dairy industry
America Has a Crippling Cheese Surplus
The surplus of cheese has been building up such that US cheese inventories at the end of March were the highest they’ve been since 1984.
People Are Trying to Figure Out How to Stop Greek Yogurt from Destroying the Planet
Dealing with acid whey has been a real problem for the Greek yogurt industry. But now, several innovative solutions are in the works.
Canada's Dairy Cartel Isn't Going Anywhere Thanks to Trade Deal
The new Trans-Pacific Partnership lets Canadian dairy producers keep in place a complex system of trade barriers, price floors and supply controls.
Milk Prices Would Double in the US Without Immigrant Workers
Our milk supply would be totally, unequivocally screwed without immigrant workers. The complete loss of immigrant labor would cause one in six dairy farms in the US to shut down.
The UK Could Be on the Brink of an Ice Cream Shortage
Bust out your Che Guevara T-shirt and comfy protest pants, because the heroes that are Britain’s dairy farmers are getting pretty damn desperate.
Breast Milk Is the Blueprint for a New Cow Milk
a2 Milk from New Zealand contains a protein that the company says is easier to digest. They're calling it “the milk that might change everything.”
Girl Eats Food: Ooh Baby, I like It Raw (Milk)
I hang out with dairy farmer Stephen Hook and his really chill cows to learn about unpasteurized milk, which can treat everything from eczema to asthma—and maybe even my lactose intolerance. Oh, and I also make some breast milk ice cream.
Has New Zealand's Milk Gone Bad?
"Most calves are born too early, because in NZ there’s a process called calf induction. That's when veterinarians inject the cows to abort their fetuses so the farmers can start milking the animal earlier, which is a brutal practice. And the...