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Dairy Farming

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Attention Cooks and Bakers: High-Fat Buttermilk from Sky Top Farms

    Yes, at $5.99 per quart, it's twice as expensive as other brands of buttermilk. Let's face it: Modern buttermilk is a paltry thing, pale and without body. Pour it into a glass and it barely makes streaks on the side, which is an image forever associated with buttermilk of the last century.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Farmers Forced to Fundraise After the Flood; Tainted Cantaloupes Kill 13

    After the government turned down Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to test a ban on food-stamp use for soda, experts are now urging that the government conduct its own study of such a ban. [NY Times] There is now such thing as a foodie magician. His biggest trick? Guessing what your favorite restaurant is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Fashion Enters the Dairy Business, Hilarity Ensues

    ​Skilled as it is at unintentional self-parody, the food world can't hold a candle - even a candle made from the wax of bees living in splendor on a Bushwick rooftop - to the fashion industry. Lest we forget that, the Wall Street Journal is here to remind us with the enlightening tale of Areth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Small Dairies Thriving Once Again; Food Trucks as Marketing Stunts

    ​Decades after many small dairies were forced to close, new boutique dairies, like Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery and Heamour Farm in Madison, N.Y., are on the rise. [Wall Street Journal] Ever wonder why you overeat around the holidays? Neuroscientists say the stomach and intestines detect the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Ben & Jerry's Invades Union Square Greenmarket

    ​Say "multinational corporation cheese." Union Square Greenmarket shoppers who arrived last Saturday were confronted with an odd spectacle: a series of vehicles parked along the western edge of the market, inviting passersby to have their picture taken with a pair of fiberglass Jersey cows gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Jamie Oliver Praises Mickey D's; Lady Gaga on the Baby Food Diet

    ​The Times Square Alliance is seeking proposals from local businesses to operate concession stands in the pedestrian plazas located on Broadway between 42d and 47th Streets. [NY Times] The National Milk Producers Federation is lobbying the FDA to require that plant-based beverages, like soy m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    The Times Magazine's Year in Ideas: Food & Drink Edition

    JelleS/flickr​ The greatest ideas of 2009, according to the Times Magazine, include the conclusion that empty beer bottles make better weapons than full ones. Swiss forensic pathologist Stephan Bolliger endeavored to discover whether a beer bottle could be used to crack open a human skull. Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Yes In My Backyard: Download Naam's "Skyling Slip"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Diane Suarez​Brooklyn kraut-metal crushers Naam take the trippiest part of your favorite Hawkwind song and stretch it like space-taffy into hypnotic, riff-driven mush. Recorded at an abandoned dairy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Organic Farmers Suffer Losses; Prisoners Excercise Their Green Thumbs

    Organic farmers are feeling the sting of the organic food trend slowing. Dairy farmers, especially, are suffering, and many have been told to cut milk production by up to 20 percent. The slowdown, combined with the high cost of transporting organic feed from the Midwest has caused 32 dairy farms in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Joy of Cooking Getting Fat

    A study comparing the 1931 Joy of Cooking to the 2006 edition found a 63% increase in calories in 17 of the recipes.[LA Times]Low milk prices are leading farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of dairy cows for meat because they can no longer afford to feed the animals.[AP via Chicago Tribune]Af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    I, Locavore -- Part One

    A study comparing the 1931 Joy of Cooking to the 2006 edition found a 63% increase in calories in 17 of the recipes.[LA Times]Low milk prices are leading farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of dairy cows for meat because they can no longer afford to feed the animals.[AP via Chicago Tribune]Af ... More >>

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