milk
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Tofurky is suing over Missouri’s definition of ‘meat’
The suit seeks to defend the right to market meatless products with meaty words on First Amendment grounds.
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The FDA is confused about the definition of ‘milk,’ so we talked to a dictionary expert
"Almond milk" dates back to the 1400s, says lexicographer Kory Stamper.
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How to eat ice cream and end an unjust criminal system at the exact same time
Driving around upstate New York, you see a lot of abandoned dairy farms and a lot of struggling towns with prisons nearby. They’re connected: As milk prices dropped and the state’s dairy industry started suffering, politicians brought prisons upstate as a job-creation programs. Milk Not Jails aims to break that connection by creating economic opportunities […]
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Wasted milk produces as much CO2 as 20,000 cars
The time to start crying over spilled milk is NOW. According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh, wasted milk in the U.K. creates the equivalent of 110,000 tons of CO2 every year. That’s equivalent to the emissions from 20,000 cars.
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Big Dairy’s latest smear tactic
With soy, almond, and other plant-based milks growing in popularity, the dairy industry is flexing its ad dollars and reminding America that "real milk comes from cows."
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Heritage livestock: Milk ’em for all they’re worth
Interest in heirloom produce highlights efforts to preserve rare livestock breeds, endangered by a half-century of industrial farming.
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Not your grandma's milk
Buying a gallon of milk at the grocery store practically guarantees that you'll get a mixture of substances from all over the country -- and possibly the world.
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Worried about radiation in breast milk? Still best to keep breast-feeding
How can we best protect the wee ones?For survivors of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, there have been so many concerns: access to clean water and food, the need for shelter, the threat of disease. It’s the same awful list that accompanies natural disasters around the world — but with one big difference. In Japan, […]
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U.K. organic milk better for you than conventional, thanks to cows' grass-based diet
A peer-reviewed U.K. study found that organic milk delivers significantly higher levels of healthy fatty acids than does conventional milk. But the real difference stemmed from what the cows eat.