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USDA Bails out Big Dairy AGAIN!
For the second time this year, the USDA is buying up excess dairy. How did we get such an abundance of dairy, and why are our tax dollars being used for this AGAIN?
Looking Forward to a Year of Good Food News
There’s a lot wrong with our food system, but things are beginning to get better. Here’s some recent food news that you can feel good about!
Questioning Kelley O’Hara’s Chocolate Milk Ad Campaign
Kelley, we have to talk about your new ad campaign for the milk industry!
Milk Nutrition Claims Debunked in 30 Year Study
For decades, nothing has been touted as a healthier, more wholesome food than milk. It does a body good, they say. For women especially, milk nutrition benefits include strong bones and the prevention of osteoporosis, a concern for millions of women in the U.S. and billions more worldwide. But according to a new study, milk isn’t the healthy food we think. In fact, it may actually cause the bone loss it’s supposed to prevent, and in this study’s case, it can even lead to early death.
Manure-to-Biogas at Dairy Farms Gets EPA and USDA Boost
The Energy Department’s methane biogas program has been chugging away in relatively obscurity for several years, and now that’s all about to change. The agency has just teamed up with EPA and the Department of Agriculture to announce a new initiative for ramping up manure-to-biogas at dairy farms and other farming operations, called the Biogas Opportunities Roadmap.
Is America’s Cheese Obsession by Design? The Dairy Industry’s Push to Move Milk
While we’ve shifted away from the milk-drinking culture we were as recent as the 1970s—even despite best efforts by the ‘Got Milk’ campaign—our cheese intake has skyrocketed. In the past forty years, we’ve decreased our milk consumption by 30 percent, but cheese consumption has increased more than 177 percent.
Little Action on the Farm Bill
Congress left DC for the winter break without agreeing on a Farm Bill. Color me unsurprised.
How to Host a Vegetarian or Vegan During the Holidays
With approximately 9 million vegetarians and vegans in the U.S., chances are that many families will be hosting an herbivore sometime during the holiday season. It should be a no-brainer—just use soy milk in your mashed potatoes, leave the ham out of the green beans, and use margarine in place of butter. Easy, right?
Vegan Diet: 4 Ways Vegan Foods Can Save Your Life
Can eating vegan actually make you healthier? Check out these ways that a vegan diet might just help you live longer.
Weekend Food Project: A Hand-Crafted Crème Fraîche Recipe
When I couldn’t find crème fraîche in my grocery store for a new dish I wanted to try, I searched for a crème fraîche recipe, et voila! I made my own.
5 Shocking Secrets About Milk
The dairy industry starts marketing to us practically from birth—kids are often exposed to its slick (and misleading) campaign materials at school. By the time we’re grown, we may think that we know milk well—but you might want to think twice before stopping at your supermarket’s dairy case.
Got the Flu? 2 Reasons to Put Down That Chicken Soup!
If your mom was like mine, she gave you the same home remedies when you came down with a cold or the flu: a warm blanket and a bowl of chicken soup. Mom is usually right, of course, but you might want to think twice about that chicken soup when you’re choosing flu-fighting foods.