Dairy

Amid new reports of illnesses linked to raw milk the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are stepping up
efforts to warn consumers of the dangers …

Sales for La Farge-based Organic Valley, and the organic food industry in
general, are picking up this year after the cooperative saw its first sales
decline in 2009, CEO George Siemon said Saturday. …

Flavored milk contributes less than 2 percent of the total added sugar to the
average teen’s diet and less than 3.5 percent in children ages 6 to 12. Sodas
and fruit drinks account for 50 percent or more, delivering much less, if any,
nutrition in the process. …

Stremicks Heritage Foods is relaunching its 8th continent Soymilk brand. The
re-launch includes the debut of a new carton packing in the spring. To celebrate
the event, the company is inviting children and their families to submit their
artwork to be considered for the brands new packaging. …

MVP baseball slugger Albert Pujols joins fellow Milk Mustache
athletes, NBA All-Star and Utah Jazz point guard Deron Williams and gold medal
gymnast Shawn Johnson, as part of the Milk Mustache “Dream Team” to inspire
teens to “Drink Milk for a Change.” …