Dairy

With the New Year just around the corner, people across the country will again be making resolutions to live healthier. Unfortunately, more often than not, the determination to shape up and eat right lasts about as long as it takes the ball in Times Square to drop. Year after year, living healthfully is viewed as being arduous or costly – however, the truth is there are plenty of easy, delicious and affordable ways to stick to those resolutions.
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Raw milk products produced by Organic Pastures of Fresno County, with the exception of raw colostrum,have been released from a statewide quarantine that began November 15. CDFA imposed the quarantine in response to notification from the California Department of Public Health connecting E.coli O157:H7 food-borne illness to the dairy. …

One week after Dairy Forum 2012 concludes, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy will host a webinar highlighting the nutrition landscape of cheese. …

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board's Fuel Up to Play 60 program has gained a lot of momentum this school year. The Back to School Back to Football challenge was a huge success for Marshall Middle School in Janesville, as they earned the national prize for the challenge–The Super Bowl Prize Package. …

Over the past week, construction has begun on the new Chobani Greek yogurt production plant. The New York-based company announced almost a month ago it would build the multimillion-dollar plant, but ever since has been mum on the construction progress. Once finished, Chobani officials estimate they’ll hire 400 people to operate the facility. …