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A report by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition and the Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness notes that sports drinks and energy drinks are not interchangeable and that most kids shouldn’t drink either of them, ever, opting for milk instead.
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When you buy a bottle of milk at the grocery store, there's a premium built in intended to pay dairy farmers, but a state senator says that not all of that money is reaching Pennsylvania farmers. …
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