Federal Milk Marketing Orders Targeted In House Regulatory Oversight Plan

The House of Representatives passed a resolution (H. Res. 73) on February 10 requiring the Agriculture Committee and other committees of the House to review federal regulations to determine their impact on jobs and economic growth. The resolution passed by a vote of a vote of 255 to 169.

Organic Valley Welcomes Lancaster County Organic Dairy Farmers To Cooperative

February 16, 2011 Organic Valley

Organic Valley, the nations oldest organic farmer-owned cooperative founded in 1988, today announced it will welcome up to 53 organic farmers from Lancaster Country Organic Farmers Cooperative (LOFCO) to join its cooperative and produce milk for the Northeast region.

Group Rallies To Get Flavored Milk Out Of School Cafeterias

About 50 parents and activists brought valentines for the people who run the L.A. school food program: Gallon milk jugs filled with sugar and decorated with hearts, tokens they hoped would help get strawberry-flavored and chocolate milk out of cafeterias.

Roberts Changes Its Name A Little, Its Logo A Lot

Roberts Dairy Foods has changed its logo and added the word Foods to its name, to represent its expanding product line beyond milk.

Utica Company’s Recipe For Success: Hummus

February 16, 2011 Dan Miner, Observer-Dispatch

From textiles to hummus, manufacturing in the Utica region certainly has changed. The newest kid on the block is Eva Gourmet, which recently started mass production of hummus and food dips.