In the April 2008 issue of Harper’s there’s a really interesting article on “the raw-milk underground” – farmers who produce and sell unpasteurized milk to people who prefer its taste, nutritional content, and beneficial bacteria. Selling raw milk is illegal in Canada and in half of U.S. states.
Raw milk advocates say that we are [...]
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Good germs, bad germs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food industry, food safety, milk on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The FDA has determined that this post is not significantly different from posts treated with rBGH
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biotechnology, FDA, milk, Monsanto on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Makers of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) have long opposed the use of labels identifying dairy products that were produced without the hormone. Now there is a new advocacy group, “closely tied to Monsanto,” that aims to defend the right of dairy farmers to use rBGH.
The thing that struck me in this article about [...]
Genius inspired by milk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged milk on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Putting aside for the moment my shock and amazement to find that you can order a gallon of milk from Amazon.com, I just wanted to share this amazing internet phenomenon. [Many thanks to Jeremy at Scatterplot.]
