Dairy

The Laughing Cow®, a favorite brand among health- and weight-conscious consumers with a passion for great-tasting cheese, and Lisa Lillien, aka Hungry Girl, will join New Yorkers at SELF Magazine's Workout in the Park on Saturday, May 12 in Central Park from 11 A.M. until 3 P.M. …

About four years ago, Ferrisburgh dairy farmers Cheryl DeVos and her husband, J.D., began to think about bottling the milk from their herd of 200 Holsteins and Jerseys and selling it locally rather than to a national organic milk company, as they had done since 2005. Later this month, the DeVoses will begin bottling about one-quarter of their production, a volume they hope will grow and eventually include milk from other farmers. …

Three enthusiastic leaders at Valley City Jr./Sr. High School have been named Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisors of the Year for North Dakota. Beth Beckers, Food and Consumer Science teacher, Sue Milender, School Nutrition Director, and Trevor Bakalar, Physical Education teacher, co-lead the school’s Fuel Up to Play 60 Program. They take an active leadership role in encouraging students to eat healthy, get active and make a difference. …

Stonyfield, the world's leading organic yogurt maker, has launched The Great Food Find, a fun and interactive online scavenger hunt that takes food lovers on a virtual journey to find organic and natural foods around the web, with multiple opportunities to win prizes and get to know more about their food as they go. …

The Milk Processor Education Program's "Refuel with Chocolate Milk" Campaign has received a prestigious Dairy Innovation Award, taking top honors for best dairy health initiative. The awards, sponsored by Tate & Lyle, provide a platform to demonstrate the global dairy industry's continued commitment to innovation. The winners in eight categories were announced during the Global Dairy Congress last week in Oslo, Norway. …