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A top antitrust investigator from the U.S. Justice Department is investigating why New York farmers are getting record low payments for milk and consumers are seeing just a fraction of the savings.
The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on kids' minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased.
Farmers sprayed milk onto fields across the Czech Republic on Thursday to protest low prices.
The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board is temporarily boosting the minimum price of milk across the state by a few cents a gallon to soothe hurting dairy farmers.
Slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk will get a special day of recognition in California, making him only the second person in state history — in addition to conservationist John Muir — to gain such a designation.
Although federal lawmakers have agreed to provide $350 million to dairy farmers, they were haggling Thursday on just how to dish out most of the money.
Angry French farmers dumped millions of liters of fresh milk next to one of France's most famous tourist sites on Friday to denounce the slumping cost of milk and an EU plan to end production quotas, which could further drive prices down.
The European Commission on Thursday promised extra steps to combat sinking dairy prices but insisted it would not abandon long-term farm reforms that include phasing out milk quotas after 2015.
Belgian farmers sprayed 3 million liters (790,000 gallons) of fresh milk onto their fields Wednesday, furious over the low milk prices they say are bankrupting farmers.
Chinese police have tried to prevent parents of children sickened by tainted milk powder from traveling to Beijing to mark the anniversary of last year's scandal, an activist said Thursday.
A prosecutor plans to upgrade the charge against a 14-year-old Milwaukee girl accused of fatally stabbing her step-grandfather in the neck after he poured her milk down the drain.
A long-simmering feud between a 13-year-old girl and her step-grandfather erupted after the man allegedly poured her milk down the drain, prompting the girl to fatally stab him in the neck, court documents said.
Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be contaminated with salmonella.
GM’s historic bankruptcy filing this week has a Wisconsin reader wondering if the worst is over for the iconic American car maker — and if so, is now a good time to buy the stock? We suggest he put the brakes on that idea.
China has shut down nearly 4,000 milk collection stations for failing to meet safety standards, nine months after tainted milk products were blamed for sickening hundreds of thousands of babies and killing six children, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday.
While time may adorn you with new lines on your face, a new color hair (gray) and a new waistline, the passing decades are not to blame for all of the changes in your body. Your eating habits, your attitude and your approach to everyday experiences also play key roles.
Dairy farmers created traffic chaos in Berlin, blocked milk processing plants in France and protested at EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday, seeking more aid to stay in business as milk prices plummet.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday threatened to sue a San Diego County school that refused to let a student present a report on slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk until her classmates got their parents' permission to hear it.
The California Senate has approved legislation designating a day each year to honor slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk.
When Harvey Milk attended high school in suburban Long Island in the 1940s, and later taught math and history and coached basketball there, he kept his sexuality a well-guarded secret.
China's dairy sector has appealed for government financial aid after being hit hard last year by the tainted milk scandal that left at least six babies dead and sickened tens of thousands, a top dairy industry official said Friday.
Gov. Mike Beebe said he has found funding for a program to protect prices at in-state dairies, without resorting to a tax on milk, butter, ice cream and other dairy products.
An appeals court Thursday reaffirmed death sentences of three people for their roles in contaminating milk that sickened tens of thousands of babies, making it almost certain they will be executed in one of China's worst food safety scandals.
Residents of a small Vermont town are crying over the milk that was spilled when a truck overturned.
Families whose children fell ill from tainted milk have come under pressure to drop compensation lawsuits, victims' advocates said Tuesday, showing the government's lingering uneasiness over one of China's worst contamination scandals.
Chocolate lovers rejoice: Today is National Chocolate DayWhatever your preference - white, milk, or dark - you can join with other chocoholics in celebrating by grabbing your favorite chocolaty treat.
Dairy farmers killing cows as milk prices sinkAfter burning through $1-million (U.S.) in savings and seeing no end to their losses, dairy farmers Jake and Lori Slegers figured they didn't have much choice – they had to kill the cows.
I just got finished watching "Milk" for the first time (I hate going to movie theaters and always wait to see films on cable) and it seems to me that the entire thrust of the film and the idea of gay rights fits in with what I think, that gay rights are both human and civil righ …
Schwarzenegger flip-flops, honors Harvey MilkSlain gay rights activist Harvey Milk will get a special day of recognition in California, making him only the second person in state history to gain such a designation.
Udder farce! Belgian farmers squirt riot police with freshly squeezed milk in protests against falling EU pricesEven the cows joined in the mayhem outside the EU's headquarters in Brussels yesterday when 3,000 angry farmers besieged the building to protest about plunging milk prices.
Homeless Man With More Than 50 Prior Convictions Gets Prison Time for Stealing Cereal - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.comThe homeless man, in Bartow, Florida, received a 15-year sentence for stealing a box of cereal and a can of evaporated milk.
Health claim of probiotics not accepted Drink this yogurt for a healthier stomach. Thirty million shoppers have swallowed the claims for probiotics as enthusiastically as the sweet fermented milk in the belief that "good bacteria" will defeat "bad bacteria" in epic microscopic battles inside our bodies.
Organic Counts - Organic ValleyA cool new calculator from Organic Valley showing how much synthetic nitrogen, pesticides, and herbicides, have NOT been used in the production of their organic products. I'm guessing the numbers are similar for other organic dairy products.
When I was 19 (many years ago) I began working for a physical therapy rehabilitation hospital. One of my jobs was sorting and delivering the mail. We had several doctors on staff, and as all doctors will do, they all subscribed to a myriad of medical journals.
One tonne of fish dead after dairy farmer protestDairy farmers who dumped truckloads of milk in protest of EU policies last week in Saxony-Anhalt are now under investigation after more than a tonne of fish died in a nearby pond over the weekend, a police spokesperson told The Local on Monday.
The Democrats' Hypocrisy :: Debra SaundersDemocrats seem to have shifted their thinking on a number of issues since President Obama took the oath of office. Figure some Dems have more faith in government with a like-minded man at the helm, and besides, circumstances have changed.
Putting cattle on a diet to curb climate change? - CNN.com/Eco SolutionsPutting cows on a "particular" diet to curb methane emissions from our milk producing neighbors! Much has been made about this "source" of methane emissions, and some folks may be surprised to learn the precise "location" the majority of their "contributions" emanate from!
Belgian farmers in milk lake protestDairy farmers poured three million litres of milk into a Belgian field in a bid to highlight their desperation over falling prices.
Milk Allergy Symptoms May Ease With ExposureChildren who are allergic to milk may be able to overcome their allergy by drinking increasingly higher doses of milk, a new study finds.
The Lyme Induced Autism Foundation Prescribes 100% Non-GMO DietThe LIA Foundation position paper calls for: · A moratorium on all genetically modified foods · Research to evaluate the role of GM foods on autism, Lyme disease, and related conditions
GM crops could send food prices rocketingMilk, meat and egg prices could rocket by 20 per cent because of foreign farmers growing more GM crops, experts warned yesterday.
BREAST MILK is the world's greatest superfood - or is it?World Health Organisation adviser Professor Michael Kramer this week claimed its benefits have been greatly exaggerated. Yet every year millions of pounds are poured into educational breast-feeding campaigns by the Department of Health.
Obama seeks to track visits to .gov websitesPlanned lifting of ban on 'cookies' called '1984'-style spying effort
USDA Secretary Vilsack Commits to Fairness/Enforcement Crackdown on Factory FarmsSecretary of Agriculture Vilsack addresses a rally of organic dairy farmers in Wisconsin and commits to enforcing the organic standard rules.
The man that brought you Monsanto's genetically engineered bovine growth hormone is now america's food safety czar!The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar. This is no joke.
World's first camel milk chocolate goes on sale The company behind the desert chocolate said it wanted to be "the Godiva of the Middle East" and is in talks to expand into new Arab markets, Japan, the United States and Europe, where it would like to be on sale at the Harrods department store in London.
Abandoned red pandas nursed to health by dogTwo red pandas who were abandoned by their mother soon after they were born in northern China have been nursed to health thanks to the love and milk of a dog.
Baby fed by drunk mother died of alcohol poisoningA 25-year-old mum will be prosecuted for murder after her baby died after being fed when the woman was drunk.
Buying "organic milk" at Wally world, Safeway or Target? Think again.......As Organic Consumers Association network members know, the current organic dairy crisis was precipitated by widespread fraud in the organic dairy industry.
Two mothers in three 'fear stares if they breastfeed' Nearly two in three mothers believe the UK is "not breastfeeding-friendly", prompting concerns from nursing mums that they would struggle to breastfeed while out and about.
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