Dairy

During June Is Dairy Month, Dairy Council of California reminds moms that milk provides the nutrition kids need when they’re out of school and not benefiting from the essential nutrients found in school breakfast and lunch programs. …

A Minnesota toddler has been hospitalized with a life-threatening illness and three other people have been sickened by E. coli-tainted raw milk, an outbreak that’s likely to sharpen a national debate on the growing popularity of the controversial beverage. …

Of the nearly $1 billion Wisconsin dairy farmers spent to expand or update their facilities between 2003 and 2007, only $22.4 million, or about 2 percent, came from the state Dairy 2020 Initiative, according to records provided in March by the Department of Commerce. …

Hannaford had the cheapest milk and cheese, Market Basket had the cheapest toothpaste and eggs and Price Chopper had the cheapest Doritos, orange juice and DiGiorno frozen pizza. …

DCI Specialty Foods, a division of Richfield, Wis., based DCI Cheese Company, announces the addition of Sandra Gray, Corporate Chef, and David Wall, Assistant Chef. …